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  • National Society of Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company

    This Genealogical organization, founded in 1927, of the Women Descendants of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery is made up of lineal descendants of the 24 Founders of 1637 and for all members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company between 1638-1774. For lineal descendants of the General court of Massachusetts Bay when the Charter was granted in 1638, namely, the Governor, the Governor's Council and for the Deputies to the General Court of 1638. Also included in the Ancient and Honorable society of women descendants are lineal descendants of the Clergymen who were invited to preach an Annual Election Sermon.

  • National Society United States Daughters of 1812

    The society requires lineal descent from an ancestor who rendered military, naval or civil service between the close of the American Revolutionary War in 1783 and the close of the War of 1812 in 1815, Military service may be in any one of sixteen recognized engagements between those dates.

  • Order of Lafayette

    American enlisted men who served in France or in French possessions during World War I or World War II, and who were commissioned later are also eligible for membership in the Order of Lafayette, as well as commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers of the French Foreign Legion. Membership in the order is also open to all recipients, regardless of rank, of the Medal of Honor or the French Medaille Militaire who served in France or French possessions during World War I or World War II, and are admitted as members without having to pay dues to the Order. All lineal descendants, male or female, of original members, or those who would have qualified as original members, are eligible for full membership in the Order on reaching the age of twenty-one years. Membership is also extended to all American military personnel who served in close conjunction with French forces in Operation Desert Storm, Kosovo, Afghanistan, or the Somali coast. Service may include liaison officers, translators, training, special operations, as well as combat.

  • San Jacinto Descendants

    The San Jacinto Descendants was founded in 1965 by a group of lineal descendants of the heroes who fought at the Battle of San Jacinto under General Sam Houston on April 21, 1836 as well as those who were in the baggage train at Harrisburg, handing out supplies and tending the wounded.

  • Texian Legacy Association

    Living history society.

  • The American Legion

    United States veterans organization.

    • American Legion - Library & Museum

      Full-text access to newsletters, press releases and other publications.

    • American Legion Digital Archive

      The American Legion National Library and Museum administers the Digital Archive, which represents the library's digital holdings. The Digital Archive provides full-text access to The American Legion magazine, national meeting digests, post and officer manuals, newsletters, press releases, and other publications published by the national organization. Additionally, the archive contains the ruling documents of The American Legion including current resolutions. And 50 years of Sons of the American Legion Newsletters, includes information about activities, squadrons, detachments and individuals.

  • The Aztec Club of 1847

    A major reference on the Mexican War, with historical journals, biographies, photographs, contemporary artwork, battle statistics and maps, chronologies. Over 100 biographies of Civil War generals, from both the Union and Confederacy.

  • The Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati Profiles

    Online searchable database from the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

  • The Military Order of the Carabao

    The Carabao Order came to epitomize the camaraderie that grows among members of the armed forces who face the dangers and privations of extensive military service far from home.

  • The Military Order of the Purple Heart

    Society for combat wounded veterans.

  • The Naval Order of the United States (NOUS)

    The Naval Order of the United States (NOUS) was founded in 1890 by descendants of New England seafarers who fought in the Revolutionary War. The Order

  • The Order of the Indian Wars of the United States

    Hereditary Society for gentlemen who's ancestors saw combat action in any of the American Indian Wars.

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