Timothy Field Beard, FASG, was born at Great Barrington, MA, the son of Stuart-Menteth Beard II, and his wife Natalie Sudler (Turner) Beard.  He was married at Christ Church Methodist in New York City, September 12, 1963 to the former Annette Knowles Huddleston, who died in New York City January 28, 1995. She was the daughter of the late William E. Huddleston, Jr., of Clanton, Alabama and Alma F. Robinson of Gadsden, Alabama.

Mr. Beard was educated at the Indian Mountain School, the Berkshire School and was graduated from Williams College and Columbia University. During the Korean War, he was Supply Officer at Bordeaux Air Force Base in France.

Memberships

• Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Maryland

• General Society of Colonial Wars (Registrar General; Honorary Deputy Governor General, Societies of New York Connecticut)

• Order of Colonial Lords of the Manor in America (President General; Genealogist General)

• Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America (past President General; Genealogist General)

• Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York (past President General)

• National Society Americans of Royal Descent (past President General; Genealogist General)

• Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion

• One Hundred Living Descendants of Blood Royal

• Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens (past President General)

• Order of Indian Wars of the United States (Commander)

• General Society of the Sons of the Revolution (past Registrar General)

• Hereditary Order of the Descendants of Colonial Governors (past Governor General; Genealogist General)

• Baronial Order of Magna Charta (Genealogist General)

• The Military Order of the Crusades (Genealogist General)

• Order of Three Crusades 1096-1192 (Genealogist General)

• The Colonial Order of the Acorn (life member)

• Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York

• Society of the Ark and Dove

• Descendants of the Founders of Hartford

Genealogical Work

Mr. Beard served as Librarian in the Local History and Genealogical Division of the New York Public Library and was formerly Director of the Minor Memorial Library and the Hodge Memorial Library in Roxbury, Connecticut. He is the author of How to Find Your Family Roots (McGraw-Hill, 1977) and is a Fellow the American Society of Genealogists and the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society.  Mr. Beard is Past President of the Connecticut Society of Genealogists.

Julian Victor Brandt III, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, is the son of Julian V. Brandt, Jr. and Cather McD. Brandt. He is married to Anne Standish (Read) Brandt. The Brandts have three children and reside in Charleston.

Mr. Brandt is a graduated from The Citadel with a B.A. in History and was a member of the Calliopeian Literary Society. Mr. Brandt’s career has been in the real estate sale and development sector. His company, founded by his grandfather, specializes in sales and leasing of historic residential and commercial properties. Mr. Brandt’s company has restored over forty historic properties: many qualifying for historic tax credits and conservation easements.

Memberships

• Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion (Ensign, Council Member)

• One Hundred Descendants of Blood Royal (Honorary Member)

• Huguenot Society of South Carolina

• General Society of Colonial Wars (South Carolina. North Carolina & Florida Societies)

• Society of First Families of South Carolina 1670-1700 (President)

• Society of St. Thomas & St, Denis 1706 (Past President)

• La Société Française de Charleston (Past President fifth-generation member and fourth-generation Past President)

• Hibernian Society of Charleston

• The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, Marshall General 

• Saint David’s Society of Charleston (Past President)

• The Palmetto Society, Treasurer

• General Society Sons of the American Revolution (Past President of the S.C. Society)

• General Society of the War of 1812 (past Deputy President General)

• American Friends of St. Georges and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter, Windsor Castle (Past President 2014-2020)

• Saint George Society of New York

• The Caledonian Club of Charleston

• The St. Andrews Society

• Royal Society of St. George, Carolinian Branch (Past President)

• Military Order of the Stars and Bars

• New England Historical & Genealogical Society (Member of the Heraldry Committee)

• College of Arms Foundation, College of Arms, London (Past Secretary)

Chivalric Orders and Honours

• Knight of Justice, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, bestowed by Elizabeth II, Queen of England; Alliance Orders Liaison, former Regional Chair, Regional Chairs Coordinator and Priory Chapter Member). The Honor bestowed upon me by Her Majesty is most important to me. As members of Hereditary Societies we are blessed with a goodly heritage. We must however remember our obligations to our ancestors to be worthy of representing them. Our memberships are both an honour and obligation. The obligation is to demonstrate that we are worthy.

• Armiger, The College of Arms London

• The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: FSA-Scot

Authorships

• South Carolina and the Sea- Preserving Freedom 1800-1815: A Naval Chronology.

• The Charleston Mercury; Multiple articles on South Carolina and regional history

• Multiple book credits

 Mr. Brandt holds membership in several or organizations including:

• The Pilgrims of the United States

• The Charleston Library Society 

• The Washington Light Infantry of Charleston: Major, Meritorious Service Award

• The Piping and Marching Society of Lower Chalmers Street (Philosophical Society)

• The Footlight Players, Past President

• College Preparatory School, Past Board Chairman

• Middleton Place Hounds, Whipper In 

• State of South Carolina, Old Exchange Building Commission, Past Chairman

• City of Charleston, Board of Architectural Review, Past Chairman

• Charlestowne Neighborhood Association, Past Vice President

• The National Alliance of Preservation Commissions, Founding Member

• The Preservation Society of Charleston, Past Treasurer

• Theta Commission, The Citadel, Kappa Alpha Order, Founding Member

He is a frequent lecturer on South Carolina, Colonial History and Preservation. The Brandts are members of Grace Episcopal Cathedral Charleston and the Church of the Good Shepherd Cashiers, NC where he serves on the Vestry and Chairs the Endowment Board.

Jane Elizabeth Routt Power, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, is the daughter of Robert Ralph and Maurine Scott Routt. She was married to the late John Michael Power, and has four stepsons: Michael, Stephen, Barry and Jason Power, as well as nine (9) grandchildren and four (4) great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Power received her B.S. in Education, History and English, North Texas State University. During her career she was the Director of Human Resources at Garrett Electronics, Inc. dba Garrett Metal Detectors. Garrett is a world-wide company manufacturing security and hobby metal detectors. Additionally, Mrs. Power has been the president/owner of J&J Power Communications for over twenty-five (25) years; a woman/minority-owned certified advertising specialties, promotion and marketing company.

Society Memberships

• Founders Fellowship (President; Vice President; Founding Secretary)

• Crown and Sceptre (Co-Founder)

• Descendants of Early Postmasters 1706-1900 (President General; Chaplain General; Founding Recording Secretary General) 

• DELMARVA First Families (President; Reorganizing Registrar)

• Legion of Vikings and Valkyries (Founding President)

• Scions of Freedom Signers (Founding President)

• Military Order of the Southern Cross in the Pacific Theater (Founding President)

• Non Compos Mentis (Founding President)

• The IX (Chief Justice; Founding Genealogist)

• National Society of New England Women (Honorary President General)

• Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens (Honorary President General)

• Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies (Honorary Past President)

• Descendants of Fossors (Honorary Founding President)

• National Society Dames of the Court of Honor (Honorary President General; Honorary Texas State President)

• Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America (Honorary President General)

• National Society of Saints and Sinners (Honorary Founding President)

• Hereditary Society of Teachers (Honorary Founding President General)

• Hereditary Order of the Descendants of Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution (Honorary Governor General)

• National Order of the Blue and Gray (Commanding General Retired)

• Associated Daughters of Early American Witches (Honorary President General) 

• Order of the Descendants of El Cid (Governor; First Lieutenant Governor; Founding Keeper of the Purse)

• Order of Alba (Second Vice President General; Historian)

• National Society Southern Dames of America (National Recording Secretary; Past Texas State President; Past President, North Texas Chapter)

• The Commonwealth Assembly (Founding Registrar)

• Society of the Descendants of Colonial Regulators (Founding Registrar)

• Order of the Vietnam War (Founding Genealogist/Registrar)

• Descendants of Swiss Settlers (Founding Treasurer)

• Descendants of Miners 1607-1907 (Past Registrar)

• Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts (Marshal General)

• Order of American Cousins of the Sovereigns of Great Britain (Founding Director) 

• The Winthrop Society (President; Parliamentarian; Past First Vice President)

• Order of Descendants of Pirates and Privateers (Councilor)

