Author: Patrick Hosty

  • Start Your Application

    https://www.sar.org/how-to-apply/ Congratulations, you are ready to begin preparing your SAR membership application. If you followed all of the previous steps, this shouldn’t be very difficult. The Application Preparation Guide and SAR Application Formatting Guide will be invaluable resources during the application preparation process. As an applicant, there are several membership options. While most individuals who join the SAR will…

  • Collect Your Data

    https://www.sar.org/how-to-apply/ Properly documenting a genealogical line to a patriot ancestor can often be accomplished with only modest effort, provided you know what to look for and where to find it. If you have an ancestor who lived in the United States prior to 1900, chances are you may be the descendant of a Revolutionary War…

  • History

    Chartered on 28 August 1984, the Alexander Majors Chapter_ of the Missouri Society, SAR was named for the grandson of Beal Kelly, who served in the Revolutionary War. Thus, by today’s requirements, Majors would have been eligible to be a member of SAR. He was the founder of a pioneer freight company that played a…