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Merovingian Mirror Reflecting on the Merovingian Dynasty Merovingian Mirror Newsletter of the Order of the Merovingian Dynasty: 448-751 www.merovingiandynasty.com Fall 2010 Volume 3, Issue 1 Officers... Greetings from the President General... PRESIDENT GENERAL Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr. EdD Make plans now to attend our Annual Meeting Dear Members, 1ST VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 which will again Charles Clement Lucas, Jr., MD Thanks to each of be held at the City Tavern Club. Doug you who attended Richardson will speak and autograph the second 2ND VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL Charles William Neuhauser and helped make editions of his monumental Plantagenet our April Meeting Ancestry and Magna Carta Ancestry. 3RD VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL very successful. Juanita Sue Pierce Augustus Thank you for the honor and opportunity to 4TH VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL It was a great serve as your President General. I look forward John Hallberg Jones moment in the to greeting each of you at our Annual Meeting. GENEALOGIST GENERAL Order’s history to Timothy Field Beard, FASG present the first Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr., EdD annual Cornelia INTERIM REGISTRAR GENERAL Barry C. Howard “Nellie” Smith Isenhour Scholarship to Margaret “Meg” INTERIM WEBMASTER Andrews, a student at the University of Barry C. Howard Pennsylvania. The award was presented by SECRETARY GENERAL Dianne A. Robinson, who endowed the Linda Corinne Mistler, PhD scholarship fund in memory of her ASST. SECRETARY GENERAL grandmother. Bromme Hampton Cole Dr. Brian Rose presented an interesting, CHAPLAIN GENERAL informative and entertaining update on his The Rev. Dr. Albert Clinton Walling II work with the excavation of ancient Troy. TREASURER GENERAL Barry Christopher Howard Each of you should have, by now, received our ASST. TREASURER GENERAL updated Member Roster. Please alert Barry Catherine McCreary Strauch Howard of any address changes or other corrections which may need to be made to ARCHIVIST GENERAL Table of Contents… John Mauk Hilliard your entry. New Members…………… .......................... 2 CURATOR GENERAL Membership continues to grow. I encourage Brantley Carter Bolling Knowles Directory Changes Contact Info ................... 2 each of you to propose eligible family Corrections/Changes to Directory ................ 2 CHANCELLOR GENERAL members and friends. Our future and strength Sutherland McColley depends upon a strong membership base. Scholarship Winner ...................................... 3 SURGEON GENERAL Mark Your Calendars ................................... 3 George James Hill, MD, DLitt I have appointed a nominating committee to Douglas Richardson ..................................... 3 prepare a slate of Officers for the 2010 – 2011 COUNSELOR GENERAL Memories from the 2009 Annual Meeting ... 4 J. Michael Phelps, Esq. term to be elected at our April 13, 2011 Annual Meeting. If you are contacted by the Minutes of Annual Meeting.......................... 5 ADVISORY COUNCIL Chairman, Mrs. Stephen W. Duff to serve in Miscellaneous Information ........................... 6 Caroline Bowen Grace Fisher DeuPree an Office, I encourage you to accept. Merovingian Origins .................................... 6 Philip Robert Livingston Proposal for Membership Form .................... 9 Brian R. Owens In addition to the election of officers, we will Shari Kelley Worrell Insignia Order Form ..................................... 9 be adopting a revised set of OMD bylaws. IMPERATOR-PRINCEPS EMERITUS Supplemental Pages for your Roster-Attached Richard Alan Gregory Directory Changes… #186-David Morton, Ed.D. #187-Ms. Nancy Talleur Please notify the Secretary General and the Interim Registrar #188-Mrs. Cristin Birch General of any changes: #189-Mrs. Jerry Atkinson #190-Mrs. Harry Miller Linda Corinne Mistler, MD #191-Eugene Preaus, Esq. OMD Secretary General #192-Ms. Ethel Mitchell 20707 Ruhl Rd. #193-Mrs. Timothy Faherty Freeland, MD 21053-9710 #194-Mrs. Nelson Kennerson [email protected] #195-Mrs. John Kubeck Barry C. Howard #196-Mr. M. Jeff Ohlfs Interim Registrar General #197-Mr. Michael Schenk 2603 Sykesville Road #198-Mrs. Jerry Koelling Westminster, MD 21157-7621 #199-Ms. Diane Pichette [email protected] #200-Mr. Raleigh Worsham #201-Mr. Jon Rhoades ~ #202-Mrs. Otis Livingston, Jr. #203-Mrs. William Baker Changes/Corrections to the Directory... #204-Mr. W. Tunstall Searcy, Jr. Page 28: #205-Mrs. Thomas Aldinger Bev Whittington #206-Mrs. John Ennis 304 S. Lindale Lane #207-Mrs. George Baumgartner Richardson, TX 75080-6121 #208-Mrs. Winston Lauder #209-Mrs. Lon Shrader ~ #210-Dr. J. Philip London #211-Mrs. Robert E. H. Clark New Members… #212-Mrs. Reon Hillegass, Jr. We welcome the