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Related Links
 OLLOWING is a list of links to miscellaneous Web sites of potential interest to Order members and others interested in Presidential history and genealogy. We have set up a separate page linking to websites for presidential libraries and museums.
GOVERNMENT
SITES
SOCIETIES WITH PRESIDENTIAL CONNECTIONS
* In most cases, members of the following
societies are, by definition, eligible for HOFPFLA
membership. Where the societies listed have
qualifying ancestors outside of our purview,
the propositi in common with HOFPFLA are specified.
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Alden Kindred of America, Inc.:
dedicated to lineal descendants of John Alden
of Plymouth (1599-1687), Mayflower
immigrant, Compact signer, public servant,
cooper, and direct ancestor of Presidents
John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
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Elder William Brewster Society:
dedicated to lineal descendants of William
Brewster of Plymouth (1560-1644), Mayflower
immigrant, colony Elder, teacher, minister,
and direct ancestor of President Zachary Taylor.
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Pilgrim Francis Cooke Society:
dedicated to lineal descendants of Francis
Cooke of Plymouth (1582-1659), Mayflower
immigrant, Compact signer, London "Adventurer,"
and direct ancestor of Presidents Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, George Herbert Walker Bush,
and George Walker Bush.
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The
Society of Mareen Duvall Descendants:
dedicated to lineal descendants of Mareen
Duvall of Maryland (1625-1694), French immigrant,
public servant, planter, merchant, and direct
ancestor of President Harry S Truman.
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Pilgrim
John Howland Society: dedicated
to lineal descendants of John Howland of Plymouth
(1593-1673), Mayflower immigrant, Compact
signer, public servant, landowner, and direct
ancestor of Presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
George Herbert Walker Bush, and George Walker
Bush.
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Nicolas
Martiau Descendant Association:
dedicated to lineal descendants of Nicolas
Martiau (1591-1657), Huguenot immigrant, Captain
of Militia, Yorke Shire Justice, Burgess,
military engineer, planter, winemaker, and
direct ancestor of President George Washington.
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Society of the Descendants of Johannes de la
Montagne: dedicated to lineal descendants
of Dr. Johannes Mousnier de la Montagne of New
Amsterdam (1595-1670), Huguenot immigrant, public
servant, physician, minister, and direct ancestor
of President Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and First
Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.
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The
Monticello Association: dedicated
to lineal descendants of President Thomas
Jefferson.
Associate membership is available to adopted
children, stepchildren, and spouses of regular
members.
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National
Society of the Washington Family Descendants:
dedicated to lineal descendants of the following
colonial ancestors of President George Washington:
Colonel John Washington (and his brother,
Lawrence); Nathaniel Pope; Nicolas Martiau;
George Reade; Augustine Warner, Sr.; Colonel
William Ball; and Mary Johnson Ball Hewes.
- Descendants
of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence:
Five Declaration signers were either HOFPFLA
propositi or ancestors thereof: Presidents John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson, pre-Constitutional
presiding officers John Hancock and Samuel Huntington,
and signer Benjamin Harrison, father to President
William Henry Harrison and great-grandfather
to President Benjamin Harrison. (Other signers
share common colonial ancestors with U.S. presidents;
DSDI members with these ancestors also qualify
for HOFPFLA.)
PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUTE
AND RESEARCH SITES
GENERAL GENEALOGICAL
SITES
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- Hereditary
Society Community: a compendium
of hereditary societies in the United States,
and a useful networking hub for enthusiasts.
Includes contact information for dozens of societies,
and links to those that have Web sites.
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RootsWeb.com:
the oldest and largest free genealogy Web
site.
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Genealogy.com,
Ancestry.com:
powerful subscriber-based genealogy sites,
with access to many published works and
historical databases.
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