Hi Betty---and any other Howland's out there: I was pretty sure you meant the Howland Society--I just wanted to make sure before I sent an answer! We have about 1800 members and publish the Howland Quarterly which is free with membership. We own Howland House in Plymouth, Mass. This home was lived in by Jabez--a son of John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley. We know that John and Eliz. stayed there and the house is known in Plymouth as the "Last house standing where a Mayflower passenger lived" (There is one older house--the Sparrow house--1640, so I am sure Mayf. folks probably went inside there). We also own a good chunk of Rocky Nook, which is the property John bought in 1638 through his death (1672). His son Joseph also had a house on another section of the property. The past several summers we have had members there doing archealogical digs. These are professionally done with folks from the Univ. of Virginia. Several of our teenagers from different states have become very good friends doing the dig. I can picture them 50 years from now them saying "remember when we were young and dug all that dirt and salied that little boat up the river...." We are also building a shallop to sail up the Kennebc River just as John did to set up a trading post. It is being built at Plimoth Plantation. The boat is being built as it would have been in the 17th century. Assuming it is ready the sailing may be this summer. We also take trips to Europe which have included Holland, Wales, England, etc. The last one was 1999 and we had 44 members attend (including myself!) It is a wonderful way to get to know your Howland cousins. The next trip is tentatively scheduled for the Spring of 2004. We meet every year in Plymouth in Aug, except the year the Gen. Soc. Mayfl. meets--we then meet in Sept. We have over 100 attend each year. The arch. dig is usually the week before the meeting. I invite any Howland's out there to join us! Our registrar is Judith Elfring at: jci4822@juno.com If you e-mail her include your snail mail address and tell her you heard about the Pilgrim John Howland Society from me. Gail Adams Editor of the Howland Quarterly Covered in snow....out here in northern Virginia