Joan; Thanks for the offer. I have just emailed Judith requesting an application. D. Coleen Cook ----- Original Message ----- From: Joan C. Miller <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] responses > Okay Coleen and if you need any help with what I've found on > documentation and I'm sure others can and will help, too. -- let me > know. Of course, you know, haven't been notified if approved for > membership, as yet. > Joan > On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:48:55 -0700 "Deborah Cook" > <[email protected]> writes: > > Joan; > > > > Thanks much. I will send for an application. > > > > D. Coleen > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Joan C. Miller <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 10:33 AM > > Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] responses > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > It's The Pilgrim John Howland Society,Inc. Applications to > > become a > > > member may be requested from Judith A. Elfring, Registrar; e-mail: > > > > > [email protected] > > > Last November we attended Thanksgiving Dinner at Plimoth > > Plantation. > > > What a treat. We really enjoyed our three days in spite of the > > cold > > > weather. > > > While there we visited the home of Jabez Howland. The hosts and > > > hostesses were so accommodating and ever so friendly. Made us > > feel at > > > home and shared lots of interesting facts. > > > To make a long story short... my daughter in CA asked about > > becoming a > > > member. > > > Since I am a member of Society of Mayflower Descendants through > > Myles > > > Standish on my paternal side, thought it would be nice to join > > John > > > Howland Society on my maternal side. > > > At that time we thought this was our only Mayflower lineage. > > > We now know through our DAY line we have another Myles Standish > > line on > > > our maternal side. > > > > > > Little background on the John Howland Society, which I'm sure you > > know is > > > not the same as becoming a member of the Society of Mayflower > > > descendants, - > > > This Howland Society celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1997. > > > To quote from their literature: " The objective of the society is > > to > > > perpetuate the memory of our ancestors, John Howland and his wife, > > > Elizabeth Tilly Howland; to preserve and publish manuscripts > > relating to > > > the John Howland family; to erect and keep in good repair a > > memorial to > > > their memory in the Pilgrim Church at Plymouth; to assist in > > pursuing > > > research in England and Holland to discover their ancestors; to > > retain > > > possession of and keep in good condition the properties known as > > the > > > "Howland House" at Plymouth, Mass., and the Howland homesites at > > rocky > > > Nook, Kingston, Mass." > > > > > > I sent my membership application to Judith. I think a nominating > > > committe meets to determine elegibility. > > > > > > Any questions? I have several "Howland Quarterly Newsletters". > > > > > > Joan > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the > > #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >