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Library of Congress: C371, Vol. XXXXIV, No. 3 Summer 2010

Preserving Soule Heritage DNA TESTS YIELD SCANDINAVIAN ROOTS for Future Generations The Quest for George Soule’s Origins Continues by Marcy Kelly Brubaker In This Issue: DNA markers found on George Soule’s descendants reveal that the family originated in Scandinavia. According to Bennett Greenspan, President of Family Tree DNA, the company that did the testing, ten to fifteen percent of Northwestern Europeans have these markers: I-M253 Colonial Medicine: or I-1. “It can be reasonably speculated that an ancestor of George Deliver Us From th th Soule’s crossed into Europe with the Vikings between the 5 and 14 The Humors centuries,” said Greenspan. “Where he settled was likely England, p. 6 Germany, or the British Isles.” The Basque region on the border of France and Spain, which has sometimes been considered a possibility, can be ruled out, Greenspan says.

In 2002, the Society embarked on a then cutting-edge research project to examine DNA from descendants of Mayflower passengers in an effort to reconstruct family histories. The results of DNA testing can link individuals to a common ancestor, prove or disprove the shared lineage of people with the same last name, identify an ancestor when no paper trail exists, and map the origins of Pilgrims whose birthplace is unknown.

In the case of the Soule family, testing cannot yet tell us where George lived before sailing on the Mayflower in 1620, but it does confirm that earlier, possibly one thousand years earlier, his ancestors lived in one of the Scandinavian countries—Denmark, Norway or Sweden. The Soule DNA project now has 33 men with matching DNA. Within Wanted: these matches, 16 descend A Few Good Soules from George Soule’s son p. 8 George, 9 from John, and 8 from Nathaniel. Non- matching groupings include 12 other Soules, 3 Solleys, 2 Sewells, 5 descendants of Soule, 3 Soles in England, 1 Sohl from Germany, 1 Sol and 2 van Zwolls from the Netherlands. All testing was done at Family Tree DNA, Houston, Texas. DNA Markers

Continued inside on p. 4 Contents Summer 2010 Soule Kindred in America, Inc. Editors’ Comments 53 New Shaker Road With so many interesting stories related to George Soule, his descendants, Albany, NY 12205-3615 and the Pilgrims in general, it is quite a challenge to choose what to include in the newsletter. But choose we must. 1-888-SKA-1620 Website: soulekindred.org We opted, therefore, to focus this newsletter’s cover story on the exciting and growing area of DNA research in genealogy. Using DNA as a E-mail: [email protected] genealogy research tool is quite a departure from the tradition of writing a letter and waiting for a letter in return while hoping you have contacted the correct state or county or asked for the correct name or date to be researched. But as the front page article indicates, a lot can be learned about your heritage through DNA testing and, best of all, it requires very little effort on your part. Soule Kindred Newsletter is a quarterly publication and serves as This edition also juxtaposes medical technology in the 17th century to that the voice of Soule Kindred in of the 21st. When our ancestors arrived on these shores, the knowledge of the human body was primitive and had not advanced for hundreds of America, Inc. years. More people probably died from treatment than disease. Today, four hundred years later, DNA provides insight into our past and our Soule Kindred Newsletter is future. It offers knowledge about our bodies and our extended families. And it can solve crimes as well. Yet it is fascinating that Aristotle’s ancient not responsible for individual concept of the four elements is replicated in the four chemical bases that opinions or viewpoints printed in make up DNA -- adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine. It’s amazing this publication. how often the details and the technology can and do change, but the underlying concepts remain the same. Questions regarding the newsletter If you would like to submit an article for publication, have a comment or should be addressed to the editor. correction, or would like to work on the Newsletter, please contact us at [email protected] or call us at 1-888-SKA-1620. Original materials from this newsletter may not be reprinted Karen L. McNally Marcy Kelly Brubaker without the permission of Soule Kindred in America, Inc. FEATURED ARTICLES  On the Cover: DNA And The Quest For George Soule’s Origins Soule Kindred Newsletter Editor DNA markers found on George Susan Fogg Eisdorfer, PLCGS Soule’s descendants reveal family origins in Scandinavia. Summer 2010 Edition Written and Edited by Colonial Medicine: Deliver Us From The Humors 6 Marcy Kelly Brubaker Karen L. McNally

