Governor's
Message
Dr. Michael
David Frost, Mission Hills, Kansas
Governor of the
Jamestowne Society
The Governor’s Greeting
I am, indeed, honored to be your elected Governor of the Jamestowne Society, as I believe this Society is the most prestigious of any lineage society in the United States. There are many other wonderful lineage societies, but none, in my opinion, that has such a broad base, focused on the very roots of our American political, social and patriotic principles.
This Society’s membership crosses all regional and economic levels in this country. We all share common roots which go back in America some 400 years to the very first English colonists who walked upon these shores. Where our ancestors walked is just a few miles from where we hold our bi-annual Membership Meetings in Richmond and Williamsburg, Virginia.
I promise that David Woodroof, the new Lieutenant Governor, Jerry Zillion, our new Secretary of State, and I will work together with your Jamestowne Society Council, and its Past Governors, to grow this Society and its financial security during these troubled times in which we live.
This Society’s membership has ever grown stronger since its inception in 1936, and we now have an active membership of over 4,600 who receive their Jamestowne Newsletters. In this present year, 202 new people have documented their ancestry back to Jamestowne Island.
This Society reaches out to preserve important colonial structures, such as the ancient Bell Tower of the Jamestowne Island Church and, of course, the Jamestowne Society works closely with ongoing archeological work at the Jamestowne site.
The Jamestowne Society reaches out to preserve precious colonial records wherever they may be found in Virginian counties and other depositories of this Commonwealth. Many members from all over the United States, individually, give much needed financial support to this important project of our Society’s mission.
The Jamestowne Society reaches out to encourage the study of colonial America in Virginia by future historians through granting annual college scholarships to students who major in the colonial period. What better project can we adopt to preserve the very roots of our early Virginian and American culture and society, than through an active study of it.
However, we are not a society looking only to the past. As members of the Jamestowne Society, we dedicate ourselves to enlightening today’s citizens of their fundamental, American roots. It is our hope that we can all benefit from understanding the vision, trials and final success of our ancestors. Recognition of our shared colonial roots in our present lives should help us set our goals based upon traditional, American ideas, which may lead us to solid, worthy lives as citizens in America’s future.
I pledge to work with your Council and the General Membership in three important ways……
to grow the membership of this Society,
to help it grow stronger, financially, and
to achieve its stated Mission.
Michael
D. Frost
Governor
The Jamestowne Society
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