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News & Events
2022 November 19, 2022
Our Compact Day Commemoration and SMDAL 70th Anniversary Celebration The American Village Trust in Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama, on Saturday, November 19, 2022, beginning at 11:30. a.m. -- $25.00 per person.

 We will have a State Society business meeting, a sumptuous buffet lunch, and an update from Dr. Erin Kate Scheopner, GSMD Director of Genealogy and Research Services. Our featured on-site speaker will be Robert Scott Davis. Bob is well known for his genealogical publications and classes on genealogy at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama. Robert S. Davis has been a senior professor of History and director of the Genealogy Program of Wallace State Community College, Hanceville, Alabama.


He helped to build one of the South's most extensive genealogical collections. Bob teaches a college-level genealogy course and several continuing education courses on genealogy and research, particularly in Alabama and Georgia. His many publications include several articles and books such as Tracing Your Alabama Past; Research In Georgia; Andersonville Civil War Prison; The 1833 Land Lottery of Georgia; Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution; and Troy Insurgents: The Loyalists. Send no money yet but, PLEASE R.S.V.P your intent to attend.




Saturday, October 30, 2021 - 11:00 a.m. American Village in Montevallo, Alabama Please join us for this meeting as we will have as our Speaker: Governor General Jane Hurt
The American Village in Montevallo, Alabama 3727 Highway 119, Montevallo, AL 35115 Phone: 205-665-353



Capital Colony Meeting August 17th 2019

Capital Colony Meeting April 6th 2019

 


Gulf Coast Colony Meeting



 

Next Meeting
Alabama State Meeting
April 28, 2018


at the Huntsville Country Club,

2601 Oakwood Avenue, Huntsville AL 

Guest speaker will be the GSMD

Governor General George Garmony

 Board of Assistants Meeting – 9:30 a.m.

Meeting - 11:00 am



Capital Colony Meeting
February 17, 2018
Place: Montgomery Country Club in the Beauvoir Room.
Date: Saturday February 17, 2018 Time: 11:00 a.m. business meeting Meal: 12:00 Noon Program after the meal

Our speaker will be Miss Haley Aaron Manuscripts Archivist of the Alabama Department of Archives and History

 

 

Alabama State Meeting October 28, 2017

State Society of Mayflower Descendants in Alabama Compact Day Meeting and Luncheon The Club, Birmingham, Alabama Board of Assistants Meeting -- 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m., Compact Day Meeting & Luncheon: Glen Iris Room 1 Robert S. Smith Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35209-1263 (205-323-5821)

Menu: Chicken Cordon Bleu topped with Chicken Veloute’ sauce, paired with Southern Green Beans and Roasted New Potatoes. Dessert alternatives: Banana Pudding Parfait & Chocolate Pecan Tart




Alabama State Meeting April 29, 2017

 

 The next State meeting will be Saturday April 29, 2017 at Wynlakes Country Club. We will have a  Board of Assistants meeting at 9:30 with the business meeting at 11:30 am. Lunch at 12:00 Noon.

 

 

Our Guest Speaker – “Historian of Montgomery” Mary Ann Neeley

 


Cahaba River Colony Meeting February 4, 2017

The next colony meeting will be Saturday February 4, 2017 at Montgomery Country Club in the Beauvoir Room. We will have a short business meeting at 11:00 am. Lunch at 12:00 Noon.

Our speaker will be Mr. William Dean.  Mr. Dean is currently the Associate Professor of Comparative Military Studies, at the Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL and also serves as the Adjunct professor Joint Special Operations University (JSOU), at Hurlburt Field, FL near Fort Walton Beach Florida. He attended the University of the South and received his MA and PHD from the University of Chicago. He served as the Coordinator of Peace War and Diplomacy Studies, Norwich University in Northfield VT and was a Lecturer at De Paul University, Roosevelt Univ., and Lyndon State College. He also received Grants and Fellowships to attend Chateaubriand (French Govt.) and the Air University Foundation Research Grant.

Our Meal will consist of Mediterranean Chicken served with Roasted Red Potatoes and Frenched Green Beans and Dessert of Key Lime Pie.

The cost will be $28.00 per person.

RESERVATIONS: Call/E-Mail Alan M. Davis by Wednesday February 1, 2017

E-Mail address: amd7thcedar@charter.net Telephone No. 334-207-4884 (Cell) or 334-270-8657 (Home) Please leave message if not home.

You can pay when you get there and please make the checks payable to the Cahaba River Colony.



State Compact Day Meeting Oct 29, 2016 at
The Club in Birmingham AL

Board of Assistants meeting at 10:00 am with the meeting starting at 11:00 am. 