th The basis of medicine in the 17 Model of DNA strand with the four century were the four humors in color-coded chemical bases. Proofreader the human body -- blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. Also in this issue: Matthew Korbeck Presidents’ Corner 3 New Nominating Process Contact A Soule You Should for Board of Directors 8 Know About 7 [email protected]

The entire membership of Soule Soule Kindred Historian Printer Kindred will have the opportunity Retires 9 to participate in nominating board eDigital Graphics of directors candidates and voting SKA Website Development: Green Brook, NJ 00812 a slate into office. Phase I Completed 10 [email protected]

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he variety of methods and the ease and speed with which Board of Directors communication takes place in the 21st century would astonish our T Pilgrim ancestors. Many of today's communication technologies Officers didn't exist even as late as 1967 when Soule Kindred was founded. Now the opportunities for our family of Soule Kindred members to stay in Marcy Kelly Brubaker , share information, “meet” cousins, and interact with each other Karen L. McNally are seemingly endless. Co-Presidents

All of our new e-mail addresses are helping us to more effectively direct Rosemary Soule’ Peters and respond to inquiries from members as well as the general public. Vice President The new Soule Kindred telephone number is another easy-to-use option. It's toll-free, and just as with e-mail you can use it any time of the day or Christine Schlosser night. Over the last year, the Soule Kindred board began conducting Secretary business through conference calls and e-mail. By the time you read this, many of you will have been the recipients of an e-mail about the new Betty-Jean “BJ” Haner board nomination process (see p. 8). Treasurer

Another communication vehicle is the recently updated website (see p. 9). In addition to other new features, you'll be able to join a discussion forum Directors and read the Soule Kindred blog. Also, have you checked out our Facebook page, Soule Kindred of America? It’s a great place to connect Judith C. Hill with other Soule cousins. As we write this, the site has 96 members. Mary Soule Kelly Norman Soule´ The publication of the first-ever Membership Directory represents another Susan Fogg Eisdorfer form of communication. Soule Kindred now has a single, comprehensive Kathy Strauss list of members, their lineages, and their contact information. Marjorie Everoski David Hargreave And that's not all, of course. We don't want to forget the communication Margaret “Peg” Rocke tool you're holding in your hands, the Soule Kindred Newsletter which has been a source of information since 1967 or the Annual Reunions at which you can meet cousins face-to face. Contact Information The above are just some of the ways the Soule Kindred family can stay in touch. We hope you will regularly take advantage of one or all of these General Information: communication tools and contact us or each other with questions, [email protected] comments, ideas, articles for the newsletter, lineage information, etc. Your cousins want to hear from you. We want to hear from you. 1-888-SKA-1620

Annual Reunion: [email protected] Marcy Kelly Brubaker & Karen McNally

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BECOME A MEMBER TODAY! Newsletter Editor: [email protected] As a member of Soule Kindred in America, Inc., you will receive the annual Membership Directory, the Soule Kindred Quarterly Newsletter, assistance with your Soule Soule Family Tree Project: lineage, and an invitation to the Annual Reunion as well as [email protected] the opportunity to connect with cousins, both distant and close. You can become a member online at soulekindred.org. You may also want to check out the Volunteer volunteer opportunities on the inside back cover. [email protected]

