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