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| Instructions for Relative Finder & Louisiana and Missouri Patriots | ||||||
| If you have a free FamilySearch account AND a family tree on FamilySearch, you can use the free Relative Finder website to | ||||||
| instantly check your FamilySearch tree to see if you are a direct descendant of a Louisiana patriot that is already in the DAR Ancestor | ||||||
| Database. Please note that this program is only for Louisiana and Missouri patriots that have been approved by the DAR. | ||||||
| IMPORTANT NOTES: Please keep in mind that this process is only as accurate as the family tree on FamilySearch. | ||||||
| If there are errors in the FamilySearch tree, the relationships and lineages will be in error. | ||||||
| Also, if you are related to a patriot ancestor in more than one way, he may show as a Great Uncle rather than a | ||||||
| Great Grandfather even though the direct line of descent is a closer relationship. This is a quirk of the Relative Finder system. | ||||||
| Thus, be sure to check the FamilySearch tree and your Ancestry tree for patriots after trying the Relative Finder program. | ||||||
| There is a video about using Relative Finder at: | https://youtu.be/ZkKF2H-jJqs | If you have questions about your results, email | debduay@yahoo.com | |||
| Follow these steps to check your FamilySearch tree to see if you are a direct descendant of an approved Louisiana or Missouri patriot: | ||||||
| 1) Visit the free Relative Finder website at: | https://www.relativefinder.org | (Open this link in a new tab so you can continue to view the instructions.) | ||||
| 2) Sign into FamilySearch with your FamilySearch user name and password. | ||||||
| 3) If you have never used Relative Finder, complete the steps necessary to set up your access. | ||||||
| 4) Click the Groups tab at the top of the page. | ||||||
| 5) Select Join. | ||||||
| 6) In the Find New Groups search box, type: | ||||||
| Louisiana Revolutionary War Patriots | ||||||
| Click the Search button. | ||||||
| 7) The Relative Finder program will show your relationship to each of the patriots in the group. Your closest relationships will be at the | ||||||
| top of the list. For membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), you must be a DIRECT DESCENDANT of one or more | ||||||
| of the patriots in the group. Thus, it MUST say 4th Great Grandfather, 5th Great Grandfather, 6th Great Grandmother etc. for the relationship | ||||||
| to be a direct line of descent. It CANNOT say, for example, 6th Great Uncle or 1st cousin 5 times removed. | ||||||
| The name in the Relative column must be the same name as the name in the Common Ancestor column. | ||||||
| REMINDER NOTE: If you are related to a patriot ancestor in more than one way, he may show as a Great Uncle rather than a | ||||||
| Great Grandfather even though the direct line of descent is a closer relationship. This is a quirk of the Relative Finder program. | ||||||
| 8) If you find one or more Great Grandfathers in the list, click the ancestor’s name. This will give you a chart with the line of descent. | ||||||
| You can download a .pdf of the chart. | ||||||
| 9) If you are a FEMALE interested in joining the DAR, please complete the | Membership Interest Form. | A local chapter will contact you. | ||||
| 10) If you did NOT find a Great Grandfather (or Great Grandmother) using the Relative Finder program, you may have a Louisiana | ||||||
| or Missouri patriot in your tree that will be a NEW patriot for the DAR. Click the "Return to Index" link below to review the over 3,000 | ||||||
| names of possible Louisiana and Missouri patriots that have not been established with the DAR. | ||||||
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