​Society of the First

Please send inquiries to: FirstFamiliesNY@gmail.com, the application will be emailed in response. You will be obliged to submit the application on acid free paper with a check or money order in the amount of $400.00 representing application and membership fees.



 

Supplemental Applications

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​Supplemental applications may be submitted with a prescribed fee of $200.00. The same criteria apply as for an initial application.

 

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Member Application 

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Within one year, unless granted extension by the Society, the applicant shall return to the Society all required documents, prepared in accordance with instructions established and distributed by the Society, and accompanied by the prescribed fees and dues.

After the Registrar determines that the lineage requirement has been met, the applicant will be referred to the Membership Committee for approval. 

 

The Society may not discriminate against the applicant on the basis of race or creed. 

 

A copy of an approved application from the following lineage societies may be substituted as proof of lineage and proof of documentation, however in all cases, the Registrar will be the final determiner and authority of acceptability of the lineage proofs.​ 



Acceptable Lineage Societies:

Society of the Cincinnati

Daughters of the Cincinnati

General Society of the Sons of the Revolution

Sons of the American Revolution

General Society of Colonial Wars

Holland Society of New York

Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York

Daughters of Holland Dames

Colonial Dames of America

National Society of Colonial Dames of America

National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century

National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

Order of the Founders and Patriots of America

National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America

The Jamestowne Society

General Society of Mayflower Descendants

Dutch Settlers Society of Albany

Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America