Membership

To become a member of the Mayflower Society, you must prove lineage to one of the Mayflower passengers. For each person in your lineage and their spouse, you need a record of their birth, marriage, and death. Primary proof is preferred, but secondary sources are acceptable. The following is a list of primary sources:

• Vital records of birth, marriage, and death
• Bible and church records
• Marriage bonds or licenses
• Cemetery records and mortality schedules
• Probate records
• Land records: Deeds or property distribution
• Guardianship and orphan records.
• Contemporary family letters, diaries
• Tax list
• Pension and military records
• Federal and State census records, 1850 and after
• Gravestones and mortician records

If you are interested in joining the Mayflower Society, please contact our historian:

Braxtel Neely 310 Neely Road Richland, MS 39218 (601) 932-6335 braxtel@yahoo.com