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Cover story continued characteristics. The tests may What is DNA? DNA, or also provide information about deoxyribonucleic acid, is a ancestral lineage, whether two The Mayflower DNA Project component of virtually every cell people descend from the same includes descendants from in the human body. A person's ancestor and are related to others DNA is the same in blood, skin all of the surviving males at with the same surname. They cells or saliva. It is an Plymouth who had sons. may also prove or disprove family unbreakable genetic link tree research, and provide clues between generations. There are John Alden about ethnic origin. What the two basic types of DNA tests used tests cannot do is provide an for genealogical testing: mtDNA entire family tree. and Y-DNA. What About George’s Daughters? Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is mtDNA testing that is done on William Bradford passed by a mother to both male females, has not advanced far and female offspring. A daughter enough to test a female line. But William Brewster will pass it on to her children, but additional Mayflower Y-DNA a son will not. Because mtDNA projects include the male changes very slowly over descendants of George’s three generations it can determine daughters, Susannah, who general relatedness but not close married Francis West, Patience, relationships. If two people have wife of John Haskell, and Mary an exact match in their mtDNA, and her husband, John Peterson. there is a very good chance they Francis Eaton share a common maternal Can I be tested? Yes, if you are a Edward Fuller ancestor, but it is hard to know if male from a consistent male it is recent or dates back Soule, West, Haskell or Peterson hundreds of years. line. At this time, the Peterson project needs more men to test in Stephen Hopkins The Y chromosomal DNA is order to establish the Y-DNA passed down the male line from pattern and identify matches. If father to son. Tiny chemical you would like to participate, markers on the Y chromosome contact familytreedna.com. William Mullins create a distinctive pattern, known as a haplotype, that How much does it cost? For $149 Thomas Rogers distinguishes one male line from you can be tested at a level of 37 another. Shared markers can markers that will indicate from indicate relatedness between two which of George’s sons you men, though not to an exact descend. Your DNA will be George Soule degree. Y chromosome testing is compared to all members of the often used by individuals with the project who have already been same last name to learn if they tested and whose lineages have share a common ancestor. been verified. There is a less John Tilley expensive test, but it is not Richard Warren Can DNA identify my ancestors? recommended because it tests Yes and no. Markers on both only 12 markers. More William White mtDNA and Y chromosome tests markers means a higher can determine an individual's threshold of comparisons. haplogroup, a grouping of individuals with the same genetic continued on next page

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An additional Deep Clade test offers more in-depth England, although Scotland, Wales, Northern information about historic migrations of your direct Ireland and Germany can also be considered. paternal line. The cost is an additional $79 and could be helpful in narrowing where in Scandinavia Louise W. Throop, project administrator for the the family originated. Soule, Haskell, and Waste/West Y-DNA projects, points in a different direction. Her research, How does the test work? You will be sent a kit and presented at the 2009 Soule Kindred Annual asked to swab the inside of your mouth, twice, and Reunion and published in the Autumn issue of that mail it back. The second swab provides a backup in year’s Newsletter, suggests that George may have case the first doesn’t provide enough of a sample. been the youngest brother of a Leiden printer, The results are returned in three to five weeks. Be Johannes Sol. "I would like to see a focus on warned that if any of your ancestors was a first child records in the Netherlands’ Haarlem Dutch there is a chance of an unexpected Y-DNA change. Reformed Church where the Sol children were That is, you may not test positive for Soule ancestry. baptized, and also in Brussels, where Johannes father, Jan Sol, was born." She also thinks it What are the next research steps? There are two would be worthwhile to research the family of directions to be pursued. First, Deep Clade testing Mayken Labis, wife of Jan Sols and possibly the of Soule males is important to help focus the mother of George. Scandinavian field of possibilities. At the time the Vikings expanded into Europe, surnames didn’t If readers would like to make a donation to exist; therefore, searching for variations of the name support further Soule DNA testing, go to Soule will not be useful. This more sophisticated soulekindred.org, click on Donate and select the DNA test is the best tool we have at this time. Col. John Research Fund. You may also mail a donation to Soule Kindred in America, The other emphasis needs to be the testing of more 53 New Shaker Rd., Albany, NY 12205-3615. European men in an effort to find George Soule’s European roots. Given the known DNA markers  and George’s probable connection to England, Greenspan recommends testing be concentrated in

DNA Solves Mysteries

DNA tests that identified the bodies of the Russian imperial family utilized mtDNA from a sample provided by Prince Philip of England, who shares the same maternal line from Queen Victoria. The probability that Thomas Jefferson fathered the last child of Sally Hemmings was based on Y-chromosome DNA samples from male descendants of Thomas Jefferson's paternal uncle, since there were no surviving male descendants from Jefferson’s marriage.

