Membership Requirements

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Who is Eligible:

Those eligible for active membership are women no less than 16 years of age who are blood descendants, lineal or collateral, of men and women who served honorably in the Army, Navy, or civil service of the Confederate States of America or gave material aid to The Cause. Also eligible are those women who are lineal or collateral blood descendants of members or former members of the UDC. Adopted children are not eligible for membership by virtue of their adoptive parents' bloodline but solely by virtue of their natural or biological parents' bloodlines.

Proof of Eligibility:

Proof of an ancestor's service to the Confederate States of America may be provided, if available, upon request from one of the following sources:

Chapter or Division Registrar

UDC Business Office

From records of military service compiled from registered applications and veterans' files, upon request of the Chapter Registrar and payment of research fee

State Department of Archives and History

Confederate records, if certified.

General Services Administration, National Archives and Record Service

8th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20408

An authoritative publication:

Give name of author, volume, page number, year of publication, location of library. Provide certified copy of pertinent data.  Virginia Regimental History Series books are accepted.

Data from tombstone:

While this is not proof of service, it does supply the dates of birth and death.  You will need the name and location of cemetery. Please certify as to authenticity. Enclose photograph if possible.

Proof of applicant's relation to Confederate veteran: Birth, marriage, obituaries, and death certificates where possible.  For more detailed information on what constitutes proof of an applicant's relationship to a Confederate veteran, please contact the Business Office.

Genealogy and pension records are not available from the Business Office.

Admission:

Admission to the organization shall be by invitation through a local Chapter.

Assistance:

If you need assistance researching your family for the purpose of obtaining membership in the Luray Chapter #436, a chapter member will be glad to assist you.

 
 

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