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Society of Descendants of Scotland

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change SDS Administrator to HQ staff
'''Hereditary Class''' is available to persons who cannot qualify for Royal Class, but who can prove descent from a Scottish family who lived in Scotland a minimum of three generations.
The entry fee is $100; $50 for converting from Hereditary to Royal Class at a later date; plus a genealogist's fee Genealogist Fee for each lineage submitted, including corrections and extensions. No fees need attach for lineages or portions of lineages already recognized by The Augustan Society, and a credit will be issued for any such duplication. 
==Insignia==
==Induction Process==
# Petitioners must submit to the [[SDS Administrator]] (usually one of the [[Consuls]]) Headquarters a completed petition, payment of the Entry Fee, payment of the [[Genealogist Fee]], and such other evidence of qualification as may be needed. The SDS Administrator Headquarters staff may complete the paper petition form if all data is supplied in another format.# The SDS Administrator Headquarters staff will confirm that the lineage is in standard form and appears complete. Failing this, he they will remand the lineage to the petitioner for additional information.# The SDS Administrator Headquarters staff will forward the lineage to the [[Genealogy Committee]] for review. That Committee will convert the lineage into standard form format and into a GED file, if needed.# The Lineage Headquarters staff, being accepted informed by the Genealogy Committee, that the SDS Administrator lineage is acceptable, will create a letter of welcome and a certificate of membership, these may be signed by the Dean of the SDS either physically or electronically at his discretion. If there is no Dean or they are unresponsive, the SDS Administrator will sign. The [[Assistant Secretary]] will sign and apply the corporate seal to the certificate before it is sent.# The SDS Administrator Headquarters staff will notify the ''[[Augustæum]]'' Editor of the induction if the petitioner is an Augustan Member.# The SDS Administrator Headquarters staff will notify the [[Custodian of Insignia]] of the induction.
# The [[Custodian of Insignia]] will send the appropriate insignia with a cover letter.
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