With a very major Bradford line in my maternal ancestry, I've been chasing the direct connection to William Bradford that my great grandmother told me exists for almost twenty years. If such a direct connection is out there I have yet to find it, although I've found multiple "indirect" connections through marriage no only to Gov. Bradford but to at least seven other fellow Mayflower Pilgrims. Nothing direct though, but I suspect that is due to the fact that after all this time I have yet to document the parents for my 4g-grandfather, named John Bradford (1798-1877). That said, as of this past week I can now document a different connection that has apparently evolved out two decades of frustration. This week I found a direct connection not with William Bradford, but with William Brewster, who it turns out is my 11g-grandfather. Upon discovering the connection, I went to the Mayflower Society webpage to purchase the Brewster "Silver Book," but unless I am totally missing something there is no such thing available. Can anyone out there verify this for me, or better yet tell me there is one available and how to purchase it? I did purchase some smaller ones I found there on the Brewster genealogy, but no silver book like the Bradford edition that I bought a few years ago. If anyone out there can tell me there is a Brewster edition of the Silver Books and point me in the right direction toward buying it, I would appreciate it. Now that I have documented the connection, I would like to find out some details from a reliable source if I can. David E. Cann decann@infionline.net
David, The MF silver book on Brewster is not yet ready for publication. The pink MFIP booklets are the "in progess" books and all that we have right now. The prime researcher for the Brewster family is Barbara Merrick, a very thorough researcher. She obviously wants to "get it right" before she publishes this book. We have been given no time frame on when this might happen. Susan E. Roser www.friendsofthepilgrims.com www.rootsweb.com/~canms/canada.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Cann" <decann@infionline.net> To: "Mayflower List Posting" <mayflower@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 2:31 PM Subject: [MFLR] William Brewster "Silver Book?" > With a very major Bradford line in my maternal ancestry, I've been chasing > the direct connection to William Bradford that my great grandmother told > me > exists for almost twenty years. If such a direct connection is out there > I > have yet to find it, although I've found multiple "indirect" connections > through marriage no only to Gov. Bradford but to at least seven other > fellow > Mayflower Pilgrims. Nothing direct though, but I suspect that is due to > the > fact that after all this time I have yet to document the parents for my > 4g-grandfather, named John Bradford (1798-1877). That said, as of this > past > week I can now document a different connection that has apparently evolved > out two decades of frustration. > > This week I found a direct connection not with William Bradford, but with > William Brewster, who it turns out is my 11g-grandfather. Upon > discovering > the connection, I went to the Mayflower Society webpage to purchase the > Brewster "Silver Book," but unless I am totally missing something there is > no such thing available. Can anyone out there verify this for me, or > better > yet tell me there is one available and how to purchase it? I did purchase > some smaller ones I found there on the Brewster genealogy, but no silver > book like the Bradford edition that I bought a few years ago. > > If anyone out there can tell me there is a Brewster edition of the Silver > Books and point me in the right direction toward buying it, I would > appreciate it. Now that I have documented the connection, I would like to > find out some details from a reliable source if I can. > > > David E. Cann > decann@infionline.net > > > > Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page > for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Susan, I pretty much expected that answer. It stands to reason if they had one available then it would have been listed on the WWW, but it was worth asking. I thank you for the response. I'll see what I can find in booklets I have sent for, then hopefully purchase the new silver book if/when it is released. Thanks again. David E. Cann decann@infionline.net -----Original Message----- From: mayflower-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mayflower-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Susan E. Roser Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 2:49 PM To: mayflower@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MFLR] William Brewster "Silver Book?" David, The MF silver book on Brewster is not yet ready for publication. The pink MFIP booklets are the "in progess" books and all that we have right now. The prime researcher for the Brewster family is Barbara Merrick, a very thorough researcher. She obviously wants to "get it right" before she publishes this book. We have been given no time frame on when this might happen. Susan E. Roser