To provide for the instruction and training of individuals in improving and developing their capabilities and by instructing the public on genealogical and historical subjects useful to these individuals and beneficial to the community.

To conduct genealogical discussions and lectures for the furtherance of genealogy through public education.

To create, foster and maintain interest among citizens of the area included in the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in the genealogy and local history of the area, the genealogy of the pioneers of this area, and such genealogy as may be of interest to the members. The area of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek will hereafter be called the area.

To collect and preserve information relating to those pioneers who settled the area and to the early history of the area.

To preserve church, cemetery and land records, testamentary documents , diaries and manuscripts and other source materials wherein are chronicled the achievements of those who settled this area of Mississippi.

To copy and index all such records and to catalog them so as to make this information more readily available to present and future generations.

To collect and make available to the members of this organization and others, through the Carthage-Leake County Library, the published records of counties formed by the Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty,whence came the early settlers.

To exchange ideas and collaborate in devising methods of genealogical and historical research.

To maintain a close relationship with the Carthage - Leake County Library and all kindred organizations where located.

ADMISSION

Membership shall be open to any person interested in subscribing to the purpose of Dancing Rabbit Genealogical Society.
Application for membership in this Society shall:
1. Be made to the membership committee on the official form.

2. Be accompanied by the annual dues

Upon receipt by the membership committee of the completed membership form and receipt by the treasurer of the annual dues, applicant for membership shall become a member of the society, with all the rights, privileges, and duties thereof.

DUES

Charter member dues shall be $10.00 per person or $15.00 for two members in the same household sharing one mailing of any society materials. Any applicant who joins the society in November or December will not pay dues for the upcoming year. Annual dues shall be due and payable to the treasurer by January 1 of each year. If dues are not received by February 1, the member shall be considered delinquent and a notice shall be sent by the treasurer. If dues are not received by March 1, the membership shall be forfeited.

PEDIGREE CHART

The member is requested to submit to the Archivist within six months following the date of acceptance of membership in the society, a five-generation pedigree chart of the family line of those who settled in the Dancing Rabbit area. Submittal of additional member family charts is encouraged.