Hi Gloria,

Your hunt just got easier! Don't know what was wrong with my computer, or the national database, but I found him!!! What I had to do was use only the birth place and death place and start to read through the 445 men with those details until I got to G's to find him.

GOORLEY, THOMAS Ancestor # A045944
Birth Date: 1752
Birth State/Country: IRELAND
Death Date: 1796
Death State/Country: SOUTH CAROLINA
Rank: CAPTAIN
Service State/Organization: PENNSYLVANIA
Spouse(s): MARTHA MC NEELY

Don't worry about the spelling, but this information is what we had in our index. See the information below on how to order a copy of one application from a member who used Thomas as her ancestor.

Instructions for Ordering Application Record Copies

Application papers of active, deceased, resigned, or dropped DAR members may be ordered for a fee of $10.00 per paper from the Library Copy Services Office (formerly the Registrar General's Record Information Office). The staff may need to perform considerable research to fill your request, so it would be helpful if you could provide as much information as possible to help them with this search. This $10.00 fee is for the searching and copying. If the requested paper is not available, the fee is not refundable. You will be notified if a problem arises with your order or if a paper is not available for some reason.

Mail Orders
Please complete one copy of the Request for Record Copy form for each paper you wish to order. Include a check in the proper amount ($10.00 per paper) made payable to "Treasurer General NSDAR" with your order. If you are requesting a copy of more than one application or multiple copies of one application, you may pay with one check for the total amount.

Mail record copy orders to:
Library Copy Services
DAR Headquarters
1776 D Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-5303

Fax Orders
You may also order record copies by fax using the Request for Record Copy form. Payment may be made with Visa, MasterCard, or Discover Card. Faxed orders will be processed in order of their receipt along with mail order requests. Fax record copy orders to: (202) 777-2372

These instructions are taken straight from our instructions. I will send you the form privately to complete this process.

Do send me your city and state of residence and we'll set you on the path to becoming a member of DAR.

Mary