!!!! Soule Kindred Newsletter, Summer 2010, Vol. XXXXIV, No. 3 5 COLONIAL MEDICINE: Deliver Us From The Humors

arly Colonists had the other used to bind it practitioners served an many enemies to battle afterward. Originally, actual important function. As with E —food shortages, bad bandages were wound around the other medical specialties, water, disease, hostile a pole and hung as a sign at there was no formal education Natives—but perhaps their the barber’s door. although they are known to biggest challenge was the have washed their hands. state of medicine at the time Barbers were often surgeons Midwifery was a craft taught they made their voyages to the as well. Surgeons were not by one woman to another. New World. held in high esteem at the time. Physicians, responsible America's first patent The basic medical tenets of for bodily humors and paid medicine was awarded by the 17th century, borrowed more, were considered George I in 1715 for Tuscarora from the Greek concept of superior to other medical Rice, a corn "so refined it is the four elements of fire, air, professionals but were also an excellent medicine in water and earth proposed by forbidden to perform surgery. consumptions & other Aristotle, were the four One went to a surgeon or diseases." Just before the corresponding humors in sometimes a barber for Revolution, Benjamin the human body -- blood amputation and a physician, Franklin's mother-in-law (fire), phlegm (earth), black if available and affordable, for invented bile (water), and yellow bile bloodletting. A barber, as a salve for (air). It was the physician’s indicated by his ‘pole’, also lice and job to maintain balance could perform this task. itching. among the humors. She called There were several it Widow Popular therapies were passengers on the Mayflower Read's bleeding; purging, either by who are thought to have had Ointment emetic or enema; sweating; some knowledge of the and and blistering. Medicines medical arts. Samuel Fuller, a Franklin advertised it in the included calomel, or mercury, physician, Separatist Pilgrim Pennsylvania Gazette. which was poisonous; St. and church deacon, may have John's-Wort used to cure learned medical skills at Surgeons, those lowly madness and drive away Leiden University while craftsmen who yearned for devils; and toads burned to a waiting for passage to the prestige of physicians, crisp, powdered, and taken for America. His father was a finally got their wish in 1745 diseases of the blood. A minor butcher, which probably when they officially broke cut could lead to amputation, provided some anatomy ties with barbers and evolved without anesthesia. lessons. Fuller died during into a separate profession. the first smallpox epidemic to The University of Pennsylvania There were basically three hit the colonies in 1633. opened the first School of categories of healers: barbers, Medicine in the fall of 1765. surgeons and physicians. Other possible “healers” were Barbers were the most Edward Winslow, William  available and did everything Bradford, Miles Standish, from cut hair to pull teeth and Stephen Hopkins and William remove gallstones. Brewster. Winslow visited the The barber pole ailing Indian and Sources: Wellness Directory of originated in the treated him successfully with Minnesota; Eggleston's Transit of days when medicines and chicken broth. Civilization; Colonial Williamsburg bloodletting was Journal, Spring 2004; The Art of common. The two Barbering and the History of the Midwives, whose names are Barber Pole; Rootsweb; America’s spiral ribbons lost to us, are often overlooked Women: Four Hundred Years of painted around in the medical history of the Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates and the barber’s pole colonies. At a time when the Heroines by Gail Collins; University of Pennsylvania Archives. represent two long average woman bore eight bandages, one twisted around children and death was a the arm before bleeding, and common complication, these

6!! ! ! Soule Kindred Newsletter, Summer 2010, Vol. XXXXIV, No. 3 A Soule You Should Know About

