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News You Can Use CHUCK BRAGG IS ELECTED GENEALOGIST GENERAL At the July 2006 Annual Congress in Dallas TX Dr. Charles F. ("Chuck") Bragg (Email: ) was elected Genealogist General, succeeding Edward F. Butler, Sr., who was elected Chancellor General. MXSSAR PLANS GENEALOGY SEMINAR ON THE BEACH During 2006 Oct 6-11 the Mexico SAR Society and the International District will run a "Seminar on the Beach" in Mazatlan, Mexico. Seminar registration costs $20.00 per person. The hotel cost (including all food and drinks) is $395.00 per person (double occupancy), for MXSSAR members, and $425.00 for non members. Transportation is not included. To get a flyer with full information and a registration form contact Douglas Stansberry, MXSSAR president, at rainman1955@hotmail.com.

Helping Prospective Members  The SAR Staff Membership area has pages to answer many questions: Why do men join the SAR? Who is eligible to join? What are the steps toward membership? Whom should I contact to locate a Prospect Helper? The SAR Staff Membership area can also help you decide what sort of application to use (regular, supplemental, junior, youth registrant, memorial, family, reinstatement, transfer, dual, life) and how to obtain one of the four Application Form-fillers. You may use one of these methods to enter and edit application data on your computer. Then you may print filled-in SAR application forms on regular paper for drafts and on special blank watermarked paper for the final-draft application. The SAR Staff Genealogy area has several pages to help with Documenting an Application For a free, interactive genealogy tutorial see Researching Your Family Tree SAR members who are Prospect Helpers should review the SAR Genealogy Committee's pages that provides additional information about Getting Help with Research see the left column for online Sources of Duocumentation Marking-up Documentation (Copies) to Submit The Liberty Medal is a national award given by the NSSAR to any member who has been the first line signer on ten approved regular or Junior membership applications. Supplemental applications do not require sponsors and do not count toward a Liberty medal. Youth applications require one sponsor but do not count toward the Liberty medal. However the sponsor will get credit when the youth becomes a junior or regular member. For each additional ten after the firs thte member will receive an oak leaf cluster. The cutoff criterion ending the count that is used to determine who will receive a Liberty Medal (or oak leaf cluster) is as follows: Genealogist General Ed Butler announced via Email to SAR-Officer-L on December 5, 2005, that all applications received by headquarters before or on the last working day of the year (December 30, 2005) and approved before the Annual Congress will be counted toward Liberty Medals to be awarded at the next Annual Congress. SAR Brochures (Forms)  Form 912 "Preparation of Application Requirements" Form Junior 1.1 "Junior Membership, Youth Registration, Youth Life Membership"

Policies on Acceptable Documentation  GR060225: Policy Adopted at Leadership Meeting Feb 25, 2006 Limited Use Allowed for DNA Test Results GR051229: Genealogist General's Ruling of Dec 29, 2005 Procedures for C.A.R. members who want to become SAR members -- a) under age 18, b) age 18 or older GR050705: Bylaw Amendment Adopted at 2005 Congress "Grandfathering" of the Use of SAR Applications Whose Documentation of Descent is not Acceptable by Current SAR Standards GR050324: Genealogist General's Ruling of Mar 24, 2005 Need to Obtain Record Copies of DAR Applications on which the Specific Facts that You Wish to Support Have Been Reviewed and Approved GR0411009: Genealogist General's Ruling of Nov 9, 2004 Applications Based on Old SAR, DAR, or CAR Approved Applications GR040704: Policy Adopted at Congress July 2004 Applications from Other Heritage Societies; Documentation from Internet Sources GR030926: Policy Adopted at Trustees Meeting Sept 2003 Guidelines of Acceptability for Internet Transcripts and Documentation Policies on Acceptable Patriotic Service  GR030301: Policy Adopted at Trustees Meeting Mar 2003 Guidelines for Acceptance (as Patriot Ancestors) of Residents of New Spain GR021201: Policy by Constitution Change Dec 2002 Acceptance of non-U.S. Residents (as Patriot Ancestors) for Service against Great Britain Anywhere in the World Reports to the SAR  Genealogist General's Report to the 2005 Annual Congress, General Articles on Genealogy   Duties of the Genealogist General, by Judge Edward F. Butler, Sr., Genealogist General 2004-6 Evidence, Proof and Burden of Proof in Genealogy: a Judicial Perspective, by Judge Edward F. Butler, Sr., Genealogist General 2004-6

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