Join Us
Today the SAR consists of 30,000 members in over 500 chapters in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Over 210,000 descendants of the men and women patriots of the American Revolution have been admitted since our founding. Our members include fifteen presidents of the United States, Brigadier, Lieutenant and five-star generals, presidents of several colleges and universities, ambassadors, and members of the Supreme Court, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. Congress.
Boston SAR has members in all U.S. States, but primarily draws its membership from Norfolk and Suffolk counties of Massachusetts. Members of other SAR chapters, and state societies may become dual members.
Four steps to membership:
Determine Eligibility
Find a Local Contact
Collect Your Data
Complete Your Application
Eligibility
To initiate the SAR membership process, you should begin by ensuring that you can satisfy the SAR membership requirements and that you are a direct descendant of a Revolutionary War Patriot. Membership Pamphlet
Waldburg-Ahnentafel Family Tree, PD
Local Contact
If you meet eligibility requirements, the next step is to find a local sponsor near you. This person (usually the local Chapter Registrar) will help guide you through the SAR membership application process and can help review information assembled to enter into SAR membership application forms.
Map of USA showing State Names CCA-SA
Collect Your Data
Properly documenting a genealogical line to a patriot ancestor can often be accomplished with only modest effort, provided you know what to look for and where to find it. If you have an ancestor who lived in the United States prior to 1900, chances are you may be the descendant of a Revolutionary War patriot.
Geneology, by Unknown, CHM
Complete Your Application
The easiest option is to download the Microsoft Word Application form. This allows for easy exchange with any helpers for real-time guidance and assistance, and for final printing.
MS Word Application
The Washington Family, by Edward Savage, c.1796, NGA-PD
Not a “Son”?
Daughters are invited to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Children under 22 years old are invited to join the Children of the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR