Genealogy Projects tagged with 1776 on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Daughters of the American Revolution

    A project for DAR members to meet each other, and for non-members to find ancestors that enable them to join. Appropriate Profiles Please add profiles that are in the DAR database. These can include patriots, wives and descendants of patriots, and DAR members. Proven lines only please! Links Daughters of the American Revolution WEBSITE "The Daughters of the American Revolution is a ch...

  • American Colonial Governors

    American Colonial Governors This project is designed to capture pre-statehood Governors of entities that eventually became American States. (other than those designated as Territorial Governors) Territorial Governors are included in a separate Geni project: Spanish and French colonial governors of Louisiana are included on pages 3 and 4 of the Geni project "Govenors of Louisiana": List ...

  • American Revolution: New York and New Jersey campaign (July 1776 - March 1777)

    American Revolution: New York and New Jersey campaign (July 1776 - March 1777) Result: New York: British gain control of New York City, British victory New Jersey: Americans lose and then regain control of New Jersey, American victory The New York and New Jersey campaign was a series of battles for control of New York City and the state of New Jersey in the American Revolutionary Wa...

  • Joining the DAR - Daughters of the American Revolution

    Geni members who are happy to help you find out if you can apply for membership in the DAR FAQ 1. Am I eligible to apply for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution ? If you have at least one ancestor who contributed to the winning side in the American Revolution, and you can document your line of descent from that ancestor, then you are DAR eligible. "Any woman 18 year...

  • Blacks in the American Revolution

    Crispus Attucks was a black man in the American Revolutionary War, was the first person shot to death by British redcoats during the Boston Massacre, in Boston, Massachusetts, March 5, 1770. He has been named as the first martyr of the American Revolutionary War. Little is known for certain about Crispus Attucks beyond that he, along with Samuel Gray and James Caldwell, died "on the spot" dur...