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The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Kansas

Do You Have A Mayflower Ancestor?

We Invite You To Come Aboard!

We welcome you to the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Kansas website. It has much to offer. Please take some time to review the website including information on joining our Society, links to interesting and informative genealogical and historical references, scholarship application and much more.

You may have heard a family story or rumor that you descend from a passenger on the Mayflower. Initially, the story may not seem plausible. However, consider that there are estimated to be more than 30 million Mayflower descendants and the story becomes very plausible. Descendants of Mayflower passengers who are 18 years of age or older are eligible for senior membership and those less than eighteen years of age are eligible for junior membership. Those requesting membership must be able to document lineal descent from any of the 102 passengers. Documented descent must be approved by the State Historian and the Historian General before membership is granted. Kansas residency is not a requirement. If you have a blood relative who is already a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, your necessary documentation may be greatly reduced. Submit the Kansas Membership Form with the appropriate fee to begin the application process.

The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Kansas meets twice a year in the Spring and Fall. Join others who share the same heritage and carry on the legacy of our Pilgrim ancestors.

The Join tab provides information to help guide you through the process. There are many resources available to those of you interested in tracing your heritage to 1620 and the landing of the Mayflower. Please join us.

Governor's Message

Our Society strives to tell the story of our Pilgrim ancestor’s voyage to the New World in 1620. We are thankful for their perseverance, steadfastness and bravery. Their signing of the Mayflower Compact at Cape Cod on November 11, 1620 is historic. The Mayflower Compact was drafted and signed aboard the ship and was the first document to establish self-government in the New World.

Governor Karen Weis

Proven lineal descent from at least one of the 102 passengers who sailed on the Mayflower has given us the opportunity to become members of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Kansas which was Chartered in 1914. May we Kansas members prove ourselves worthy to the legacy of these Pilgrims.