The San Francisco call., 1904-11-13
FOR THE STUDY
OF CENEALOCY
National Society Increases
Facilities for Membership
and Widens Scope of Work
MAKES GOOD CLAIMS
Congress Will Be Requested
to Print and Distribute
Pension and Land Records
MAKES GOOD CLAIMS

At a recent meeting Of the National
Genealogical Society. held in this city,
the constitution Of the organization was
amended so as to admit to membership
all persons interested in the subject for
which the society was organized. The
society has been in existence about one
year, and has thus far, it is claimed,
been most successful. Its object has
been to collect and preserve genealogi-
cal and historical data and to assist
it's members in pursuing genealogical
investigation.
The local branch of the society has
more than fifty members and is in good
working order. There are numerous
honorary members throughout the
world all of whom are pledged to fur
ther the interests of the society as
much as possible. Among the better
known of the honorary members out
side of the United States are the king
alarms of England. Ulster and OF
Scotland; A. NJ. Mcintosh, author, Scot
land; Captain Douglas Wimberley OF
Inverness. author, and a late captain
of the Seventy ninth Cameron High
landers, who was at the siege of Luck
now with Colin Campbell; John Bull
loch, editor; ]. NJ. Balloch, A. NJ, au-
thor; Captain Alexander Baillie of the
ancient family of Ballie of Dochfour;
I. Dunain, Monsieur Meschinet de Rich
emOnde of France
The purpose of the society is to labor
increasingly in an effort to secure the
passage Of an act of Congress whereby
the revolutionary pension and land re-
cords and all other valuable patriotic
and historic data shall be printed.
Meanwhile it will endeavOr to print all
of such data which the society or Its
members may collect or to which ac-
cess can be secured. provided the fin
ances of the organization permit. 1t is
also intended to collect from its men,
bers and arrange in one immense card
index all the intermarriages of which
they secure information, or which they
may be able to furnish from manu-
scripts and town records, and to pro-
vide means whereby transcripts from
this index may be periodically sent to
members or searches therein can be
made, queries answered and reports
furnished to its members or to others
who may inquire, this idea being
known as the clearinghouse PROPOSE
ton. 1t is further proposed to collect
and publish reliable data on the sub
ject Of heraldry, and to provide a sys-
tenn by which cOats-Of- submitted
may be compared with the copies from
which they are made, and their accu-
racy certified under the seal of the
society.
To unearth and expose the swindles
so frequently perpetrated upon unsus-
pecting persons in this country. by
those who claim to have discovered
property, titles, etc, which are due by
right of imaginary descent. is another
object of the society. and to assist the
members in their genealogical laborS
along any practical lines which may be
suggested and approved. One Of the
objects of the organization Is to col
lect and publish in its official leaflets
historic, patriotic and genealogical in
formation and data which is not other
wise generally available, and to thus
make the leaflets valuable even to nom
members and to accumulate for the
benefit of its local members, those who
may visit Washington. or others who
may inquire a mass Of information by
way of printed and manuscript records
and data. as we'll as by the establish
ment and maintenance Of a standard
catalogue index of those who are or
have been working on any genealOgy
or who have information which would
be of assistance to others so engaged;
finally it is desired to amplify the use
fulneSs along these lines indicated as
we'll as to enter other fields, where sug-
gestion and consideration lead the pro-
per authorities to believe the scope Of
the organization could be widened with
out additional expense to its members,
but yet to their advantage. To these
ends. and especially as last outlined.
members are requested to furnish all
reasOna BILE suggestions which would
rebound to the credit Of the society and
to accompany them with details as to
the manner in which their several prop
ositions should be carried out. From
time to time the decisions and rulings
of the various committees will be pub
lished in these leaflets, and marked
copies sent to correspondents should
be considered as respectful answers to
questions.