The DAR Library offers two different types of programming at DAR Headquarters. The Library Lecture Series features eminent authors discussing their historical work and the Genealogy 101 series features presentations on a variety of genealogical topics led by the professional genealogists on staff at the DAR or by other experienced genealogists. Both series are held throughout the month on Saturdays and are free to the public. See the upcoming schedule here: www.dar.org/libraryevents.
For those who are unable to travel to Washington, D.C., most lectures are available online soon after the date of the event. Below you will find videos of the presentations.
The Military History of the DAR Headquarters
Resources
November 9, 2023
Research Around the States - Rhode Island
Resources
September 27, 2023
DAR Library Speaker Series: "The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret"
DAR Library Lecture - Working with Naturalization Records and Passenger Lists
February 25, 2020
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Settlement Trends
Part 3: Points of Entry
Part 4: Passenger Lists
Part 5: Naturalization
Part 6: Case Study - Jake Apple
Research Around the States - New York
Resources
Timeline
September 10, 2019
DAR Library Lecture - Exploring Your Roots: Organizing and Getting Started
August 3, 2019
Research Around the States - Pennsylvania
May 18, 2019
Research Around the States - Connecticut
March 12, 2019
DAR Library Lecture - Massachusetts - Liberia - South Carolina: the Life and Times of Dr. Daniel Laing
February 16, 2019
Genealogy Series - Names and their use in Genealogical Research
Elizabeth Ernst, December 1, 2018
Genealogy Series - Resources for Colonial New England Research
Austin Spencer , November 20, 2018
Genealogy Series - Military Genealogy
Tom Ragusin, November 6, 2018
Genealogy Series - Identifying Mothers and Spouses
Clarissa Mulliken, October 20, 2018
Genealogy Series - Making the Case If You Do Not Have Direct Answers
Kadri Kallikorm-Rhodes, September 18, 2018
Genealogy Series - From Rhode Island to Australia and Back
Andrew Boisvert, May 19, 2018
Genealogy Series - Asian-American Genealogy
Pamela Loos-Noji, April 17, 2018
Genealogy Series - FamilySearch: Improving Your Research With the Search Tab
Anne Merrill, April 3, 2018
Genealogy Series - Revolutionary Elizabeths
Clare Marshall, March 17, 2018
Genealogy Series - African-American Research in DC
Stacie Newton, February 17, 2018
Genealogy Series- Real Widows of the Pension Office: Civil War Widows Pensions
Pamela Loos-Noji, December 16, 2017
Genealogy Series- Native American Genealogy
Briana Diaz, November 16, 2017
Genealogy Series - Cemeteries and Death Records
Karen Janczy, October 26, 2017
Genealogy Series - NC Land Records in TN
Stacie Newton, September 28, 2017
DAR Library Lecture Series - 1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga
Dean Snow, September 23, 2017
DAR Library Lecture Series - Testing the American Way of War
Edward G Lengel, September 9, 2017
DAR Library Lecture Series - The Swamp Fox
John Oller, May 12, 2017
Genealogy Series - Jewish American Genealogy
Pamela Baster, May 4, 2017
Genealogy Series - African American Genealogy
Elizabeth Drembus, April 20, 2017
Bibliography
DAR Library Lecture Series - Confounding Father
Robert McDonald, March 23, 2017
Genealogy Series - Female Ancestors
Darryn Lickliter, March 18, 2017
Genealogy Series - Search Strategies
Marilyn Mills, February 23, 2017
Genealogy Series - An Ocean Away: Immigration Records
Stacie Newton, December 17, 2016
DAR Library Lecture Series - Abductions in the American Revolution
Christian M. McBurney, December 10, 2016
Genealogy Series - An Introduction to Quakers for Genealogists
Elizabeth Ernst, November 19, 2016
DAR Library Lecture Series - American Icarus: A Memoir of Father and County
Pythia Peay, November 5, 2016
Genealogy Series - Land and Property Records
Forrest Crosley, October 29, 2016
DAR Library Lecture Series - "Federal Style in the Federal City"
Ann Wass, October 15, 2016
Genealogy Series - New York Military Records
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Tom Ragusin, September 24, 2016
DAR Library Lecture Series - Washington's Circle
David and Jeanne Heidler, September 10, 2016
Genealogy Series - African American Research
Yvonne Liser, May 21, 2016
DAR Library Lecture Series - The Grand Forage 1778
Todd W Braisted, May 14, 2016
DAR Library Lecture Series - Using Maps in Historical Research
Charlie Grymes, April 16, 2016
Genealogy Series - That's Revolutionary (War)!
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Bevin Creel, April 2, 2016
Genealogy Series - DNA Research
Click here for the corresponding PDF of the DNA presentation
Tom Ragusin February 27, 2016