• Order of the Monarchs or Rheims (Past/Founding Parliamentarian) 

• National Huguenot Society (Past Treasurer General)

• Order of the Founders of North America (Past Genealogist/Registrar General) 

• Descendants of Lady Godiva (Past/Founding Herald) 

• Colonial Daughters of the 17th Century (Past National Parliamentarian; Heart of Texas Chapter, Past President)

• Sons and Daughters of the Founding Fathers of Virginia (Past Parliamentarian)

• Order of the Kings and Queens in the Holy Lands (Past/Founding Keeper of the Purse)

• Descendants of Brian Boru (Past/Founding Treasurer)

• Order of the Steel Magnolias (Past/Founding Registrar)

• Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon (Past/Founding Genealogist)

• Order of the Descendants of the Justiciars (Past/Chancellor of Exchequer)

• National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants (Past/Founding Parliamentarian)

• National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters (Past/Founding Historian General)

• Order of the First Families of Maine (Past/Founding Historian General)

• Baronial Order of the Magna Charta (Past Keeper of the Rolls)

• Military Order of the Crusades (Past Keeper of the Rolls)

• National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons (Honorary Division Regent)

• National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars (Honorary Texas State President)

• National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Past Texas State Curator; Honorary Colonel George Mason Chapter Regent)

• National Society Children of the American Revolution (Past Senior Society President, Isaac Freese and Matthew Bolton Societies; Texas State and N.S.C.A.R. National Promoter)

• National Society Daughters of American Colonists (Honorary Chapter Regent, Thomas Poe Chapter, Dallas)

• General Society of Mayflower Descendants (Past Texas State Parliamentarian)

• United Daughters of the Confederacy

• Confederate P.O.W. Society

• Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865, Inc.

• Jamestowne Society

• National Society Colonial Dames of America

• Order of the First World War

• Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy

• National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims

• National Society Colonial Dames of the XVII Century

• National Society United States Daughters of 1812

• Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry

• Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America

• Flagon and Trencher (Treasurer)

• Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia

• National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company

• Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors

• National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America

• Sons and Daughters of the Colonial Bench and Bar

• Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars

• Order of Descendants of Colonial Cavaliers

• Point Lookout P.O.W. Organization

• Presidential Families of America

• Society of the Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge

• America’s First Families

• Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters

• International Military Order of the Southern Cross

• National Society Daughters of the Union, 1861-1864

• Society of the Descendants of the Founding Fathers of New England

• Descendants of Whaling Masters

• Order of the Three Crusades

• National Society Descendants of Early Quakers

• National Society Ladies of the Thistle

• National Society of Old Plymouth Colony Descendants

• Order of Descendants of Pirates and Privateers

• R.I.F.R.A.F.

• Noble Society of Celts

• Order of the First Families of Connecticut

• Order of the Merovingian Dynasty

• First Families of Kentucky

• Society of Middletown First Settlers

• Dutch Colonial Society of Delaware

• Order of the Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company

• First Families of New Hampshire

• Plymouth Hereditary Society

• Textile Workers of America

• Society of Indiana Pioneers

• Order of the Knights of the Garter (Descendant Member)

• Order of the First Families of Vermont

• Huguenot Society of South Carolina

• Founders of New Haven Colony

• Colonial Dames of America

• First Families of Maryland

• North American Manx Association

• Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford

• Piscataqua Pioneers

• First Families of Pennsylvania

• National Guild of Saint Margaret

• Order of the Norman Conquest

• Pioneer Settler of Kansas

• Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic

• Descendants of Early First Responders

• Merciful Society of Magi (Scouting Liaison)

• First Families of New York

• Governor William Bradford Compact

• Descendants of American Prisoners of War

• Descendants of Native Americans and Friends

• Descendants of Green Mountain Boys

• Cloak and Dagger

• National Society Founders of Places of Worship in America

• Descendants of Early American Governors 1607-1860

• Order of Founders of the Granville District 1663 - 1763

Authorships

Co-Author
Deed Book A, Ohio County Court Records, Hartford, KY
Granville County, North Carolina Cemetery Records

