Membership Requirements

• being of the age of eighteen years or over and a citizen of good repute in the community,
• is the lineal descendant of an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in loyalty to and rendered active service in, the cause of American independence, either as an: officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman or Minuteman, in the armed forces of the Continental Congress, or of any one of the several Colonies or States; or as a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, or as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspondence; or as a member of any Continental, Provincial, or Colonial Congress or Legislature; or as a recognized patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain.
• The applicant must also be personally acceptable to the Society.

Family tradition in regard to the services of an ancestor will not be considered. No preliminary decision will be given on a line of descent, service or evidentiary value of proposed evidence. (When examined with all available evidence, such preliminary decision might prove to be incorrect and the National Society cannot accept responsibility for such a decision.)

Check on an Ancestor:
This form will submit your information to the NHSSAR Registrar-Genealogist. He will check
and see if this relative has already been accepted by the SAR. Then all you would need to do
is prove your connection to him.

Your Name:
Street Address:
Town, State, ZIP:
Email:
Phone:
Ancestor's Name and any information you may know about him:

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Some of the NHSSAR members with their families.
(You don't have to participate in reenactments to be a member.)