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.