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| title = Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Membership Applications, 1892-2010
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| start_year = 1892
| end_year = 2010
| FS_URL_01 = [[GuidedResearch:Texas|Texas Guided Research]]
| FS_URL_02 = [[Texas Record Finder]]
| FS_URL_03 = [[Texas Research Tips and Strategies]]
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| RW_URL_05 = [https://www.tshaonline.org/supsites/military/ Texas State Historical Association Online Index to Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas]
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== What is in This Collection? ==
This collection includes records from The Daughters of the Republic of Texas,a lineage based organization and as such, its members must prove their descent from a man or women who rendered loyal service for Texas (prior to the Annexation Agreement with the United States on February 19, 1846) to be eligible for membership. The collection consists of images of approximately 1,525 booklets of applications and their attendant documentation for the years 1892 to 2010. Lineage books and pedigree files usually accompany the application and may include copies of vital records submitted as documentation. The collection is located in the society's headquarters in Austin, Texas. The collection is organized by volume, application number, and years. Later volumes were not assigned volume numbers. If you have the application number, you should be able to find it in one of the ranges listed in the browse lists.


== Record Description  ==
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=== Index and Image Visibility ===
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The Daughters of the Republic of Texas is a lineage based organization and as such, its members must prove their descent from a man or women who rendered loyal service for Texas (prior to the Annexation Agreement with the United States on February 19, 1846) to be eligible for membership. The collection consists of images of approximately 1,525 booklets of applications and their attendant documentation. It is located in the society's headquarters in Austin, Texas.
=== To Browse This Collection ===
 
{{Collection_Browse_Link |CID=CID1918480 |title=Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Membership Applications, 1892-2010 }}
Lineage books and pedigree files usually accompany the application and may include copies of vital records submitted as documentation.
== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
 
The following information may be found in these records:
=== Record Content  ===
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*Applicant’s name and date of application
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*Applicant's date and place of birth
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*Name of ancestor of descent
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Key genealogical facts included in the application forms and lineages include:  
 
*Applicant’s name  
*Name of ancestor  
*Birthplace of ancestor  
*Birthplace of ancestor  
*Texas residence of ancestor  
*Texas residence of ancestor  
*Applicant’s birthplace
*Ancestors' date(s) and place(s) of birth
*Genealogical information about applicant’s ancestors
*Description of ancestor's military service  
*Description of ancestors’ military service
*Date application was approved
 
*Names of witnesses
== How to Use the Record ==
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== Collection Content ==
The digital collection is a browse collection. It is organized by volume, application number, and years. Later volumes were not assigned volume numbers. If you have the application number, you should be able to find it in one of the ranges listed in the browse lists. Another option is to look in the folders for the year that your family member might have joined the Association.
=== Sample Images ===
 
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Image:Texas Daughters of the Republic of Texas Membership Applications (11-0183) DGS 4751340_51.jpg|1962 Application
== Known Issues with This Collection  ==
Image:Texas Daughters of the Republic of Texas Membership Applications (11-0183) DGS 4751340_52.jpg|1835-1941 Lineage
 
Image:Texas Daughters of the Republic of Texas Membership Applications (11-0183) DGS 4751340_53.jpg|1871 Ancestor's Service
{{HR Known Issues}}For a full list of all known issues associated with this collection see the attached [[Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Membership Applications (FamilySearch Historical Records)/Known Issues|Wiki article]]. If you encounter additional problems, please email them to [mailto:support@familysearch.org support@familysearch.org]. Please include the full path to the link and a description of the problem in your e-mail. Your assistance will help ensure that future reworks will be considered.  
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== How Do I Search This Collection? ==
== Related Websites  ==
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 
*Name of the person
[http://www.drtinfo.org/membership The Daughters of the Republic of Texas]  
*The age of the person
 
*Date of the event
== Related Wiki Articles  ==
=== Search the Index ===
 
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*[[Texas]]  
=== View the Images ===
*[[Texas Societies]]
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== Contributions to This Article  ==
| browse_1 = Vol. No. and Application No. Range
 
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== Citation for This Collection  ==
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{{HR Tip|More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at {{FSC|1918480|item|disp=Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Membership Applications, 1892-2010}}. Click on camera icon to see images.}}
The following citation refers to the original source for the data and images published on FamilySearch.org Historical Records. It may include the author, custodian, publisher, or archive for the original records.
=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===
 
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]].
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== What Do I Do Next? ==
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Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. Look at the actual image of the record, if you can, to verify the information and to find additional information. 
 
