Membership Registrar Helper
Find a Helper:
- Contact our Withlachoochee Chapter SAR Registrar, Tom Hellem by email, [email protected] or phone, 760-445-8667 and ask him for assistance in getting started with defining your lineage from a patriot ancestor and collecting the documentation required for an SAR application. He will also help you find a member living near you to help you learn about our programs.
- Collect and organize the documentation.
- Trace your lineage back to your patriot ancestor. Your Registrar above may also provide a copy of an SAR Application Worksheet. This allows you to collect the information before you prepare the actual application. If you have a relative in the SAR, DAR, C.A.R., or a similar patriot descendant organization you may be able to save yourself a great deal of effort by submitting their established lineage and documentation for the part of your lineage where your ancestors are the same as your relative's.
- If you know that an ancestor was cited in an SAR application or know the name and SAR number of a relative, your Registrar above may obtain a "record" copy of that application for a modest fee.
We will list some simple local sources below that you may want to use, in most cases with no charge, to start your search for your Patriot ancestor.
Local Sources of Lineage Information
We will list several local locations and websites, mostly at no charge, to start your search for your patriot lineage.
Citrus County
The Lakes Regional Library has the majority of the Citrus County Library System's Genealogy books. They also have Genealogical magazines. Many of these books and magazines have been donated by the Citrus County Genealogical Society. Library Address: 1511 Druid Rd., Inverness. www.cclib.org
Also available for your use: 1. Ancestry Library Edition with 1.5 billion names and information on those names, access at any Citrus library. 2. Heritage Quest Website, access at any Citrus library. 3. Heritage Quest on Line, access from anywhere, on line, with a Citrus Library card. 4. New England Historic Genealogical Society website relating to historic New England families, access in Lakes Regional Library only. (Provided by The Citrus Genealogical Society. ___________________________________________________________ Another great genealogical source is The Family History Center, 3474 W. Southern St., Lecanto, FL 352-746-5943 They not only have several paid websites that you can use for free but have volunteers to help with your research. All of this is free, however call to get their hours as they are only available certain days of the week. One of the websites that is available, "Fold3" can be very important in gathering information on your Patriots. It has Historical Military Records. The Family History Center can also help you learn how to request any records from the Salt Lake History Center. All is sponsored by the Mormon Church. ___________________________________________________________ Check out The Citrus County Genealogical Society website: www.citrusgenealogy.com ___________________________________________________________ Other websites that may be of help: www.familysearch.org When you open this one, don't be distracted with all of the icons, just go to search at the bottom of the page and you can immediately search for a name. www.findagrave.com Home of 112 million grave records and growing every day. You might find some lost information here. ___________________________________________________________ www.findmypast.com Although this is a pay site they often have a free introductory trial offer. They have a lot of census information and newspaper archives. They seem to target North America and the British Isles. |
Hernando County
The Brooksville Library has the majority of the Hernando County Library System's Genealogy books. Library Address: 238 Howell Avenue, Brooksville, Florida 34601, Telephone: 352-754-4043 http://www.hcpl.lib.fl.us/
Also available for your use: 1. Ancestry Library Edition with 1.5 billion names and information on those names, access within the library. ___________________________________________________________ Another great genealogical source is The Family History Center, 21043 Yontz Road, Brooksville, Florida 34601. They not only have several paid websites that you can use for free but have volunteers to help with your research. All of this is free, however call to get their hours as they are only available certain days of the week. One of the websites that is available, "Fold3" can be very important in gathering information on your Patriots. It has Historical Military Records. The Family History Center can also help you learn how to request any records from the Salt Lake History Center. All is sponsored by the Mormon Church. ___________________________________________________________ Check out The Hernando County Genealogical Society website: http://www.hernandohistoricalmuseumassoc.com/GSHC.htm ___________________________________________________________ Other websites that may be of help: www.familysearch.org When you open this one, don't be distracted with all of the icons, just go to search at the bottom of the page and you can immediately search for a name. www.findagrave.com Home of 112 million grave records and growing every day. You might find some lost information here. ___________________________________________________________ www.findmypast.com Although this is a pay site they often have a free introductory trial offer. They have a lot of census information and newspaper archives. They seem to target North America and the British Isles. |
Last Updated 14 February 2023