Please NOTE: Our society is implementing a new registration procedure for security reasons to join our monthly meetings on Zoom. All members or visitors who plan attending on Zoom only will need to Register in Advance for our June Meeting below! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom information. Please download speaker handouts below!
All members or visitors planning on attending in person do NOT need to register, but just attend in person as noted below!
Our September program with speaker Del Ritchhart will be a hybrid program on September 19 at 10 am in the Foxtail 2 Room at the Fort Collins Senior Center (1400 Raintree Drive in Fort Collins) See map below!
Program Description
If one has Revolutionary War ancestors, or thinks they may have, the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Web Site is the place to start your research. Within the web site the Patriots Research System (PRS) is the portion of the site that can provide you with information about your Patriot based on applications made by previous descendants of your Patriot Ancestor.
The web site can provide you not only information about your Patriot; but can provide you with copies of previous applications submitted by other descendants. This, in turn, can provide you valuable facts about people in the same lineage that you are using to apply for SAR membership. Navigating the site is not very intuitive, so we will be providing tips and helpful hints to facilitate your research. We will also familiarize you with the SAR’s sister organization’s web site, The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
Speaker Profile
Speaker – Del Ritchhart
Del graduated from the University of Colorado with a BS in Education. Later, in the Navy, he received a master’s degree in Acquisition Management from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Master’s in Naval Science from the Naval War College.
Del began researching his family history in 1994. He served in leadership positions in several San Diego genealogy organizations; including President, Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego and Program Director, San Diego Genealogical Society. He was Chair of The Working Group for soliciting Sponsors, Exhibitors and Advertisers for the June 2019 International German Genealogy Partnership Conference held in Sacramento.
He led the German Study Group for the Larimer County Genealogical Society from 2019 to 2022. Del has given over 140 genealogy presentations to numerous groups in the Southern California and Northern Colorado areas in the past fifteen years. He published, “Breathing Life Into My Family Ancestors” in late 2011 and published his second book “Ordinary People Who Accomplished the Extraordinary—Our Immigrant Ancestors and Their Descendants” in November 2019.
Fort Collins Senior Center Map
Map for Fort Collins Senior Center
ZOOM REGISTRATION
Registration Reminder: Members and Visitors are welcome to join us on Zoom, but are required to Register in Advance for our June Meeting by clicking on this underlined link! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom information.
Be sure to use our Thursday afternoon (except holiday weeks) genealogy help session from 1 to 3 pm at the Fort Collins Downtown Library or Loveland Library.
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