Customer Reviews

1999 SAR Patriot Index

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The Patriot Index was conceived by the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) as a means of expanding membership and interest in the organization, as well as making it easier for amateur and professional genealogists alike to determine if they had an ancestor who provided service during the Revolution. Partnering with Progeny was a wise idea and this CD-ROM utilizes and incorporates their Progeny Family Explorer, so there's no need to purchase it separately.

The information provided comes from the Ancestral Cards maintained by the SAR that contained varying amounts of information and go back to the first application for membership. The oldest records will contain only the name of the Patriot Ancestor's name, the name of the applicant, and their National and State Numbers. These pieces of information help in obtaining a copy of the original application from the National Headquarters in Louisville and there is information with the CD-ROM on how to obtain that. More recent applications may contain additional information, but oftentimes there is little on the intervening generations, necessitating a copy of the original application.

Overall the CD-ROM works as well as anything Progeny offers, which is to say it works quite well. It is not, however, MacIntosh compatible, but does work with all Microsoft Operating systems. I haven't tried it on Vista yet, but imagine it should load and run properly. Charts can be run in Ancestor Chart, Fan Chart, Ahnentafel, Descendent Chart, Outline, and Register formats and there is GEDCOM export capability as well as Progeny's excellent customer service and support. This CD-ROM likely has wider appeal than members of the SAR or those interested in joining, which likely accounts for it being rather hard to find. The Edition III released in 2002 represented a further leap forward as far as more detailed information on intervening generations and is the superior of the two editions, but this is perfectly suitable if you cannot find or afford the newer edition.