Ren: Mrs Atkinson is the one who wrote to me after I had first sent an inquiry to a Mrs. Anne H. McKown, Membership The Ark and the Dove Society 3580 South River Terrace Edgewater, Md 21037 Years ago I started to apply for membership but got side tracked. Just a few months ago Mrs. McGowen wrote to me about joining and after I sent in my pedagree I got an answer from MrsAtkinson stating that she had some doubts that there was a ESTHER ASHFORD?? That was my reason for contacting the NEVILLE SOCIETY to see if anyone else had info about ESTHER. You kindly replied and when I got into roots.com There was plenty of proof to me and i don't see how the "Society' could have any doubts that ESTHER exhisted??? Well today I sent a whole raft of papers to Mrs Atkinson and we shall see what comes of it. If I get in OK if not so what. I'm just doing it as a lark and so my kids and grandkids will know a bit more about their history. \ I joined the Sons of the American Revolution several years ago for the same reason. One of my Gr Gr grandfathers was in the Penna. Malitia for 4 years during the revolution...I doubt that he did any more than march around and in looking up his records I see they fined him for missing training sessions....He never was more than a Pvt....no membership in the Cincinatti Society for me ! I have found the house he built in 1782 in Edgemont ,Pa. People still live in the place but they reciently re habed it and are selling it for over $500,000... Ted