U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 3/4, tier record.
The SAR application (Illinois Society, approved March 1920) names Norman Bentley Wood as born in Ridgefield, Bergen County, New Jersey, in November 1889. The day number cannot be read, so the full date of 6 November is not confirmed. Place, month and probable year all match, and the 1888 parental marriage fits. The record is consistent with the claim but does not state the full date legibly.
Matches: Applicant is Norman Bentley Wood, the same name as the claim; The birth statement reads 'I was born in Ridgefield, County of Bergen, State of New Jersey', matching the claimed place; The birth month reads 'November' and the year appears as '889', probably 1889 with the leading digit cut off, matching the claim; Parents are given as George S. Wood and Mary Wagner Bentley, married 1888, which fits a 1889 birth
Limits: The day of birth is not legible in this image, so '6 November' cannot be confirmed; The form text is faint and mirrored from bleed-through, so the year is only partly readable; The page is the cover and first page of the application; it is the applicant's own statement, not a birth record; The record says nothing about his death in 1950