E: [Genealib] Gifts

[Craig Scott]

The Centennial Edition of the DAR Patriot Index is very out of date and
should NOT be tossed. Of course nothing should prevent you from buying the
Millennium edition. I have both and use both, although I start with the
newer edition. There is unsourced information in the old index that was
replaced by the new edition which may still be of value. After all,
elimination of an individual from the index means what? That the data in the
index is not any good. Maybe, not, it could mean just that this soldier does
not seem to meet the requirements of providing the necessary proven service
for an ancestor to belong to the Society. 

 

An excellent example is Robert Glasgow, a fine man who served his country,
but was unable to prove six months service, but applied for a pension
anyway. The government determined that Robert Glasgow did not have "have six
months service." and therefore his pension application was rejected. [See
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 16 Feb 1852, Sen Ex Doc No. 37,
32nd Congress, 1st Session]. Other choices in the report were:

 

Not on the rolls - no service given.

Not revolutionary service.

For further proof.

 

And my personal favorite:

 

No proof of service.

 

Now this fine man was not reported as not having service in the report, but
someone decided, but not the government, but in a Society that considers
someone giving a gun or a pot sufficient for membership, that Mr. Robert
Glasgow did not meet the requirements of the Society since his pension was
rejected for lack of service (service which the government says that he had,
but not enough for a pension under the Act) and therefore his descendants
were not eligible for membership in the DAR. A travesty for this patriot and
his descendants. 

 

But I digress. Mr. Robert Glasgow, b. 1749 in Ireland, died about 22 August
1839 in Ohio, m. Rosanna Uster, he being a Private from Virginia, found in
the Centennial Edition of the DAR Patriot Index is not found in the
Millennium Edition. Therefore, I keep both and use them both.

 

C.

 

Craig R. Scott, CG

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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Grundset, Eric
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 9:46 AM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Gifts

 

The Centennial Edition of the DAR Patriot Index is very out of date and
should be tossed!

Eric G. Grundset 
Library Director 
DAR Library 
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 
1776 D St., N.W. 
Washington, DC 20006-5303 
202-879-3313 (phone) 
202-879-3227 (fax) 
egrundset at dar.org 

 

 

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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Lands, Rosemary
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 9:44 AM
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: [Genealib] Gifts

Free for postage -

 

DAR Patriot Index: Centennial Edition, Vols. 1-3, published by NSDAR, 1994.

 

 

Rosmary Lands

Reference Librarian

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