Interested in Becoming a Member?

To initiate the SAR membership process, you should begin by ensuring that you can satisfy the SAR membership requirements and that you are a direct descendant of a Revolutionary War Patriot.

Any man may join who meets the following requirements:

1. 18 years or older.
2. A citizen of good repute in the community.
3. A lineal descendant of an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in loyalty to, and rendered active service in the cause of, American Independence either as an office, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman or minuteman, in the armed forces of the Continental Congress, of any one of the several Colonies or States, as a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspondence, as a member of any Continental, Provincial, or Colonial Congress or Legislature or as a recognized patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain.
4. Do not advocate the overthrow of the Government of the United States by use of force or violence.

To get started, visit the National Society to help determine your eligibility for membership in the San Francisco Sons of the American Revolution.

Here are some great genealogical resources to help you along your journey:
* ancestry.com

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