Membership Requirements:
Eligibility:
All daughters, granddaughters and all great
granddaughters [etc.] of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who
served in the Union Army, Navy or Marine Corps and Revenue Cutter
Service during the Rebellion of 1861-1865, and those who died or were
killed while serving in the armed services of the Union between April
12, 1861 and April 9, 1865, and who have attained the age of eight
years, are eligible for membership.
Eligibility shall be through lineal descent only and this can never be
changed. You must furnish a complete war record of your ancestor, if
possible.
The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865, is the only
Civil War women's organization genealogically based on lineal descent.
Every woman descended from a Union Veteran will welcome the opportunity
to preserve her Civil War Heritage for posterity while honoring and
revering her Civil War ancestor by affiliating with this Order.
Suggested documentation to help you complete
your application:
Birth Records
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Complete Birth Certificate |
Birth Record |
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Delayed Birth Certificate |
Newspaper Announcement |
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Doctor/Midwife Record |
School Record |
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Church Record |
Baptismal Certificate |
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HMO Record |
Social Security Application |
|
Census – Federal, State |
Job Application – Federal, Local |
Marriage Records
|
Complete Marriage Record |
Marriage Certificate w/return |
|
Bond/Bann |
Newspaper Announcement |
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Divorce |
Tombstone/Cemetery Record |
Death Records
|
Complete Death Record |
Church Record/Notice |
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Cemetery/Tombstone photo of tombstone
w/source on Cemetery, Name, Twp, county, still active?
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Obituaries w/source on Newspaper, day,
Month, year, where paper was printed. |
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Commercial Cemetery Record |
Mourning/Funeral Card |
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Funeral Home Record |
Professional Organizations |
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Social Security |
Fraternal Organization Records |
Classic Sources
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Census – State, Federal |
Probate Records |
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Land Records |
Bible and Family Records |
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Military and Pension Records |
Church Registers and Records |
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Tax Records |
Court Records |
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County Histories w/source document on
Books Biographies from Old history books are good. with the
source of the book page included. |
Contemporary Sources
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Telegrams |
Church Personnel |
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Passports and Visa Applications |
Mortgage or Loan Applications |
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Letters from Town Clerks and Town
Historians |
Employment Record Private Industry |
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Institutional (Military homes, prisons,
Asylums) |
Membership contact person:
Kerry Eileen Curry, Tent President
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Keturah Hoover
Tent #10