Author
Arnold’s Expedition in ’75 to Canada

Index Compiled
Record of Burials, Painesville, Lake County, OH
Cemetery Records of Montgomery County, OH

Published in
The Garland Genealogical Society Newsletter
Dallas Genealogical Society Newsletter
Lancaster (TX) Genealogical Society Newsletter
Illinois Genealogical Quarterly
The Pilgrim News-Letter

Chivalric Orders

• Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem

Professional Memberships

National Association of Professional Women
SHRM (Society for Human Resources Management)
Lifelong member of the Presbyterian church

Awards

Daughters of the American Revolution

• 1999 National Outstanding First Place Team, Museum Correspondent Docent

• 1999 National Outstanding Museum Correspondent Docent

• 2000 Outstanding Texas State DAR Volunteer Genealogist; South Central Division Winner

• 2000 Special Recognition Congress Certificate, Volunteer Genealogist

Sons of the American Revolution

• 2007 Recipient of the S.A.R. Martha Washington Medal

United Daughters of the Confederacy

• Winnie Davis Medal Recipient

• 100 Million Dollar Club of Shriners Hospitals for Children

• Pearce Collection at Navarro Junior College Certificate of Appreciation (over 100 hours transcribing Civil War letters and diaries for the collection)

• Texas Special Olympics Events, 1991 Outstanding Dallas Volunteer

• Volunteers Against Multiple Sclerosis, 1985 “Most Used and Abused Volunteer”

Other Notes

Mrs. Power’s avocations include researching and enjoying history and genealogy for over thirty-five years. She is a professional genealogy lecturer and teacher, as well as a frequent guest on “The Family History Show” hosted by Michael Matthews aired on the Texas State Radio Network.

Additionally, Mrs. Power is Past President of the Garland Genealogical Society; a Fellow of Scottish Antiquaries; as well as a member of the National Gavel Society, P.E.O., the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, a Yellow Rose of Texas, and an Arkansas Traveler. She holds professional membership in the National Association of Parliamentarians, and the Texas Association of Parliamentarians.

Neil D. Thompson, Ph.D., FASG, an attorney and longtime genealogical editor, with a doctorate in history, is one of the world's great authorities on medieval families.

Dr. Thompson was elected Fellow Emeritus at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Genealogists on November 7, 2020, Dr. Neil D. Thompson, the 100th Fellow, was elected as a Fellow Emeritus, in recognition of his lifetime of contributions to genealogy. Among Dr. Thompson’s many contributions to the field is the journal The Genealogist, which he founded in 1980 and edited and published for many years; it is now published by the Society.

Memberships

• The Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Kings of Britain (Herald Genealogist)

• Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists (1987–2012)

Marlene Rathbun Wilkinson, a native of Oklahoma, was the daughter of Carl J. and Ona Rathbun. Mrs. Wilkinson graduated from Oklahoma State University where she earned her B.A. in Liberal Arts. She then attended the University of Memphis where she earned her M.S. in Education, with a concentration in General Counseling. Mrs. Wilkinson was formerly the Director of the Millington Center of Shelby State Community College. She was also a counselor for underprepared students at the Mid-Town and Gill campuses of Shelby State Community College.

Mrs. Wilkinson was married to Captain Edward Lewis Wilkinson, USN (Ret). They resided in Westlake, Ohio. The Wilkinsons had three children: Edward, Martha and Mary; four grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

Memberships

• National Gavel Society

• National Society Americans of Royal Descent

• Order of Three Crusades 1096-1192

• Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America

• Order of the Merovingian Dynasty

• Baronial Order of Magna Charta (Surety of the Class of 2013)

• Military Order of the Crusades

• Dutch Colonial Society (President)

• Order of the First Families of New Hampshire (Governor General)

• Associated Daughters of Early American Witches (Honorary President General)

• National Society Descendants of Early Quakers (National Presiding Clerk)

• National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland (First Vice President General)

• Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors (former Third Deputy Governor General)

• Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (Councillor General)

• National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (former Chapter Regent)

• Colonial Dames of America, Chapter VII

• National Society Dames of the Court of Honor (former Librarian General)

