Instructions for the Boston Tea Party Society Application
Please read the instructions before completing the application.
This application is designed to be completed using Microsoft Word. Download
and type the application on your computer.
Do not attach documents to the application.
The qualifying ancestor on the first page of the application is your direct ancestor
who participated in the Boston Tea Party. See the list of recognized participants.
Provide full names to the extent possible. Do not use initials unless the full name
cannot be discovered. List all women with their maiden surnames, not their
married surnames. List all dates in the format of 17 Oct 1743. If there is
information that is not known or not applicable for a specific field, leave the blank
empty. Do not use terms such as “N/A,” “Unknown,” “-0-” or “living.”
Complete the genealogical portion of the application so that it resembles the
following entry, and be sure to use proper bibliographic citations when you
identify your proofs. See the example below.
2.
b.
d.
m.
to
b.
d.
John Covington
25 Oct 1740 at Boston, MA
16 Feb 1802 at Philadelphia, PA
17 Aug 1765 at Boston, MA
Prudence McMillen
31 Jan 1745 at New Haven, CT
6 May 1815 at Boston, MA
Proofs: American Ancestors.org: Boston, MA: Births 1700-1800, p. 220; John L. Anderson,
Covington Family Genealogy (Boston: C.L. Pritchett & Co., 1985), p. 322; American
Ancestors.org: Boston, MA: Church Records, Vol. New South Church, p. 97.
Applications submitted to other organizations are not acceptable as proof. Please
submit all documentation necessary to establish your line to your Boston Tea Party
participant ancestor. If your ancestor is not listed as one of the 202 known
organizers and participants, you must submit your proof that he did indeed
participate and should be included on the recognized list. Submit copies of such
proof, including title and publication page(s) establishing your claim.
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The Boston Tea Party Society
Application Instructions
Acceptable documentation for all information includes: birth, death, marriage
certificates; baptism records; probate records; censuses; Social Security Death
Index; tombstone inscriptions (with a photograph and the name of the cemetery
provided); bible records, with the copyright page; and similar records. Provide a
copy of the title page for all published sources. Family genealogies, county
histories, and similar works must cite original source materials to be acceptable.
Gedcoms and personal internet postings of family trees are not acceptable.
Links from each generation to the next must be clearly established.
Prepare your proofs by highlighing in yellow the relevant information, and
number the specific generation being supported by the proofs. Failure to do
this will result in your application being returned.
Upon completion, print the application on plain white paper and staple the pages of
the application only together in the top left-hand corner. Be sure to keep a copy of
your application on your computer until you are notified that it has been approved.
Then, send 2 copies of your application (3 if you want one returned to you after
verification—include $5 extra for return postage), and 1 copy of each proof to the
Genealogist General and a check payable to “Boston Tea Party Society,” in the
amount of either $90 (for non-refundable $40 application fee, plus $50 annual
dues) or $540 (for non-refundable $40 application fee, plus $500 lifetime dues).
Supplemental applications are $40. If you apply by December 16, 2013, you will
qualify to become a Charter Member, and the lifetime dues are only $250, plus the
$40 non-refundable application fee.
Send your completed application copies with one set of proofs to:
Tricia Thompson
1347 Robin Lane
Bozeman, MT 59715
For any questions, you may contact Tricia by email at tricia@genealogywriter.com
or by phone, (406) 587-0915.
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