Val & Jeff Tice seem to be the foremost experts on Jamestown Society admissions for the Pace surname. Here is Val's response to my enquiry that I received yesterday and was not sent to the Pace mail list. This is very important information which is probably not known to many on the the Pace mail list or PSA members: "I know the Jamestown Society accepts as descendants of Richard & Isabella the descendants of Richard [b. 1661] m. Rebecca (died in Bertie) including his son Richard IV m. Elizabeth Cain and his daughter Rebecca m. 1) Bradford 2) Aycock and the descendants of John [Sr, b. 1668] m. Elizabeth (most likely Lowe. He died in Bertie 1727). [I personally believe that Elizabeth Lowe was m. to John's brother James (b. 1666) per Bruce Howard, GWP] He died in Bertie 1727. If you can prove lineage from either Richard or John of Bertie, both those lines are accepted as far as I know. I don't have a lot of applications in the records that I store, but I do have a couple of them as recent as last year... I haven't heard of anyone being denied membership through either John or Richard.... John Pace m. Ann Russell descendants have also been accepted in the Jamestown Society as descendants of Richard & Isabella. But that is the line where the first DNA test did not match the 3a and 3b DNA groups. We are waiting for another test on another son's line. I believe the test results are due in November sometime. I don't know whether descendants from the John Pace m. Sarah {Burgh?] (he was born in Prince George, VA, d. in Surry, North Carolina) are accepted. I haven't seen any applications on this line." Val Tice submitted by Gordon W. Pace ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com