Good Evening to all interested Maupins. Re: Maupin lines into the Jamestowne Society: This is very appropriate for the Maupin descendents. I mentioned to Bill in a previous email that I was a member of council of the National Jamestowne Society, a long time member of The First Texas Company . The Jamestowne Society is working toward the 400th anniversary (2007) of this great country in Jamestowne, VA. As Bill stated regarding the Ballard line and probably many other lines which can be found on the website --www.jamestowne.com, please remember that membership into the Society is by "invitation only" by a current member and must be sponsored by that member. I am a member of council and the National Companies Committee Chairman (organizing new companies). I also help prospective members in any way I can or direct them the someone in their immediate area. If you review the above webpage and find an ancestor listed and have a good start on the documentation, please contact me directly concerning the Jamestowne Society membership at cafarmer@wt.net . I will see how I can assist. Thank you... Carolyn Farmer -----Original Message----- From: MAUPIN REUNION 2000 <maupinreunion@par1.net> To: MAUPIN-L@rootsweb.com <MAUPIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, November 17, 2000 2:15 AM Subject: [MAUPIN-L] Jamestown Organization >Good Morning!!! > >This is related to the Maupin family in many ways so I think it should be appropriate. > >I am sure most of you are aware that in 2007 we will be celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Jamestown. Well, I am very much into history and plan to attend as much of this celebrations as >I can. I was also interested in checking if I had any lines that were at Jamestown. Many years ago >I had a close friend who worked on microfilm on Jamestown papers. She had a ancestor that was at >Jamestown. She thought she was going to go blind because the rolls were so hard to read. She spent several hours on just a few documents. Well, anyway, I contacted a member of our Maupin group I knew was acquainted with this Jamestown information. It seems that there is an organization for those people who descend from those families that were there. I visited the site, and guess who was >there THOMAS BALLARD. I knew he had arrived very early 1660-1670. He owned a lot of Middle Plantation that later became Williamsburg. So, if you are a descendant of Gabriel Maupin and Ann >Ballard, or any of the Ballards from Albemarle County. You could, if you get all your paperwork documented, join this organization. I will continue to look for a line for myself, because I would like >very much to belong to this organization > >I believe there is a Ballard List Group also. > >William > > >==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. ><http://cgi.rootsweb.con/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi> >