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Family history reveals a Soule descendant in NSW
Nellie (Page) Pillars at her home "Nugal Hall"
lesterandconnie
Sep 18, 20211 min read
An ode to Father's Day
Father’s Day We’ve had some bleak times money related, depression prompted just overwhelmed by the daily grind I suppose times like most...
lesterandconnie
Sep 18, 20212 min read
GSMD General Board of Assistants - Meeting notes 10 September 2021
It was an absolute Honor for Judy and I to represent Australia at the First in Person GBOA Meeting since the Charter Approval of our AU...
lesterandconnie
Sep 18, 20212 min read
Creating a family ancestor candle board
As a Mayflower Descendant and former teacher, I struggled trying to think of a teaching tool to pass on our family’s Mayflower history to...
lesterandconnie
Sep 18, 20212 min read
The Mayflower Plate: Today and Yesterday
We only have Edward Winslow’s reference to what was served that first Thanksgiving in 1621, and nothing about what it was served on. The...
lesterandconnie
Sep 18, 20214 min read
From the Helm - September 2021
The Australian Governor's update for July - September 2021 Welcome Please welcome my wife, Genevieve Quimbach as the new Website Manager...
lesterandconnie
Sep 18, 20213 min read
1620 echoes in the 1950s
How did descendants of Mayflower passenger Edward Fuller end up in Tasmania in the 1950s?
lesterandconnie
Jun 16, 20214 min read
Honouring the children of the Mayflower
Would the Plymouth colony have survived without the children on board the Mayflower?
lesterandconnie
Jun 16, 20213 min read
From the Helm - June 2021
The Australian Governor's update for April-June 2021
lesterandconnie
Jun 16, 20212 min read
GSMD annouced the 100,000 Mayflower Society member.
Just released today from the Society's Governor General Jane Hurt and the Society's Historian General Midge Hurtuk, that US Army Retired,...
lesterandconnie
May 28, 20211 min read
400th Anniversary of the First Thanksgiving
Notices from the GSMD - The 2021 GBOA celebration is being held in Plymouth, Mass. September 8th-11. Traditional 17th Century dinner...
lesterandconnie
May 22, 20211 min read
Preserving a 400-year heritage from Richard Warren
Keith Quimbach tells the story of the Granger family's unique connection to their Mayflower ancestor, Richard Warren.
lesterandconnie
Mar 10, 20213 min read
Uncovering a Mayflower Ancestor: An Australian Perspective
What does being a Mayflower descendant mean to an Australian? Lisa shares her story.
lesterandconnie
Feb 4, 20219 min read
Australian Anniversary Zoom Social: a 'virtual' success!
The Australian Society of Mayflower Descendants (AUSMD), celebrated our first Anniversary on 26 January 2021, Australia Day. To...
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Feb 1, 20212 min read
From the Helm - January 2021
A special message from the Governor as we celebrate Australia Day and the Australian Mayflower Society's First Anniversary on JAN 26,...
lesterandconnie
Jan 24, 20213 min read
Who was pilgrim Samuel Fuller?
Samuel Fuller was the only pilgrim to own a slave. Steve Isham looks for insights into Samuel's character.
lesterandconnie
Dec 9, 20204 min read
Sailing the world, 400 years on from the Mayflower
Just like our Mayflower ancestors in 1620, Australian descendant Jeanne Harrison spent most of 2020 at sea.
Jeanne Harrison
Dec 1, 20202 min read
A new book brings the Mayflower Compact Signers to life
Debra Georgantis-Miller's book establishes the individual identities of the Mayflower Compact Signers & their links to living descendants.
lesterandconnie
Nov 30, 20201 min read
From the Helm - December 2020
The Governor's update on Australian Mayflower Society activities, September to December 2020.
lesterandconnie
Nov 30, 20203 min read
Milton's story: From school teacher to front-line soldier
Australian Mayflower descendant Orel Lea tells the WW2 story of her father Milton.
lesterandconnie
Sep 10, 20203 min read
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