This may seem like a silly question (or it may actually have been asked before), but your post made me think of it. If someone joined the Society years ago and it was learned later that the line they joined on turned out to be invalid, does that person retain membership in the Society anyway? Curious as to how that works. Thanks, Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bette Bradway" <bibcg@nycap.rr.com> To: <MAYFLOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [MFLR] Descendants of John Howland > A slight clarification on the "MI".... [rest of your post snipped for brevity] > Bette Innes Bradway, > Assist. Historian General

The usual policy is that if one has joined the Society "in good faith" and based on the then available information (as Ric did, and many others have done) and the line is later disproven, no member is ever asked to resign or told that they can no longer be a member. Some people WILL resign their membership. Others, like you, will find another line from which they are eligible. In that case, everyone goes "merrily on their way" and the member just stands up at various functions to honor a different Mayflower Passenger from whom they really do descend. Bette Bradway