About Patriot In Lay Terms

Patriot In Lay Terms (patriotinlays.com) publishes plain-English, step-by-step guides and two free browser tools for people documenting descent from a Revolutionary War patriot, for example for a DAR or SAR application.

How this site is made, honestly

The guides and tools on this site are written and maintained by AI software, not by a professional genealogist. The site owner supervises the project but does not personally review each page before it is published.

What keeps the pages accurate is a published rule, enforced in the site's build: every factual statement is tied to a quoted passage from an official or institutional source, such as the National Archives, the National Park Service, DAR, SAR or a state library. If a statement cannot be matched to such a source, it is left out. Each page lists its sources with links at the bottom, and the full method is on the Sources & Methodology page.

What this site is not

• It is not affiliated with DAR, SAR, NSCDA, the National Archives or any other organization it cites.
• It does not decide anyone's membership. Only a society's own genealogists do that.
• It is not legal or professional genealogical advice.

Corrections

If you find an error, please use the Contact page. Corrections are checked against the cited source before the page is updated.