Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection open for research.

Use Restrictions

No physical characteristics affect use of this material.

Preferred Citation

Ketoctin Chapter, DAR Genealogical Records Committee Reports, 2001- (M 051), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Multiple sources

Alternative Form Available

None

Accruals

2004.0072, 2006.0003, 2010.0286

Processing Information

Processed by Beth Schuster, 7 October 2010

Formerly shelved in uncatalogued notebooks as DAR Records. This is an open collection.

Historical Information

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or just DAR) is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women's service organization founded in 1890 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Ketoctin Chapter was organized in Bluemont, Loudoun County, in 1950. At both the local and national level, the DAR encourages patriotism, preservation of American history, and educational projects.

In 1913, the DAR Genealogical Research Committee (GRC) was formed with the primary purpose of collecting and indexing unpublished genealogical records. In 1932, the committee changed its name to the Genealogical Records Committee, and in 1986 became a project under the directorship of the Librarian General. Local and state chapters submit projects to the national organization for inclusion in the project.

Scope and Content

The Ketoctin Chapter, DAR Genealogical Records Committee Reports collection contains duplicate copies of reports submitted by the Ketoctin Chapter to the NSDAR as pertaining to Virginia, especially Loudoun County. Individual reports include copies and transcriptions of Bible records, abstracts of official records, and cemetery readings. Thomas Balch Library staff and volunteers prepared a supplementary index, located in folder 1, to some of the materials.

All materials donated by local and state chapters to the NSDAR under the auspices of the GRC project, including the items in this collection, are catalogued and bound by the national DAR. The bound volumes were converted to an electronic database available to researchers at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C; an index is available at http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=6.

Related Material

Family Bible Records (M 050), Family Files; DAR Patriot Index (3 editions: V REF 929.3 DAU, V REF 929.373 DAU; V REF 929.1 DAU); A Half Century of Patriotism: The History of the Ketoctin Chapter-The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1950-2000 by Carol A. Kupchik and Florence M. Hillman (V REF 975.528 KUP); Forgotten Patriots : African American and American Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary War : A Guide to Service, Sources And Studies , Eric Grundset, ed (V REF 973.34 GRU)

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Bibliography

Daughters of the American Revolution: About DAR, http://www.dar.org/natsociety/whoweare.cfm, accessed 4 October 2010.

DAR Records (M 051), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Ketoctin Chapter, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, http://www.ketoctinchapterdar.org/, accessed 6 October 2010.

Personal communication, Elizabeth Hopkins, Genealogical Records Committee (GRC) Office, NSDAR, 4 October 2010.

NSDAR, Washington, D.C.

Other Finding Aid

DAR Records Index (paper and electronic)

Technical Requirements

None