2008 Event Dates

Spring Meeting - Sunday, April 27, Marriott Hotel, Omaha.

Summer Event - Saturday, July 12, Mahoney State Park, Ashland.

Annual Meeting & Thanksgiving Dinner - Sunday, Nov. 23, The Knolls, Lincoln.

Historian General Interviewed for NPR's "Here and Now"

Historian General Ann Lainhart will be featured on the National Public Radio program "Here and Now" on Thanksgiving Day. Here & Now's Shannon Mullen visits the General Society in Plymouth, Mass., to find out what it takes to get into this "exclusive club whose members can prove they are direct descendents of the 102 pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock nearly four centuries ago."

Many public radio stations air this program; others do not. To see what stations broadcast "Here and Now," click here.

XM satellite radio subscribers can hear the program at 11 a.m. (CT) on XM 133.

If your local public radio station doesn't carry the program (no stations in Nebraska or Iowa do), you can listen to the online podcast, after it airs, by clicking here.

In Memoriam

Wilhelmina Ruth (Conklin) Denney
May 19, 1920 - Nov. 15, 2007

A descendant of Pilgrim William White, she joined the Nebraska Society in 1970.

Board of Assistants to Meet

The Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants Board of Assistants meet prior to the Annual Meeting on Sunday, Nov. 18 beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Knolls Country Club, 2201 Old Cheney Road, Lincoln. All board members are urged to attend.

Annual Meeting is Nov. 18

The Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants Annual Meeting and Thanksgiving Dinner is Sunday, Nov. 18 at 1 p.m. at Lincoln's Knolls Country Club, 2201 Old Cheney Road.

Bob Ripley, architect and Capitol Administrator, is the featured speaker. His keynote will focus on current restoration and preservation projects in and around the state capitol building.

Cost is $18. Send checks to Dorothy Munson, Treasurer, 941 North 67th St., Lincoln, NE 68505, before Nov. 14.

Welcome Aboard!

The Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants welcomes:

Diane Sue (Rankin) Fischer
Blair

A descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster

In Memoriam

Dora Katholeen Kirby
Sept. 10, 1915 - May 26, 2007

A descendant of Pilgrim Degory Priest, she joined the Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants in 1984.

Welcome Aboard!

The Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants welcomes:

Barbara Jean (Chloupek) Bird
Seward

A descendant of Pilgrim Thomas Rogers


Joshua Reid Fischer
Fremont

A descendant of Pilgrim Peter Browne

Welcome Aboard!

The Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants welcomes:

Cheryl Lynn (Anderson) Clark
Ellwood

A descendant of Pilgrim Isaac Allerton

Welcome Aboard!

The Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants welcomes:

Charles Silvey Pugsley IV
Omaha

A descendant of Pilgrim Thomas Rogers