This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooke/Fisher/Hopkins/Howland/Tilley/Warren Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FO.2ADI/362.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Karen, I had no idea. Invitation only? I do believe my lineage to Hopkins is intact (unlike the Cooke lineage) but perhaps I should forget the Jamestown group then? After I go through my data again I will post but if my memory serves me well I believe I have more than Hopkins connecting our family to Jamestown. Among the grandfather's somewhere are the Lord de la Warr's: Thomas West (1577-1602) (please don't quote me on these dates yet!); his son Governor Francis West (1590-1634); his son Francis II West (1605-1696). I believe the Gov Francis one was instrumental at Jamestown but again don't quote me yet!
TN used to be "invitation only", meaning that you had to have two letters of recommendation from current members in order for them to even look at your application. When I joined, I didn't know any members to ask, so I asked the historian to connect me with someone who would comply and write the recommendations, which they accordingly did. It seemed silly, since they could hardly really recommend someone they didn't even know. I don't think they do that anymore. The reason I am telling you this is that you can probably do the same where you are. Don't give up if you have good lineage. Some of the state societies are very difficult, but that is slowly changing, I think. All the Mayflower Society really wants is good documentation and a sure line. It is not in their best interest to turn people away who have a legitimate claim to the lineage. They know that. I have found the people in Plymouth to be amazingly knowledgeable and extremely helpful. Also, it is my understanding, (and correct me, you folks in the know, if I am wrong) that you can actually join through any state society you wish; you are not limited to your state of residence. Linda in TN ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [MFLR] Help with Cooke descent line. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Cooke/Fisher/Hopkins/Howland/Tilley/Warren > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FO.2ADI/362.2.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Thank you Karen, I had no idea. Invitation only? I do believe my lineage to Hopkins is intact (unlike the Cooke lineage) but perhaps I should forget the Jamestown group then? After I go through my data again I will post but if my memory serves me well I believe I have more than Hopkins connecting our family to Jamestown. Among the grandfather's somewhere are the Lord de la Warr's: Thomas West (1577-1602) (please don't quote me on these dates yet!); his son Governor Francis West (1590-1634); his son Francis II West (1605-1696). I believe the Gov Francis one was instrumental at Jamestown but again don't quote me yet! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 144 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len
The original conversation to the Mayflower Message Board, not the mailing list, was not that the Mayflower Society requires an invitation, but that the Jamestown Society requires an invitation. I found this out in 2005, and this may have changed. But the New York Society of Mayflower Descendants does *not* require an invitation. I'd be surprised if any state societies do that anymore. I know it gets to be confusing when responses go to the list rather than the board. But since message board queries are gatewayed to the mailing list, it helps to respond to the board by using the links that are included in the list messages. Then everyone gets to see them, including the original poster. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Linda Smith Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MFLR] Help with Cooke descent line. TN used to be "invitation only", meaning that you had to have two letters of recommendation from current members in order for them to even look at your application. When I joined, I didn't know any members to ask, so I asked the historian to connect me with someone who would comply and write the recommendations, which they accordingly did. It seemed silly, since they could hardly really recommend someone they didn't even know. I don't think they do that anymore. The reason I am telling you this is that you can probably do the same where you are. Don't give up if you have good lineage. Some of the state societies are very difficult, but that is slowly changing, I think. All the Mayflower Society really wants is good documentation and a sure line. It is not in their best interest to turn people away who have a legitimate claim to the lineage. They know that. I have found the people in Plymouth to be amazingly knowledgeable and extremely helpful. Also, it is my understanding, (and correct me, you folks in the know, if I am wrong) that you can actually join through any state society you wish; you are not limited to your state of residence. Linda in TN ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [MFLR] Help with Cooke descent line. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Cooke/Fisher/Hopkins/Howland/Tilley/Warren > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FO.2ADI/362.2.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Thank you Karen, I had no idea. Invitation only? I do believe my > lineage to Hopkins is intact (unlike the Cooke lineage) but perhaps I should forget the Jamestown group then? After I go through my data again I will post but if my memory serves me well I believe I have more than Hopkins connecting our family to Jamestown. Among the grandfather's somewhere are the Lord de la Warr's: Thomas West (1577-1602) (please don't quote me on these dates yet!); his son Governor Francis West (1590-1634); his son Francis II West (1605-1696). I believe the Gov Francis one was instrumental at Jamestown but again don't quote me yet! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 144 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message