Carlos Bocanegra, a 13th MLS Rookie of the Year and in Soule Kindred member since generation descendant from 2002 and 2003 he was MLS 1997. According to Phyllis, George Soule, is captain of the Defender of the Year. Also in Carlos is also a descendant of John Alden, Priscilla Mullins, US Men's National Soccer 2003 he earned Man of the and Richard Warren through Team, which advanced to the Match honors three times and his grandfather Pearce. Below Round of 16 in the World Cup was the first defender since is Phyllis’ favorite picture of before being eliminated by 1994 to score four goals in Carlos when he played for the Chicago Fire. Ghana. He wears number 3. one year.

Note: Spain won the World Cup, Carlos was a member of the In 2004 he signed with beating the Netherlands 1-0. under 18 National Team while Fulham Club of still in High School in Alta London and played there for Loma, CA, where he was a the next four years. He signed Scholar Athlete. He attended with Rennes of French Ligue 1 UCLA for three years on a in 2008 and is still on that soccer scholarship, played on team. He has been captain of the Under-20 and Under-23 the Men's National Team for national teams and then went the past three seasons. His into the Major League Soccer parents, Manuel and Kelly draft in 2000. Bocanegra, were in South Africa to see their son play. He was the fourth player chosen and played for the The above information was Chicago Fire for the next four submitted by Carlos’ proud years. In 2001, Carlos was grandmother, Phyllis Pearce, a Photo: Getty Images/MLS And A Game You Should Know About La Soule is an ancient ball game which originated in France. Some believe the Romans introduced ball games to France while others think La Soule developed from the Viking game called knattleiler. An early reference to La Soule is from the 12th century. By the middle of the 15th century, the game was so popular, and sometimes violent, that the Bishop of Treguier threatened souleurs with excommunication.

The ball, called a soule, was often made of leather and filled with hay, horse hair, or moss. The shape and size varied; one soule was reportedly three feet around and weighed 13 pounds. The game was played whenever groups of people gathered and it became associated with holidays such as Easter and Christmas. The number of players could be as few as two or in the hundreds and the game could last for several days.

The basic goal of La Soule was to move the ball using hands, feet, or sticks from a fixed location such as a town square, castle, or cemetery to another specified location. The game was started by throwing the ball high into the air. There were no real rules and no fixed playing field, or pitch. La Soule entailed going through meadows, fields, ponds, forests, and streams. A current version of La Soule takes place annually near Vendome, France, where it is played in a flooded woodland area with two teams of about 40 players each and a soule that is pyramid-shaped and filled with straw.

Soccer may have evolved from La Soule along with , rugby, and many others. Could George Soule’s ancestors have been somehow associated with La Soule, whether in France or elsewhere in Europe, and that’s how the family got its name?

Sources: www.footballnetwork.org/dev/historyoffootball/earlierhistory_5.asp; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_soule !!!! Soule Kindred Newsletter, Summer 2010, Vol. XXXXIV, No. 3 7 Wanted: A Few Good Soules

Soule Kindred is soliciting nominations from the general membership for positions on the Board of Directors. Traditionally, directors have been nominated and elected to serve on the board at the Annual Reunion. The board agreed to expand the process, in principal, at its April 2010 meeting and, subsequently, passed a resolution to include the full membership in the nomination and voting procedure. Members may nominate themselves or other members.

Members are asked to provide information as to why each nominee would make a good board member. The nominee should be a Soule Kindred member in good standing (have paid dues for 2010) and have skills and experience useful to the administration of the organization. For example, genealogy, accounting, databases, computers, journalism, marketing, law, American history, publishing, event planning or volunteerism. Names must be received by August 18.

A Nominating Committee consisting of Karen L. McNally, Co-President; David Hargreave, Board member; and Joyce Cathey Soles, Soule Kindred member, will review nominations and select a board slate. Once approved by the Board of Directors, ballots will be sent in the mail to every member with a return envelope.

