Instructions for Completion of Application
READ THIS DOCUMENT BEFORE PREPARING YOUR APPLICATION.
This application is designed as a tab-and-type document, using fields, and can be completed on your
computer using Microsoft WORD. If you have a MAC, it will be necessary to convert the document so
that it is useful in your software. If you need to convert the document, please refer to your software
instructions.
Do not attach documents to the application, and do not submit your application and proofs in bound form.
The qualifying Taverner (Number 1) at the top of page 2 of the application is a person licensed to sell
spirituous liquors or keep an inn or other hostelry no later than July 4, 1776. Evidence must be submitted
in support of this claim. Please note: Individuals who were licensed to brew, but otherwise did not have
a tavern or an inn do not qualify. People who posted a bond for another person to keep a tavern or an inn
do not qualify.
Provide full names wherever possible. Do not use initials unless necessary. Women should be listed with
their maiden names, not their married names. All dates should be given as 04 Oct 1734. If information is
unknown or not applicable for a specific blank, please leave the blank empty; do not use designations
such as "N/A" or "-0-" or "living."
Complete the genealogical portion of the application so that it resembles the following paragraph, and
please be sure to use proper bibliographic citations when you define your proofs (as shown in the example
below):
4.
b.
d.
m.
to
b.
d.
James Falsinghampton
23 Jan 1641/2 at New Haven, CT
07 Dec 1728 at Duxbury, MA
12 Oct 1668 at Boston, MA
Mehitable Cromwich
25 Feb 1643/4 at Fairfield, CT
02 Nov 1723 at Rehoboth, MA
Proofs: TAG, Vol. 22, pp. 88-96; Thumpton, RI Death Rec. to the Year 1850, E.P. Rice (Boston: New England Press, 1992),
pp. 70-71; Boston Marriages Before 1900, L.L. Commoner (Boston: Harvard Publishers, 1922), p. 313.
It is necessary that the applicant prove, through acceptable documentation, every name, date and place
submitted on this application. Acceptable documentation includes: birth, death and marriage certificates
or records; federal and state censuses; Social Security death index transcripts; tombstone transcriptions;
photographs of tombstones (with the name and location of cemetery stated on reverse of photograph);
bible records (must include copyright page); wills and estate documents; military pension records;
obituaries (the name and date of the newspaper from which they are culled MUST be provided or they are
not acceptable), and other similar genealogical records. Family histories that do not cite to original source
materials are not acceptable. GEDCOMS and Internet sources generated by family historians are not
acceptable means of proof. This society does not accept record copies of proven applications to other
societies. A copy of the title page from all published sources must be provided. If you have any
questions or doubts about the acceptability of a resource, please contact the Keeper of the Tavern Records
to determine its acceptability BEFORE submitting it.
Number your proofs according to the generation(s) they support, and highlight the pertinent information
on each page.
When completed, print the document on plain, white paper, and staple the pages of the application
together in the top left-hand corner. Do not bind or punch any other holes in this application.
Three (3) generations should appear in their entirety on each page, and all references to documentation
should appear with their respective lineage paragraphs. This may require eliminating blank lines between
lineage paragraphs, or, on rare occasions, changing the font from 12 point to 10 point for the references.
Retain the application on your computer until you are notified that it has been approved. This is
requested so that, if there are program errors, your application can be corrected without retyping.
Upon completion, send this application by U.S. Postal Mail to the Keeper of the Tavern Records with
your check, payable to "Flagon & Trencher," in the amount of $100. This amount includes the
Registration fee, Life dues, and Membership certificate. If this is a supplemental application, the amount
of the check should be $35. Do not send applications via “registered” or “certified” mail.
If you have questions, please contact the Keeper of the Tavern Records by mail at 1716 Bigley Avenue,
Charleston, WV 25302, by telephone at 304/340-0200, or by e-mail at AlexNBannerman@aol.com.
THANK YOU for your interest in Flagon & Trencher.