BECOME A PART OF OUR SOCIETY
PROCESS
Our application process is completed in two-steps. First, submit a Preliminary Application with very little basic lineage information, along with the application fee and first year's dues. Next, prepare and submit the detailed lineage information on the Application Worksheet (there is no additional fee for processing this). Once the Application Worksheet has been approved by the State Historian, it is sent to Plymouth, MA for approval by the Historian General of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. After all approvals have been made, the State Historian assigns a State Number and prepares a certificate of membership. The membership certificate is presented at the next Annual Meeting.
APPLICATION FEES
The Application Fee is $200.00. This application fee applies to ALL applications (Supplemental and Silver Supplemental as well as Regular Membership Application). The fee is payable with your Preliminary Application and is not refundable, even if the line is rejected or the application forfeited. Applicants have three years from the time of approval of their Preliminary Application to send in their Application Worksheet and required documentation. After the expiration of the three-year period, anyone desiring to become a member must submit a new Preliminary Application along with another application fee in the amount applicable at that time. Make checks payable to “NC Mayflower Society”.
MEMBERSHIP DUES
Annual dues are $50 per year. The current year’s dues are to be paid along with the Application Fee for new members. Dues are not paid on the Supplemental Application or Silver Supplemental Applications for Members in good standing with up to date dues.
Please note, there will be a $25 reinstatement fee for lapsed and/or late dues.
DUES AND FEES MAY BE CHANGED BY THE SOCIETY AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
HOW DO I APPLY?
If you wish to submit a Preliminary Application, please click here for Editable PDF form. Complete the form and return it, along with a check for $250.00 made payable to “NC Mayflower Society”, to the Membership Chairperson.
Ray M. Maxson, PE
2506 Robin Hill Drive
Charlotte, NC 28210-7259
[email protected]
You may also request a blank form from this address.
HINT: Make copies to use as first drafts and for applications for Supplemental Lines.
After your Preliminary Application and fee have been received and approved by the Membership Chairperson, a copy of the Application Worksheet, together with detailed instructions for its, completion, will be forwarded to you. When you have completed the Application Worksheet please forward it, with your electronic documentation, to the NC Mayflower Society Historian.
Documenting Your Line
Our application process is now electronic. We accept scanned copies of documents as individual .jpg files for each document. Create a folder numbered for each generation- Number one being the generation of the Mayflower ancestor. Each .jpg file should be numbered with the generation and abbreviation for the document. Example BC1 for birth certificate of the Mayflower line-holder and BC2 for birth certificate of the spouse. So, Generation 12 will have a 12-BC1 and a 12-BC2. Please use MC for Marriage certificate and add a number if there are multiple marriages: example 12-MC3 (for a third marriage certificate in generation 12); DC1 for Death certificate of the Mayflower line-holder and DC2 for Death certificate of the spouse. For other documents use the generation and a short name that indicates what the document is. For example, a gravestone photo for generation 9 of the Mayflower line holder: 9-g.s. photo1.
You can use DROPBOX, a free sharing tool available online, to share your documents once Ray Maxson assigns you to work with one of our historians.
If you have any further questions, or problems with your Application Worksheet, please contact our State Historian for suggestions or assistance.
Jackie LaMar [email protected]
Good luck with your application!
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