If you ever contemplated becoming a member of a lineage society such as the Daughters of the American Revolution or the Order of the First Families of New Hampshire, rest aside that the road to membership is manageable, but the process requires some discipline. You need to learn the eligibility requirements, apply, document your lineage, document your ancestor’s qualifying service, and so on. Fortunately , Dr. Kimberly Ormsby Nagy has precisely described all that’s involved in her book, The Complete Guide to Lineage Societies: The Who, What, Where, and How. Her new book succinctly explains each step in the lineage society membership process and how to go about it. To illustrate Dr. Nagy’s method, we have reproduced the book’s table of contents and a segment from Chapter Seven, ”Documenting Your Ancestor’s Qualifying Service.”