Guest Speaker—Elder William Brewster (1566-1644)

(introduction by Michel Marcoux)

Plimoth Colony, circa 1633

“Why we sailed on the Mayflower and colonized Plimoth.”

 

 

 


Cahaba River Colony Meeting August 6, 2016


The next colony meeting will be Saturday August 6th 2016 at Montgomery Country Club. We will have a short business meeting at 11:00 am. Lunch at 12:00 Noon.

Our speaker will be Ret. Col. Jeffrey Benton who will speak on how our ancestors traveled along the Federal Road to come to Alabama and Westward.

 

Our Meal will consist of Chicken stuffed with Goat Cheese, Apricot and Sage served with Roasted Red Potatoes and French Green Beans Fresh Rolls and Butter.

 

The cost will be $20.00 per person.

 

RESERVATIONS:   Call/E-Mail Alan M. Davis by Tuesday August 2nd, 2016

 

E-Mail address: amd7thcedar@charter.net  Telephone No. 334-207-4884 (Cell) or 334-270-8657 (Home) Please leave message if not home.

 

You can pay when you get there and please make the checks payable to the Cahaba River Colony.

 



Cahaba River Colony Meeting March 12, 2016

 

 The next colony meeting will be Saturday March 12th 2016 at Wynlakes Country Club. We will have a short business meeting at 11:30 am. Lunch at 12:00 Noon.

 

 

Our speaker will be Mr. William Dean

 

He is currently the Associate Professor of Comparative Military Studies, at the Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL and also serves as the Adjunct professor Joint Special Operations University (JSOU), at Hurlburt Field, FL near Fort Walton Beach Florida.  He attended the University of the South and received his MA and PHD from the University of Chicago.  He served as the Coordinator of Peace War and Diplomacy Studies, Norwich University in Northfield VT and was a Lecturer at De Paul University, Roosevelt Univ., and Lyndon State College.  He also received Grants and Fellowships to attend Chateaubriand (French Govt.) and the Air University Foundation Research Grant.

 


State Compact Day Meeting May 7, 2016 - 11:30 am at
Heron Lakes Country Club, Heron Nest Room
3851 Government Blvd West (Hwy 90 West, Exit 1 off I65)
Mobile, Alabama
Guest Speaker: Mr. Michael Bailey
Executive Director, Fort Morgan Historical Site
“Fort Bowyer and its Place in the War of 1812”
Guests Are Welcome!
$26 for Buffet: two Entrees, three vegetables, rolls, desert, coffee, tea
RSVP and mail checks by 29 April to Dr. Jack Dwyer, 12655 Dominion
Dr., Fairhope AL 36532; email RSVP to cmdwyer843@earthlink.net or
call 251-929-0517. Checks payable to SMDAL or pay at door


State Compact Day Meeting Nov 14, 2015 at
The Club in Birmingham AL

Board of Assistants meeting at 10:00 am with the meeting starting at 11:00 am. 

Guest Speaker – Governor General Lea Filson  

Cahaba River Colony Compact Day Meeting July 25, 2015




State Society Meeting April 25, 2015
 
Gulf Coast Colony Meeting


Cahaba River Colony Compact Day Meeting February 7, 2015

 

Gulf Coast Colony Compact Day Meeting October 25, 2014

 


State Compact Day Meeting Nov 1, 2014 at
The Club in Birmingham AL

Board of Assistants meeting at 10:00 am with the meeting starting at 11:00 am. 

Guest Speaker – Dr. Jeffrey Engler, Jamestowne Society

       Cahaba River Colony Meeting Feb 1, 2014

 

 The next colony meeting will be Saturday February 1st, 2014 at Wynlakes Country Club. We will try to have a short business meeting at 11:30 am. Lunch at 12:00 Noon.

 

 Our Speaker will be Mr. Bill Stone who has one of the original copies of the Articles of Confederation on loan from a friend to present it to us. Please put the word out and invite all of your family and friends. This is a once in a life time opportunity to see something like this.

 

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The State Society meeting in Birmingham at The Club, Nov. 23, 2013 at 11:00 am.  Board of assistants met at 10:00 am.

 

 

Our speaker was Governor General Bruce MacGunnigle He is our

32nd Governor General of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.  Governor General MacGunnigle has been a member for 40 years, joining the Rhode Island Society at the young age of 24, the first in his family to do so.  Governor General MacGunnigle is a descendant of William Brewster, James Chilton, Francis Cooke, Edward Fuller, Stephen Hopkins, Thomas Rogers, and Richard Warren; and has twelve lines of descent to seven of the twenty-three families on the Mayflower