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
Information about crataing source citations for FamilySearch HistaoricalCaollectiosn is listed in the wiki article&nbsp;[[Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections]].
*Add any new information to your record
*Use the age or estimated birth date to find church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records
*Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records
*Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in censuses. Witnesses were usually family members
*Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
*If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
*If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby town or county
*Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for [http://genealogy.about.com/od/first_names/fl/nickname-given-name-equivalents.htm these names] as well
*Check the info box above for additional FamilySearch websites and related websites that may assist you in finding similar records
=== Research Helps ===
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of [[Texas, United States Genealogy|Texas]].
* [[GuidedResearch:Texas|Texas Guided Research]]
* [[Texas Record Finder]]
* [[Texas Research Tips and Strategies]]
* [[Step-by-Step Texas Research, 1880-Present]]


== Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections ==
== Other FamilySearch Collections ==
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.


When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records.  
=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
*{{FSC|4092104|item|disp=Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, membership applications, 1892-2010}}
*{{FSC|1921143|item|disp=Texas, Sons of the Republic of Texas membership applications, 1836-2010}}
*{{FSC|1390006|item|disp=Sons of the Republic of Texas membership records, 1836-2005}}
*{{FSC|1024629|item|disp=Republic of Texas pensions, ca. 1870-1900}}
*{{FSC|1021640|item|disp=Republic claims files, 1835-1846}}
*{{FSC|1024642|item|disp=Republic of Texas unpaid claims, ca. 1835-1846}}
*{{FSC|986285|item|disp=Republic of Texas public debt papers, ca. 1835-1860}}


===== Citation Examples for Records Found in a FamilySearch Historical Collection ====
*Daughters of the Republic of Texas. ''Muster rolls of the Texas revolution.'' Austin, Texas : Daughters of the Republic of Texas, c1986 {{FSC|534369|item|disp=FS Library 976.4 M2mr}}
*Catherine McDowell, comp. ''A Guide to the Texana holdings of the Texas History Library of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas'' 2 volumes. San Antonio, Texas : s. n., 1978. {{FSC|76824|item|disp=FS Library 976.4351 A3d}}
*Thomas Lloyd Miller. ''Bounty and donation land grants of Texas, 1835-1888'' Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, c1967 {{FSC|189736|item|disp=FS Library 976.4 R21m}}
*Abstracts of pension applications are in John C. Barron, et al., ''Republic of Texas Pension Application Abstracts.'' Austin, Texas: Austin Genealogical Society, 1987. {{FSC|509714|item|disp=FS Catalog book 976.4 M2bj}} and {{FSC|509714|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6101694}}.
*Daughters of the Republic of Texas, comp. ; Karen R. Thompson, managing editor, ''Defenders of the Republic of Texas'' Vol. 1. Texas army; muster rolls, receipt rolls and other rolls, 1836-1841. Austin, Texas: Laurel House Press, 1989 {{FSC|488170|item|disp=FS Library 976.4 M2d}}
*Mrs. Harry Joseph Morris, ''Founders and patriots of the Republic of Texas : the lineages of the members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas'' 8 volumes. Austin, Texas: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1963-2001 {{FSC|33551|item|disp=FS Library 976.4 C4f}}


Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Membership Applications, 1892-2010." database and digital images,''FamilySearch'' (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 8 June 2011). Vol. 46, no. 0619-02702 &gt; Image 3 of 369 images, Carrye Latimer Ablowich, applied for membership February 3, 1941. Citing Daughter of the Republic of Texas Records, Vol. 46, no. 2619-2701, Image 2; Austin, Texas.
=== FamilySearch Historical Records ===
*{{RecordSearch|1987567|United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848}}
*{{RecordSearch|1979390|United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926}}


A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the wiki article [[Help:How to Cite FamilySearch Collections]].
=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===
*Daughters of the Republic of Texas. ''The marked gravesites of Citizens of the Republic of Texas'' {{FSDL|409702}}
*{{FSC|2480813|item|disp=edited from the originals in the Texas State Library by Seymour V. Connor, assisted by Howard Lackman and Margaret K. Howard. With an introduction. by Louis M. Kemp, ''Texas treasury papers : letters received in the Treasury Department of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1846.'' 4 volumes. Austin, Texas : Texas State Library, 1955}}
*Compiled index to elected and appointed officials of the Republic of Texas, 1835-1846 {{FSDL|775162}}
*Alfonso Steele. ''Biography of Private Alfonso Steele (deceased) : last survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto, together with Mr. Steele's account of the campaign and fight, and the official Report of General Sam Houston, with complete roster of the commands composing the little army'' Mexia, Texas : N.P. Houx, 1906 {{FSDL|85431}}
*''Dr. J.H. Barnard's journal : from December, 1835, including the Fannin Massacre, March 27th, 1836''Reprint. Originally published: Goliad, Tex. : Goliad Advance, 1912. {{FSDL|775696}}


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== Known Issues ==
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== Citing This Collection ==
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.
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