Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Kings of Britain

04/11/2026

Some helpful resource…

Links to some web pages containing source material for medieval English genealogy: Public records

04/08/2026

For membership information and questions please visit our website:

04/06/2026

Our 75th Anniversary Chronicle (edited by Dr. Nathaniel Lane Taylor, FASG) is a reality (courtesy of member benefactor Cameo Wood)…all current members for whom we have a valid mailing address will receive a copy…new members will also receive a copy so long as there are copies available…get those applications approved!

Please address any inquiries to the email address in our website:

Royalbastards.org

Email address: [email protected]

03/25/2026

Oyez, Oyez: Our 2026 Virtual Annual Meeting and Social Hour will be held Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 6PM Eastern Time (U.S.). Link to be distributed by email to members–candidates–friends.

09/28/2025

Our August webinar is now online: an introduction to the first sources Americans use for researching pre-modern ancestral lines back into Britain.

https://royalbastards.org/genealogy-sources-for-pre-modern-britain-august-webinar-now-online/

02/17/2025

RBs in attendance at the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut Winter informal Friday night dinner…

02/17/2025

Two Bastards in Connecticut!

02/15/2025

Welcome newest member Brantley Carter Bolling Knowles (Mrs. Peter I. C. II)...

01/19/2025

The 2025 Annual Meeting will be held virtually on April 1, 2025, April Fool's Day, which is the tradition of our Society. Members will receive more information via email about the meeting. Plan now to attend.

01/19/2025

The earlier style of the membership certificate shown here which was in use when I became a member in 2006. The newer diploma is larger and somewhat more colorful.