Membership is open
to women no less than 16 years of age who are blood descendants,
lineal or collateral, of men and women who served honorably in the
Army, Navy or Civil Service of the Confederate States of America,
or gave Material Aid to the Cause.
REQUIRED PROOF OF
ELIGIBILITY
Proof of
ancestor's service to the Confederate States of America may be
obtained, if available, upon request from one of the following
sources:
UDC Business
Office: From records of military service compiled from registered
UDC applications and National Archives Compiled Confederate
Service Records, upon request of UDC Chapter Registrar and payment
of research fee.
(Research
Request Form)
Limited pension
records are available from the UDC Business Office for a fee
(Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Missouri, South Carolina, and Tennessee).
(Research
Request Form)
State Departments
of Archives and History, Confederate Records, if certified.
General Services
Administration,
National Archives and Records Service,
8th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20408
An authoritative
publication: Photocopy of title page, name of author, volume, page
number, year of publication, location of library. Provide
certified copy of pertinent data relating to Confederate ancestor
only.
Data from a
tombstone is not acceptable as proof of military service but may
be used as proof of birth and death dates. Proof of applicant's
relation to Confederate ancestor must be established through
birth, marriage, and death certificates.
UDC Business
Office
Memorial Building
328 North Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220-4009
Telephone: 804-355-1636
Fax: 804-353-1396
HOURS OF
OPERATION
Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
