On Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 11:16:54 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy2" wrote in message
> ...
>
> I don't know about the Mayflower, but probably I did...half my ancestry is
> English.
> But I did have ancestors in the Revolutionary War (fighting on the side of
> the
> Colonies). My grandmother belonged to the DAR and was very proud of it, but
> neither my sister nor I, nor any subsequent generations, seem to care enough
> to join up. I always had the impression they were kind of a snobbish group,
> but
> that may be an unfair idea.
>
> N.
>
> ===
>
> DAR?

Daughters of the American Revolution:

<http://www.dar.org/>

My family has been in the country long enough that I'm eligible,
but I don't think that old bunch of horse thieves and reprobates
was very useful in the war.

Cindy Hamilton