DAR Genealogy Workshop

A Workshop entitled “Past Generations Come Alive through DAR
Genealogy” has been presented in 5 regions around the state for the past three years
and will be presented for south east residents of Connecticut on Saturday, May
18, 2013. Linda Wallace, of East Hampton, one of the presenters and the
Connecticut Public Relations and Media Chair for the Connecticut Daughters of
the American Revolution (CTDAR) has announced that the CTDAR is sponsoring this
free informational workshop at the Waterford Police Station, 41 Avery Lane, in
Waterford, CT from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM. This workshop is open to the public and anyone
interested in genealogy and learning about the work of the DAR and the
application process to become a member is invited to attend. This workshop will
allow any prospective member the opportunity to learn how to follow her
lineage, generation by generation, back to the American Revolution and work
one-on-one with the state DAR’s most experienced genealogists. This will be a
unique opportunity to have an extended period of time to work with the
genealogy volunteers at no cost.

 

This Workshop is the sixth and final in this series of
workshops being conducted around the state by CTDAR committee chairwomen and
experienced genealogists. The towns directly involved in this workshop are
those in CTDAR newly restructured Southeast District 6, a wide area which covers
the whole southeastern corner of Connecticut, including the towns of  Killingly, Plainfield, Norwich, Groton, New
London, East Hampton, East Haddam, Old Saybrook, and the shoreline towns and every
town in-between. The workshop is open to the public regardless of the town of
residence.

 

The Workshop will consist of a morning and two different afternoon
sessions with a box lunch available for purchase or bring your own. The morning
session (9:00 – 11:00) will be the Genealogy Workshop for Prospective Members. This
session will include topics such as “Getting to Know DAR”, the application
process, individual genealogy assistance and website research. During the
afternoon session beginning at 1:00 PM, prospective members will continue to work
individually with an experienced genealogist for personal guidance and to have
questions answered. The team will assist and mentor prospective members through
the application process and offer help in finding supporting documentation.

 

Another afternoon session (1:00 – 2:30 PM) will be for current
DAR members interested in Chapter Revitalization’s “Gain, Train, and Retain”
Workshop. This session will include such topics as increasing membership
techniques, the use of eMembership, chapter hints and procedures, ideas for
public relations and how to get through all those report forms.

 

As seating is limited, attendance is by reservation only with a deadline May 11. To reserve a seat,
please contact: Beth Witham, at 860-285-8718 or bwitham1@comcast.net. Registration check-in
on the day of the workshop begins at 8:30 AM, and at 12:30 PM for those
attending the afternoon session only.