JOINING SNIPES FAMILY OF AMERICA:  INFO AND APPLICATION FORM

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE UPON JOINING
-- An SFA membership certificate and coat-of-arms
-- The name of the member who responds to queries and coordinates research for your branch
-- An SFA membership list, membership directory, and computer tips 
-- A recent issue of our quarterly newsletter, The Snipes Hunter
-- The history of SFA and early Snipes generations, an outline showing connections among SFA members, and a list of books for sale.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE ON AN ONGOING BASIS
--  Assistance in searching your roots
--  Access to SFA resources, including our database of over 58,000 Snipes-related individuals
--  Access to the members-only section of our official website
--  A subscription to The Snipes Hunter

OUR OFFICIAL SFA WEBSITE, with additional information of interest, may be found at http://jubico.com/sfa/.  

IF YOU WANT TO REPLY USING US MAIL, print out this membership application form and send it along with your family information and a check for $15 (for the year of application, $15 renewals thereafter) made out to Snipes Family of America to:  Bob Snipes, 1070 Willowdale Drive, Shepherdstown, WV 25443.  Any additional amount you can add to defray expenses is appreciated.

IF YOU WANT TO REPLY USING E-MAIL (preferred method),   If you received this form via e-mail, fill it out by hitting reply, editing the message, taking as much space as you need and send it to snipes@principia.edu.  Take necessary steps to get us your family information as part of the form, as an attachment to the form, or via US Mail to the address below.  Mail a check for $15 made out to Snipes Family of America to:  Bob Snipes, 1070 Willowdale Drive, Shepherdstown, WV 25443.   Any additional amount you can donate to defray operating expenses is appreciated.

LIFETIME MEMBERSHIPS are available.  By paying $375, you will be considered a member in good standing from now on without having to pay the $15 renewal fee every year.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM (Fill out what you can)
Current full name (first, middle and last):
Mailing address (street, city, state, zip code):
Telephone number:
E-mail Address:
Full name at birth (or maiden name):
Nickname, if any:
Your date and place of birth:
Current spouse's full name:
Date and place of your marriage:
Previous spouse's full name:
Date and place of your marriage:
Your father's full name:
Your mother's full maiden name:
Names of relatives who belong to SFA:
Anything else we should know about you:
How you heard about SFA:
Which edition of the newsletter would you prefer? (check one)
____ color edition delivered by email  (default if email available)
____ monochromatic delivered by first class mail
Any genealogy software you use, version:

INFORMATION WE WOULD LIKE FROM YOU:
Typical "family group sheet" information (birth, death, burial, marriage dates and locations for all husbands, wives and associated children) and any interesting stories for:
--  your immediate family: children, grandchildren, parents, siblings
--  two generations back on the direct line of your non-Snipes parent
--  as many generations as you have back and forward from your Snipes parent.
<<If you have limited information, we'll take whatever you have.>>  We'll help you put it together, if you want.

PLEASE INDICATE HOW YOU WILL SUBMIT THIS FAMILY INFORMATION:
___Via email or floppy disk with a Family Tree Maker .FBC,FBK or GED file.
___On family group sheets .   A family group sheet form is provided below.  Duplicate as many of these sheets as you need.  (If sending via email just highlight and copy the blank sheet below a number of times.)

FAMILY GROUP SHEET
Fill out one of these forms for each family unit, including your immediate family, your children, grandchildren, parents, and siblings.  Go two generations back on the direct line of your non-Snipes parent; and as many generations as you have back and forward from your Snipes parent:

HUSBAND
Birth date and locatIon:
Marriage date and location:
Death & burial dates and locations:
Husband's father:
Husband's mother:
Husband's other wives:

WIFE
Birth date and location:
Marriage date and location:
Death & burial dates and locations:
Wife's father:
Wife's mother:
Wife's other husbands:
List sources for all the above information and any interesting stories.

FOR EACH CHILD OF THIS HUSBAND AND WIFE:
Name and gender:
Birth dates and locations:
Marriage dates and locations:
Death & burial dates and locations:

Name and gender:
Birth dates and locations:
Marriage dates and locations:
Death & burial dates and locations:

Name and gender:
Birth dates and locations:
Marriage dates and locations:
Death & burial dates and locations

Name and gender:
Birth dates and locations:
Marriage dates and locations
Death & burial dates and locations: