THE SOCIETY of MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS in the STATE
OF CALIFORNIA, Inc.

IMPORTANT!  SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING FOR BYLAWS REVISION APPROVAL

Current California Mayflower Society Members are encouraged to attend a specially-called Membership Meeting to approve a bylaws revision.  

The meeting will be via Zoom and will only conduct that business of approving the minor, but important, revision of the bylaws. 

Please find the proposed revision here:

The meeting will be held on Saturday, December 10th at 10am.  If you are interested in attending and would like the Zoom link, please notify Governor Scott Miller with your California Membership Number, Colony and email address at: governor@camayflower.org

(Posted with required 30 day's notice on 10/21/22)

A Special Compact Day 2021 Message from
Governor Scott Miller:

Commemorating

400 Years from the
First Thanksgiving
​1621 - 2021​
The California Mayflower Library & Office NOW OPEN!
The Library is open to patrons with visitation hours: 
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Thursdays 10:00am - 2:00pm
Fridays 10:00am - 4:00pm

(As demand increases, we will consider opening the Library additional hours to allow for more research opportunities).

Appointments are necessary.  Masks are required in the building and vaccinations required for visitors.  Anyone exhibiting any sickness will be restricted from the library for your health and the health of others.  Please come after you have quarantined the requisite days and test negative for any disease.
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The California Genealogical Society Library,
across the hallway, is open on the following schedule:

By appointment only:
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays:  10a-12:30p and 1-3:30pm (limited to 5 patrons). 

The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of California is a non-profit lineage society dedicated to preserving the history of our Mayflower ancestors through education and research. We are active participants in the documenting of tens of thousands of Mayflower ancestral lines which may otherwise be lost to history. Members are also provided an opportunity for fellowship with others who share a common ancestry and are interested in advancing awareness in the history and contributions of the Pilgrims.​
Members of our society have proven their line(s) of descent from one or more passengers who in 1620 sailed on the merchant ship, Mayflower, from England to what is now Plymouth Massachusetts. To learn about joining see the list of fifty-one passengers who left descendants and the Forms necessary to begin the process.

The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of California maintains a headquarters and library in Oakland, California, but the membership is distributed throughout thirteen colonies statewide. See the map on our State Colonies page showing the general areas where a colony meets nearest you.
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To volunteer or donate to the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of California please send your correspondence or contact us at our headquarters and library in Oakland, California. 
To see the current list of California Mayflower State Officers and Colony Governors, please click this link here, or view the Contacts Link in the tab above.
There are many activities going on around the State and Country.  In our local Colonies, there are 2021 events occurring now or in the planning stages.  Please check out our Colony Contact Page to find a local Colony near you to see what they may be doing.
All pictures below taken by Scott Miller, Plymouth, MA - 2021
Please click the button above to be taken to the page with the many ways of how to donate to the California Mayflower Society. 

The State Marketplace is TEMPORARILY CLOSED with our offers on Commemorative Items, because it is Dues Season and we are directing all members to renew their Dues on the CAMAYFLOWER2020.COM website.

time to renew your dues!

NOTE:  IF YOU HAVE NOT YET PAID YOUR 2022 DUES, PLEASE DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  YOU WILL BE DROPPED FOR DUES DELINQUENCY ON 12/1/2022, IF YOU FAIL TO PAY PRIOR TO THAT TIME.

DUES COLLECTION SEASON FOR 2023 WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 1, 2022.

Please go to our CA Mayflower 2020 Marketplace to renew your Dues and Colony Memberships to any secondary Colonies you would like to join. 

To Renew Your Dues go here:  camayflower2020.com

What's New

2023 State scholarship announcement! 

The new edition of
The California Mayflower Quarterly has arrived!

NOTE:  We have un-linked the Fall 2022 Quarterly, due to some corrections being made.  Please refer to the physical copy you received in the mail for the time-being.  Sorry for the inconvenience. 

​​See the newly-published Fall 2022 Quarterly for exciting updates:

In this issue:
  • Report on the GSMD BOA Meeting in Minneapolis, MN
  • Book Reviews: "Weaker Vessels: The Women and Children of Plymouth Colony" and "Diverse Gashes: Governor William Bradford, Alice Bishop, and the Murder of Martha Clarke".  Both by Donna A. Watkins
  • The Pilgrims and the Wampanoag - By Erica Hahn
  • Richard Warren's Father, John Warren - By Louise Walsh Throop
  • Passengers on the Anne - By Doug Blake, Editor of the GSMD "The Mayflower Quarterly Magazine"
  • Exciting Colony News and Updates from around the 14 State Colonies
  • Remembering our dear cousin, Robert Dempster, founding Governor of the Rancho Conejo Colony and Chair of the California 2020 Rose Parade Float Committee.
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NOTE:  If you would like to submit an article about our Mayflower Ancestors, or something particularly interesting in history to appear in a future California Mayflower Quarterly, should space permit, please note the submission timing for each issue on page 25.
To help us fulfill our financial commitments and support the many activities of The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of California, please directly donate below:

Our 2020 Rose parade float

We hope you saw our beautiful float in the 2020 Tournament of Roses Rose Parade that aired again on New Year's Day 2021, due to the 2021 parade being cancelled for safety reasons during the pandemic.

The GSMD "Voyage of Hope - 1620", by Fiesta Floats, won the "Americana Award" for the "Most Outstanding Depiction of National Treasures and Traditions". 

It was a stunning float and made such an impact on all who saw it.  For those who rode on it, it was a one-in-a-lifetime moment that will last with us forever.

All pictures of Rose Parade Float are by: Bill Peters
(All Photos of Mayflower Float in Rose Parade taken by Bill Peters - used by permission)

There are more pictures taken of the whole process from our initial consultations with Fiesta Floats to the final sailing down the boulevard on the Voyage of Hope - 1620. Be sure to check out the progress of the float in pictures here.
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​A 501 (c)(3) Educational Charity
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Plymouth Village Historic District, Mayflower Replica  By: John8v12_https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plymouth_Village_Historic_District,_Mayflower_Replica.jpg (Used under a Creative Commons License) Image enhanced and cropped

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