• National Huguenot Society

• Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Kings of Britain

• Presidential Families of America (First Vice President General)

• Society of Descendants of Colonial Clergy (former Member of the Council)

• Society of Descendants of Knights of the Garter (UK; Descendant Member)

• National Order of the Blue and Gray

• Society of Daughters of Holland Dames

• Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens

• National Society Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede (Surety)

• Sons and Daughters of the Colonial & Antebellum Bench & Bar 1585-1861

• National Society U.S. Daughters of 1812

• National Society Daughters of the American Colonists (former Tennessee State Recording Secretary)

• National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars

• Order of the First Families of Maine (former Register General)

• National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters (Historian General)

• National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (former Corresponding Secretary General)

• Colonial Dames XVII Century (former Recording Secretary of Tennessee)

• Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars (former Governor of the Tennessee Society)

• National Society New England Women (Organizing President of the Volunteer Colony)

• Hereditary Order of Descendants of the Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution

• Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America (former President of the Tennessee Chapter)

• National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century (former Member of the Council; Organizing President of the Mississippi River Valley Chapter)

• National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865

• National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company

• Flagon & Trencher

• Order of First Families of Connecticut (former Marshall General; Founder Member)

• National Society of Saints and Sinners (Advocate)

• Southern Dames of America

• Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

• Descendants of Founders of New Jersey

• Piscataqua Pioneers

• Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesman 1607-1783

• United Daughters of the Confederacy

• Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865 (Organizing Tent President)

• National Society of Old Plymouth Colony Descendants

• Society of the Founders of Norwich, Connecticut

• Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor

• Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford

• Roger Williams Association

• National Society Magna Charta Dames

• Society of the First Families of Kentucky

• First Families of Georgia 1733-1797

• Society of the First Families of Kentucky

• First Families of Georgia 1733-1797

• Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America (Founder Member)

• Hereditary Society of Teachers (Charter Member)

• Society of Descendants of the Founders of the New Haven Colony

• Order of the Descendants of the Justiciars 1050-1650 (Founder Member; life member)

• Descendants of Fossors 1607-1860

• Society of Descendants of Lady Godiva

• Order of Cousins of Present and Future Sovereigns of Great Britain

• Hereditary Order of the Families of Presidents and First Ladies of America

• Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers

• Winthrop Society

• Order of the Founders of North America 1492-1692

• Sons and Daughters of the First Settlers of Newbury, Massachusetts

Authorships

• Ancestors and Descendants of Michael Dan Mitchell, 1998

• Descendants of Richard Westrope and Robert Sanders, 1998

• One Branch of the Rathbun Family, 1999

• The Truchon Ancestry, 2016

Listed In

• Who's Who in the South and Southwest

Other Notes

Mrs. Wilkinson was an active member of her community, and was involved with numerous organizations. She was a member of Delta Zeta Sorority and the Saybrook Founders Colony. Mrs. Wilkinson was a former Board Member of the Ten-Ark-Miss Council of the Girl Scouts of America, as well a former Board Member of the Frayser-Millington Mental Health Center. She and her husband were members of St. Peter's Episcopal Church Ohio.

In 2001, Mrs. Wilkinson received the Community Service Award from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution for her years of service to her community. Mrs. Wilkinson was a member of Mensa.

Mrs. Wilkinson was a vital part of the Navy Relief Society, having served over 5,000 volunteer hours. She was the recipient of the Society's Meritorious Service Award. She served as Chairman of Volunteers 1971, 1974-1977; Interviewer 1971-1979; and Layettes 1971-1979. She retained membership in the Association of Naval Aviation.

Sharyn “Shari” Kelley Worrell, a native of Lynn, Massachusetts is the daughter of Richard Allen and Norma Lovett (Gregory) Kelley.  She has a son, Ryan Richard Worrell, Esq. and enjoyed a career as a flight attendant; now retired. She has three grandsons; Ryan, Jr., Daniel and Oliver. Shari is involved with numerous avocational pursuits and devotes significant time to the lineage society community, where she has served in many organizations in various capacities.

