The Sleeping Ute Mountain Chapter, NSDAR, began a DAR Memorial Library in 1985. This genealogy library is maintained at the Cortez Public Library. It includes more than 450 books, periodicals, and reference materials.
Many take pride in their heritage and the roles their ancestors played in U.S. history.
The following 13 additions have been donated this month:
The Great Migration Begins (3 vol.); The History and Antiquities of Every Town in Massachusetts; Soldiers in King Philip’s War; the First History of Kingston and Ulster Co., NY; Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire; History of Ancient Families of New Amsterdam and New York; Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York; New York State Probate Records; Tennessee Genealogical Records and Abstracts; The Maritime History of Maine; and The George M. Bedinger Papers in the Draper Manuscript.
For information on the genealogy Library or to make a donation, contact a DAR member. Mrs. Halene West is chapter regent (565-3279); Mrs. Joyce Turner is treasurer (564-5861); librarians are Mrs. Mary Lou Perkins (565-1196) and Mrs. Margie Russell (533-7169).
Membership in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is open to women at least 18 years old who descend from those who served in the Revolutionary War. Interested women may call Mrs. Halene West, regent (565-3279); Mrs. Janice Benton, membership (564-0737) or Mrs. June Head, registrar (565-3880).