Getting Under the Skin of My Ancestors
by Steve Isham If John Isham had not shown up in Plymouth Colony around 1670 I would not have a Mayflower ancestor, or at least not...
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Keith Quimbach
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
From the Helm - December 2022
The Australian Governor's update - December 2022 Welcome Merry Christmas everyone! This edition sees our members taking to the skies and...
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Keith Quimbach
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
One in a million.
by K C. Quimbach What are the odds? Would you ever believe that someday your paths would cross and you might end up meeting a famous...
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Genevieve Quimbach
- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
William Stinson Soule - Photographer (1836 - 1908)
While reading a book about the history of the United States, I happened upon one of those beautiful black and white photos of a Plains...
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Keith Quimbach
- Sep 19, 2022
- 2 min
From the Helm - September 2022
The Australian Governor's update - September 2022 Welcome In July it was a wonderful and exciting opportunity to meet face-to-face with...
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Steve Arnold
- Sep 19, 2022
- 3 min
GBOA Meeting Report - Bloomington, Minnesota September 10, 2022
Again, it is always an Honor to represent Australia at the General Society’s General Board of Assistants Meeting. This year was...
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Orel Lea
- Sep 18, 2022
- 1 min
Captain James Cook Chronicle
The latest newsletter from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution—Units Overseas—Sydney, Australia, September 2022....
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Jon Fearon
- Sep 18, 2022
- 10 min
Comparisons and Contrasts: An address to celebrate the first meeting of two historic societies.
Presented by Fellowship of First Fleeters, President Jon Fearon at First Fleet House on 24th July 2022 As President of the Fellowship of...
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Genevieve Quimbach
- Sep 18, 2022
- 1 min
Special Resolution from the Board of Directors, GSMD Inc.
On the occasion of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II the following is a resolution that was scribed and read by W. Becket Soule...
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Keith Quimbach
- Apr 14, 2022
- 2 min
From the Helm - April 2022
The Australian Governor's update January - April 2022 Welcome and Happy Easter! It's time to celebrate the Western Australian border...
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Terrance Patterson
- Apr 13, 2022
- 19 min
Hiram Sharp - American Patriot in the Australian Colonies
Hiram Sharp, an American Patriot in the Australian Colonies Terrance Patterson M.A. (Macq. Uni.), B. Ed. (Kuring-gai College of Advanced...
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Richard Shaw
- Apr 13, 2022
- 3 min
On a road to discovery
My journey to discovering my roots to George Soule, began some 7 years ago when I visited Plymouth Mass. My partner Colin and I did all...
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Andrew Wells
- Apr 13, 2022
- 3 min
Why I Volunteered as Historian for the Australian Society
I met Sir Marshall Howard, former Wyoming Mayflower Society Historian, in a comment on a gravestone image attached to my 10th great...
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Keith Quimbach
- Jan 19, 2022
- 2 min
From the Helm - January 2022
The Australian Governor's update October - December 2021 Welcome and Happy New Year! Another year has passed us by and as we celebrate...
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- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
New Director of Genealogy and Research Services
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants has hired a new Director of Genealogy and Research Services. Dr. Erin Scheopner joins us as...
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Keith Quimbach
- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
What do we say to our friends and family 50 years in the future?
In a joint effort between the AUSMD Inc and The Fellowship of First Fleeters in Sydney, a time capsule project has been proposed. We...
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Dr David Baker
- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
The Shortest History of the World
"The Shortest History of the World" by AUSMD member and author, Dr. David Baker. Available July 2022 David Baker came to Australia in...
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Genny Quimbach, Andrew Wells, Meg Averett
- Jan 18, 2022
- 2 min
A cemetery in North Carolina without a Soule in it!
In Hyde County, North Carolina stands a methodist church and cemetery named after Bishop Joshua Soule. "He was great-great-great grandson...
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Reverand Luke Isham
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
Thanksgiving prayer - AGM 13th November 2021
Hi I’m Luke living in St Kilda Melbourne - Edward Fuller line. It’s been 400 years since the our ancestors, literally 53 of our ancestors...
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