***-----Original Message----- ***From: R1946AT@aol.com [mailto:R1946AT@aol.com] ***Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:24 PM ***To: MAYFLOWER-L@rootsweb.com ***Subject: [MFLR] Susan Roser - membership? *** *** ***This question is for Susan, but if you know the answer then ***please feel free to jump in and answer the question. *** ***My question has to do with descendants of children born out of ***wedlock where the parents never married. Would those ***descendants be able to join the Mayflower Society? Hi Bob, Bette Bradway answered this question a couple of years ago. Back in Sep. of 2000 Bette wrote a lengthy reply which was forwarded to the list and included this: "The Society of Mayflower Descendants has never excluded membership because of illegitimacy, as long as the lineage can be PROVEN." You can find the original message in the list archives http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MAYFLOWER +2000+334644323+F