Exhibitor Profile-SAR Operation Ancestor Search

Booth #218

Operation Ancestor Search is a free program of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR) that provides genealogy research assistance and training to wounded warriors, their families, and caregivers as they recover from their injuries at military hospitals, medical centers, and transition units across the country.

OAS was developed in 2011 at the former Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, later the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, as a local chapter project of the DC Society.

It was adopted as a national Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) program in 2012, at which time Ancestry.com awarded a major grant to the NSSAR to fund the program from its national headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky. 

OAS is based on the premise that the inherent genealogical expertise within the SAR is a tremendous resource that the organization can use to help give back to the wounded warriors who were injured in their service to our nation. 

The program is operated by NSSAR state societies through their local chapters across the country and, in some cases, in cooperation with other local genealogy and lineage organizations. 

In addition to its major grant to fund the OAS program, Ancestry.com provides free access to its databases for the participants, including Fold3.com and Newspapers.com, as well as various support materials. 

If you are interested in helping with the OAS program at a facility near you, please come by Booth #218, or contact Program Director Rick Kincaid (rkincaid@sar.org; 502-588-6147.)

                       A program of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. 

                                                    
                                                         Sponsored by Ancestry.com.

Exhibitor Profile-SAR Operation Ancestor Search