Patriot Research System - https://sarpatriots.sar.org/

Getting familiar with and using the Patriot Research System (PRS) is a great way for you to:

• Review your approved lineage(s)
• Continue to do family research for other possible Patriots
• Bring your Patriot to life by creating and submitting biographies
• Link your Patriot’s record in PRS to ancestry.com 
• Support NSSAR’s mission of “educating and inspiring future generations” by becoming a PRS Volunteer

Reviewing Your Approved Record Copies – Member Search

• For the best PRS experience, you should first go to the NSSAR website – sar.org – and log in
• Click on the “PRS” menu link, you’ll be taken to the PRS and be logged in as a Member
• You can now review your approved applications by
• Clicking on the “Member Search” menu link, and  
• Entering your Surname / Given name and then click on the “Search” button
• You will now see and be able to review all your approved Patriots
• Clicking on the hyperlink in the ACN column will open the fully transcribed lineage

Finding Other Patriot Linkages – Descendant Search

• Click on the Descendant Search menu link  
• Enter the Surname and Given name of one of your Ancestors, click on the Search button
• The PRS will show you all lineage matches found in the PRS database

Bring Your Patriot to Life – Submit a sourced biography

• A good biography includes the following
• The Patriot’s qualifying service (military, patriotic, civil) and where the service was rendered
• Provides sources where you can because they’ll assist future researchers
• Notes immediate family as well as interesting “life events” before and after the Rev War
• Final step – submit you sourced biography utilizing the Patriot Graves and Biography Report

Link Your Patriot(s) to Ancestry Database

• Copy the PRS URL link (e.g.,  https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/333561)
• Open your Ancestry Tree and find the Patriot in Tree view
• Click on your Patriot and view their record in Profile mode
• Use “Add web link” in Ancestry Sources column to post the PRS link under “Web links” 

Become a PRS volunteer and support expansion of the PRS database

• Work on Chapter level projects to ensure all Chapter connected Patriots are fully documented
• Transcribe data from Mike Lyman’s book – Rev War Patriots Buried in VA – into the PRS database
• Ensure Compatriot applications have been accurately transcribed in the PRS database

If this is of interest to you, please send you name, chapter, and NSSAR # to patriotgraves@sar.org

A key part of making the PRS a success is to upload existing, approved lineages. (The NSSAR approved Record Copy (RC) members received when they first joined the Society.) An RC details the SAR Compatriot’s lineage to their Rev War patriot or Rev War supporter as well as significant information about each patriot or supporter.

Efforts are underway in several State NSSAR Societies to organize teams of volunteers to enter RC information.  We are joining these efforts with the immediate goal of entering the RC information for each of our GWSAR members.