Board members must be willing to participate in quarterly phone conference meetings and actively participate in the administration of the organization. Attendance at the annual reunion is encouraged. The new three-year term of office begins on October 15.

Nominee: ______First Name Middle Name Last Name

Contact information: ______Phone E-mail

Current/Former Profession(s): ______

Relevant Experience: ______

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______

_____ The nominee is a member in good standing (current with dues).

Copy this form if submitting by mail. For e-mail nominations, just provide the information requested above in the body of the e-mail.

HOW TO SUBMIT NOMINEES

E-mail: [email protected] Website: soulekindred.org (Scroll to the bottom of the Home page and click on SKA Board Of Directors Nomination) U.S. Mail: Karen L. McNally, 1348 Vinedo Lane, Tempe, AZ 85284

DEADLINE: AUGUST 18, 2010

8!! ! ! Soule Kindred Newsletter, Summer 2010, Vol. XXXXIV, No. 3 Soule Kindred Historian Retires

Soule Kindred Honors Retiring Historian By Karen McNally Soule Kindred has had only Have you purchased and used be true. Jack has agreed to four Historians since its the Soule Kindred Index? If provide his valuable founding in 1967. The latest, so, then you know what a knowledge, ideas, and Charles "Jack" Sowles has valuable tool it is for enthusiasm for genealogy as retired after 12 years on the identifying ancestors in your a volunteer with the Soule job. Jack has answered more lineage back to George. Jack Family Tree Project. inquiries about Soule lineage gives credit to his predecessors than he can count and can on this project, Dr. Milton Jack is receiving a Worthy claim at least some credit for Terry, Willis F. Soule, and Soule Award for his valuable an untold number of members James Schlosser, but also and lasting contribution as who joined Soule Kindred points with great pride to his Soule Kindred Historian. And, during his tenure. I am one of continuation and on behalf of Soule Kindred, I those. Maybe you are, too. enhancement of the Soule say thank you and extend a Kindred Index throughout his big “ATTABOY!” to Charles My introduction to Soule tenure as Historian. “Jack” Sowles, Soule Kindred Kindred was through an Historian, 1998-2010. inquiry to Jack, who has been Lynde Randall, Soule a member himself since 1985. Kindred’s Assistant Historian, He was most gracious when I has worked closely with Jack first contacted him and over the years and praised his encouraged me to become a dedication and ability to reach member, which I did. out and involve other members Subsequently, I received in the projects he has information about my lineage, undertaken. Frank Flint Soule some of it new to me, copied III, a former Soule Kindred from the Soule Kindred Library President, remarked that Jack which Jack has maintained all is not one to sit on the these years. I’ve been a sidelines. And this certainly member ever since. has been and will continue to

Did You Know? Past President Remembered ~A spaniel and a mastiff ~In the 1627 Division of accompanied the Pilgrims Cattle, George, Mary and on their 1620 voyage. Zakariah Sowle were Ben George Soule, 81, died Historians believe there assigned to “lot” nine with March 12, 2010, in Minnesota. were also goats, pigs and the Richard Warren He was a retired Minneapolis chickens on the family, John Billington, Mayflower as well. The and several other families. Police Officer and Metropolitan first cattle arrived on the A lot consisted of 13 Airport Commission Police Anne in 1623, the same families who shared a cow Officer. He served on the USS ship on which Mary or a calf and two goats. Wisconsin during WWII. Becket, George Soule’s wife-to-be, arrived.

Ben was an early member of ~You can spend a night living the life of a Soule Kindred, joining in 1968. Pilgrim at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, MA. He became a Life Member in You’ll dress in reproduction clothing from the 1971 and served as President for 17th century, eat a Colonial-style meal, do chores, and sleep in one of the two houses two years, 1984-5. built for the PBS series Colonial House.

The above information is from the Plimoth Plantation website at www.plimoth.org.