following new members who have joined our #213-Mr. John Harman, Jr. Society since the last newsletter (complete member information #214-Mrs. Andrew Joseph Medina can be found later in this publication): #215-Mrs. Milton Kasch #216-Cmdr Kenneth Whittemore, Jr., USN #157-Mrs. Grayson Harding #217-Richard Breithaupt, Jr. #158-Mrs. Robert Catron #218-Mrs. Elizabeth Breithaupt #159-Mr. Christopher Smithson #219-Mr. Robert Cheney #160-Mrs. Calvin Downing #220-Mrs. Susan Smith #161-Mr. Donald Broussard #221-Mrs. Willliam Astrop #162-Mrs. James Chamberlain #222-Mr. Richard Deavers #163-Ms. Sheila McCartney #223-Mrs. Kelly Stewart #164-Mrs. James Rouse #224-Mrs. Norman Haskins #165-Mrs. Charles Ragsdale #225-Mr. Theodore Duay, III #166-Mr. James Alderman #226-Mrs. Thomas Craft, Jr. #167-Ms. Virginia Hegseth #227-Mrs. Allen E. Edwards #168-Mrs. Alexander Anderson, Jr. #228-Mr. David William Medeiros #169-Mrs. Alan Newton, Sr. #229-Mr. Gregory Hurd Barnhill #170-Mr. Edward Horton #230-Mrs. Albert David Brault #171-Mr. Samuel Freeland #231-Patrick Martin Cain, Sr. #172-John Gephart, Jr. #232-Jonathan Walker Cain #173-Mrs. Robert Griffin #233-Mrs. Thomas Gene Kenyon #174-Mrs. Jeffrey Fischer #234-Kelly Marie Kenyon #175-Mrs. Mario Cardullo #235-Carl Frazier Kenyon #176-Ms. D. Christine Hollister #177-Mr. William Erbes #178-Mrs. Floyd Nelson ~ #179-Mrs. Frederick Belair #180-Mrs. Angus Dowling, II #181-Ms. Ginger Stephens The Order of the Merovingian Dynasty (OMD) was conceived #182-Mrs. Martin Frey of and organized in September 2004 by 23 Founder Members #183-Mrs. Richard Roadfeldt whose names denote leadership in the field of genealogy to #184-Mrs. John Horvath honor the heritage of the Merovingian Kings, the first of which #185-Mrs. John Sachs was Merovee who governed the Salic Franks from 448-457. 2 2010 Scholarship Award… Douglas Richardson to Speak at the 2011 Annual Meeting... Douglas Richardson is a professional genealogist, historian, lecturer, and author residing in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has been actively involved in genealogical research for over 40 years, and has earned a well deserved reputation as one of Dianne Robinson (Scholarship Chairman), Hardwick Johnson, Jr. America's leading genealogists. He holds a B.A. degree in (President General), Margaret Andrews (scholarship winner) History from the University of California (Santa Barbara), and a M.A. degree in History from the University of Wisconsin Margaret M. Andrews is a doctoral candidate in the graduate (Madison). group for the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies both archaeological and theoretical aspects of urbanism and urban Douglas is an accomplished author. He has written numerous morphology in Roman cities, particularly Rome itself, during articles for all the major genealogical journals and magazines, the first millennium A.D. including The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR), The American Genealogist (TAG), New Her dissertation addresses the physical and social evolution of York Genealogical and Biographical Record (NYGBR), the ancient Subura in Rome from the period of Caesar through Heritage Quest Magazine, and Foundations. He is the author of that of Charlemagne. It examines how the topographical de- two full length books, Plantagenet Ancestry (2004) and Eno and velopment of the region both shaped and were shaped by the Enos Family in America (Rev. ed., 1984). various social, political, and economic dynamics throughout the period. Douglas has spoken at many genealogical conferences and workshops across the country. He is a former Contributing Meg also contributes to Penn’s Mapping Augustan Alexandria Editor of The American Genealogist and former member of the project, and she has excavated in North Carolina, Pompeii, and Santa Barbara Genealogical Society and Connecticut Society of Athens. Since 2007, she has been working on the Villa Magna Genealogists. He has taught American History at El Reno Junior Project, based near Anagni, Italy, where, in addition to College, El Reno, Oklahoma, and Hillsdale Free Will Baptist excavating, she studies the late antique and medieval College, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. For a more extensive occupation history of the site and the various building biography, please see Who's Who in Genealogy and Heraldry techniques of its structures. (2nd ed.). Meg received an A.B. in Classics from Princeton University in Douglas specializes in medieval and royal families’ genealogical 2005, where she focused on the history of early Italy and research. He is also experienced in research cases involving all Roman colonization throughout the peninsula. periods of American research from colonial to the modern times. He brings a fresh creative approach to all research assignments and enjoys a reputation at "solving the unsolvable."
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