The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-29

The Following letter represents the sent t1ncnts of 2 great mItny persons who ar'e' interested in D. A. R. work:
 T wish to make a public request that the methods and rulings of Registrars General slaonff be more alnif0rEr in the future than they have been in the past.
 @ have had several years, sn expesienee 1,s village where 1t is difficult to obtain members and we have few books and means of securing information. for veri- fyinG papers. And no sooner do we get accustomed to the requirements of one Eaa1strar-G1enerai than the officers change and the new ones come in fall of enxhalstd.snf and sreah theories and make new ruihs and everything is dlf- ferenr.
 Tt seems to me there. should be defin- 5te, Fixed ruaes for verifying papers and phase rules should be prepared not only by genealeaieal experts with their dry plates and figures, but alSe by historical scholars so that dars respect may be paid to tpadi1ions. family rScofds and all ref- ereneeS published and unpublished that may possibly throw light upon the SUD- Ject.
 aome years ago saw an old American MonaialS. December. 1895, page So5. in the proeeedlnHs 0f the National Board, where aarS old Rsdy was admitted as Real BRuHs1ter on her own sworn statement. Now I have a fFien1 whose father serv ad in tho Revolution, hrSt as a drummer hoy and later as a volunteer soldier. She lksaows these Gaets perfectly well. Some fisus# in the fifties. her mother, then q widow. endeavored to get a pension and conidad all her family papers. letters and even the family Bible to a lawyer; unfortunately his office was burned, the reeortfs were lest and she was never able sos obtain her pension.
 s.So hen | saw this action of the Board saipposed it was law and wrote at once to the Registrar then in charge, Mrs. Seymour, for permission to admit my friend She refused sav'ng that under h0 adu naiaged on her own affidavit without other proof. I supposed her ruling was a law and settled the question fDr all time and aceAp1asf Ehe decision with great regret. '-fhe other day | heard of a Real Daughter whom Miss Mielxley. then Reg istrar- General. accepted last year on her own sworn statement. Seeing that the rules had changed again, 1 wrote at once to Mrs Pealer, the present. officer. citing the case and asking if could admit my friend now. I received the reply en- closed. I have not heard from my friend In some time hut I hope It is not too late, that she Is still living, and that l max be able to. add another Real Daugh- ter to our Alabama hst. And would sug- rest to other Chapter Regents to find all the Real Daughters possible during the next two years, so that they may be admitted under these rules For in two years we will have another Registrar General and we will have to re-adjust our point of view, Gan not our State Regent persuade the National Board to have some dehnite consistent rules for verifcationT'
 Chapter Regent.
 This extract is taken from the letter of the Registrar-General regarding Real Daughters and gives the present rules:
 "A sworn statement of information re- csived at first hand will be accepted as proof provided there can be no doubt that the mind and memory of the person so maiking oath is clear and strong, but care must be had that the, service may not have been of a later period. Elderly people .;ornetfmes confuse the deeds of the WAT of 1872 with those of the Revo- tution.
 "A Real Daughter must give dates of birth and death of both her father and mother; also whether her mother was first or subsequent wife The date of her own birth should also be given.
 .Trusting this may be a satisfactory answer to your communication, I am
 Most cordially yours,
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