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The revamped Soule Kindred website, The previous site had a limited template making the soulekindred.org, is now operational. It went live on addition of new information very difficult. Plans are July 19 after many months of intensive development. to keep the revised site interactive with new features Karen McNally, Co-President of SKA, with web posted regularly. Check out the new SKA designers Ronnie Walker, Visuwal Multimedia, and Discussion Forum and read the SKA Blog. Jeff Kesar, Zartwurks Design Studio, spearheaded the project. Phase II will start soon with some segments being completed by the end of the year. It will feature a Karen notes that it was their vision to evoke the secure Members Only section and the ability to Colonial era while making the site responsive to 21st search through records stored on the site. century needs and that Ronnie and Jeff went “above Note: If what you see when you go to the site and beyond” to get this phase completed. One of looks like the old page below or you encounter error messages, you will need to empty your the new features is online payment through PayPal web browser’s cache for dues, gift memberships, and donations. This which has stored the former website. Here capability will be expanded in Phase II to include is a helpful website Annual Reunion registration and purchase of Soule with instructions on how to clear the cache Kindred products. for various PC and Mac web browsers: http://kb.iu.edu/ The biggest web improvement is the ability to make data/ahic.html. more information available to members and visitors.

DNA Solves Mysteries

New Soule Kindred Website Home Page

10 !!!! Soule Kindred Newsletter, Summer 2010, Vol. XXXXIV, No. 3 Help Wanted - Volunteers Needed FOR SALE ORAL HISTORY SEEKING A WEBMASTER COORDINATOR to oversee the Soule Kindred Soule Kindred WANTED website. If you have the experience Newsletters The year 2017 will mark the and the 50th anniversary of the 1967-2005 time to founding of Soule Kindred. 1967-1990 Issues: As we look ahead to this assist or $2.50 per issue, $10.00 for full year would like momentous occasion, we also 1991-2002 Issues: to help with need to look back and $3.75 per issue, $15.00 for full year preserve the remembrances of Phase II of the development, those who were there at the please contact 2003-2005 Issues: $6.25 per issue, $25.00 for full year beginning [email protected]. with an 2006-Present Issues: Oral Call for pricing Want to be History more involved? Complete sets available for $125.00 Project plus $25.00 shipping in the U.S. that Don’t see anything highlights on this page  founders, long-time members, that inspires you? former officers, and others Soule Kindred who have made a significant Well, you’re in luck. contribution to the Indices CD organization. Interviews will Soule Kindred does offer Completed in 2008, this CD contains a be featured in the Newsletter other opportunities to listing of all George Soule descendants and on the website. If you known to Soule Kindred. The names are are interested in overseeing volunteer and be actively sorted alphabetically, numerically, by this project, interviewing, or engaged in the organization. spouse, and in family groups. helping in any capacity, don’t To find out more, just Cost is $25.00 per CD be shy. Call 1-888-SKA-1620 or e-mail contact us at  [email protected]. [email protected] In Search of WANTED: George Soule SOULE WITH MARKETING Love Genealogy? of the Mayflower EXPERIENCE by Nils Wilkes A Director of Marketing is This book is the result of the author’s needed to identify and four year search of public records promote commercial items If you have have a passion for and parish registers in and around genealogy or have ever been the that will appeal to Eckington, Worcestershire, England, recipient of one or more for the origins of George Soule. members and others with Random Acts of Genealogy an interest in Pilgrim Kindness and would like to pay Cost is $28.00 per book which history. The sale of that kindness forward, this is includes shipping. products to raise money for your chance to do so. We’re the organization will be looking for volunteer genealogists to assist Soule incorporated into the new Kindred members in Order the above items from: expanded Soule Kindred discovering their Soule lineage. website. If you would like Contact Andy Turner at Soule Kindred in America, Inc. to help launch this project, [email protected] or c/o BJ Haner please contact 1-888-SKA-1620 to become 53 New Shaker Road part of the Soule Family Tree Albany, NY 12205-3615 [email protected]. Project team. 1-888-SKA-1620

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