The following blog post is written by NYG&B President D. Joshua Taylor. If you are interested in hearing even more about this topic from Joshua, watch our free webinar on this subject at the bottom of this article. I first came across the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as a young genealogist, when at age 10 I learned of my grandmother’s membership in the DAR. Her mother (my great-grandmother) was active in her state chapter, and her mother (my second great-grandmother) and grandmother (my third great-grandmother) were also members.