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Chris Elliott
Oct 251 min read
Let’s catch up for a coffee – Cousin’s Coffee
On Saturday, 14th September 2024, the AUSMD hosted its inaugural virtual Cousin's Coffee conversation. Participants were guided by David...
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Chris Elliott
Oct 251 min read
Pilgrim 101© – Lecture #1 “Saints, Strangers and Sources – How we know What we know”
On Saturday, 17th August 2024, the Pilgrim 101© series kicked off with a lecture by Beth Lambright, former Governor of The Mayflower...
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Bill Elliott
Oct 253 min read
So how did Mayflower Descendants end up in Australia?
The Mayflower Quarterly Magazine | Fall 2024 | page 16 In Australia, our schools do not stress the importance of the Mayflower's arrival...
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Chris Elliott
Aug 102 min read
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 124 min read
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
Dec 26, 20232 min read
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 2, 20231 min read
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
Aug 26, 20231 min read
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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Andrew Cooper Wells
Jun 28, 20235 min read
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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lesterandconnie
Mar 20, 20232 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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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lesterandconnie
Sep 18, 20221 min read
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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Ann Wilkerson
Apr 13, 20224 min read
Pilgrim Year Leiden 400 celebrated online
Pieterskerk, Leiden
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Terrance Patterson
Apr 13, 202219 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20223 min read
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 18, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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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