Our First Junior Member Earns Mayflower Descendant Status!
Our newest member, Matilda Lea penned these words just prior to her recent birthday... Dear Mayflower Descendant Members, My name is...
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Andrew Cooper Wells
- Jul 12
- 4 min
Improving a Membership Lineage
Andrew C Wells – Historian for the Australian Society Congratulations on achieving proof of lineage to a Mayflower passenger! Just...
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Chris Elliott
- Feb 24
- 1 min
Are you ready to join in the fun and adventure!
The Mayflower Society is sponsoring two tours in 2024: Follow in the Footsteps of the Pilgrims July 13-18, 2024 On this six-day stateside...
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Chris Elliott
- Jan 15
- 3 min
Australia Society's First In-Person Congress
September was a milestone for The Australian Society of Mayflower Descendants Inc. (AUSMD). For the first time we were represented in...
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Chris Elliott
- Jan 15
- 1 min
The first quarterly Governor General's Address
Wednesday, 24 January, 2024 - 7pm Eastern Time (or in Australia - Thursday 25 January - 8am-W.A; 10am-QLD, 11am-NSW, VIC, TAS) Join...
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Chris Elliott
- Dec 26, 2023
- 2 min
Unwrapping the Charm: Exploring the Time-Honoured Traditions of Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a traditional holiday that is celebrated in several countries, primarily in the Commonwealth nations. The exact origins of...
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Chris Elliott
- Dec 22, 2023
- 1 min
Letter from the Governor General
Every year, GSMD and its member societies give scores of scholarships to students across the world in order to help them fulfill their...
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Chris Elliott
- Dec 10, 2023
- 2 min
Christmas time in Australia, for our American and Overseas Friends.........
by Connie Lynn Riley The first Christmas Celebrations in Australia have their roots in late 1788 and were introduced by convicts of the...
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Chris Elliott
- Dec 2, 2023
- 1 min
It's Museum Store Sunday at GSMD
You may be interested in one or more of the many items on sale from the GSMD website - https://themayflowersociety.org/shop/ Log onto the...
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Chris Elliott
- Dec 2, 2023
- 1 min
How did you celebrate 2023 Thanksgiving?
Here is how we, in Australia, celebrated our 2023 Thanksgiving... Our Secretary's family (Connie and Lester Riley) share celebrations...
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Chris Elliott
- Nov 11, 2023
- 2 min
“. . . that we might after a special manner rejoice together . . .” Thanksgiving
These are the words that one of the Pilgrims, Edward Winslow, wrote about the holiday we call the First Thanksgiving in 1621, over 400...
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Chris Elliott
- Nov 10, 2023
- 1 min
“The Race That stops a nation”
[1] MELBOURNE CUP – the thoroughbred horse race The Melbourne Cup is the biggest domestic sporting event in Australia or has been for...
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Chris Elliott
- Aug 26, 2023
- 1 min
Our latest Mayflower descendants have arrived!
Violet Hayden & Lily Kathleen Granger arrived safely 29 June 2023. Their father, Hayden (wife Maddi), grandfather, Scott and grandparents...
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Chris Elliott
- Aug 19, 2023
- 1 min
2023 GSMD General Congress
The 2023 General Congress is about to be held in Plymouth, Massachusetts from Friday 8th September through to Wednesday 13th September....
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Keith Quimbach
- Jun 29, 2023
- 2 min
From the Helm - June 2023
The Australian Governor's update - June 2023 Welcome It is with a sad heart that I inform you of the untimely passing of Orel Lea, a...
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Andrew Cooper Wells
- Jun 28, 2023
- 5 min
Unanticipated Genealogical Discoveries
As one gets further involved with their genealogy, those moments that take the breath away tend to become less frequent. This narrative...
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Keith Quimbach
- Mar 24, 2023
- 2 min
From the Helm - March 2023
The Australian Governor's update - March 2023 Welcome All plans and preparations have been made for this year's Annual General Meeting...
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lesterandconnie
- Mar 20, 2023
- 2 min
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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