Memberships

• National Gavel Society (Former Vice President)

• Founders Fellowship

• Order of the First Families of New Hampshire 1622-1680 (Founder; Honorary Governor General; former Editor of the Hampshire Heirs)

• Associated Daughters of Early American Witches (Honorary President General; Founder/former editor of the Black Swan)

• National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland (Reorganizing President General; Honorary President General; revived Saint Margaret's Journal, former Editor)

• Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands (Founder; Honorary President General)

• Order of the Descendants of Native Americans and Friends (Founder; Honorary President General)

• Descendants of American Prisoners of War (Founder; Honorary President General)

• National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (former Corresponding Secretary General; former Historian General; Organizing Illinois State Governor; Honorary Illinois Governor; founded Illinois Branch Newsletter; former Editor)

• National Huguenot Society (California State Founder; Honorary California State President; former Illinois Registrar)

• Society of the Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge (California Brigade Founder; California State Commander)

• Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars (Reorganizing Illinois Governor; Honorary Illinois Governor; State Charter Member); National Supplies Chairman)

• National Society Colonial Daughters Seventeenth Century, Inc. (Founder of El Camino Real Chapter; Former Chapter President; Honorary Chapter President; Chapter Corresponding Secretary)

• Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic (Illinois State Founder; Honorary State President)

• Society of the Descendants of the Knights of the Garter (Descendant Member)

• National Society Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede (former Third Vice President General)

• National Society Colonial Dames of America

• Colonial Dames of America (Former Chapter President; Chapter Registrar)

• Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion

• National Society Americans of Royal Descent

• Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Kings of Britain

• Baronial Order of Magna Charta (Former Surety, Class of 2016)

• Military Order of the Crusades (Former Surety)

• Descendants of Templar Knights, Life

• Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (Former Historian General)

• Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the U.S.A.

• Order of the Three Crusades 1096-1192

• Order of the Monarchs of Rheims

• Jamestowne Society, Life

• Saint Andrews Society of the State of New York

• Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors

• National Order of the Blue and Gray (former First Vice Commander)

• Hereditary Order Descendants Loyalists and Patriots American Revolution (former Organizing Secretary General)

• Order of the First Families of Maine (Charter Member; former Second Vice President General, Founding Corresponding Secretary General)

• Order of the Merovingian Dynasty (former Advisory Council; former Editor of the Merovingian Mirror)

• National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century (National Meals & Reservations Committee Member; Former State Second Vice President; Chapter Honorary President/Charter member)

• National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865 (former Historian General; Honorary Chapter Regent)

• National Society New England Women (former National Yearbook Chairman; Honorary Colony President)

• Plymouth Hereditary Society (Former Marshall General)

• Presidential Families of America (former Illinois Regent)

• Daughters of the American Colonists (former Illinois Vice-Regent; California State Chaplain; Chapter Registrar)

• Children of the American Colonists (Senior Adult Advisor for California)

• National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (Founders Scholarship Chairman; former Illinois State Chaplain, Former Illinois State Treasurer; California State Registrar)

• National Society Dames of the Court of Honor (former Illinois State First Vice President; California State 3rd Vice President)

• General Society of Mayflower Descendants (former Illinois Elder; California Colony Chaplain)

• National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861 (former Chaplain General)

• Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865 (former Illinois Teller)

• Order of the First Families of Connecticut (Founding Member)

• Hereditary Order First Families of Massachusetts (Pioneer Member)

• Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen (Charter Member; thrice Master Guilder)

• National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

• Flagon and Trencher

• Hereditary Order of the Presidents and First Ladies of America

• National Society Descendants of Early Quakers (Former National Corresponding Clerk; Former Director)

• National Society Old Plymouth Colony Descendants

• National Society United States Daughters of 1812 (Former California State Corresponding Secretary; Chapter President)

• Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens

• Order First Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1636-1647

• Piscataqua Pioneers

• National Society of the Daughters of Colonial Wars (California State President; Former California State Corresponding Secretary)

• Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench & Bar 1565-1861

• Society of the Descendants Colonial Clergy (Former Councillor)

• Winthrop Society

• Dutch Colonial Society

• Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America (Founding Member)

• National Society Saints and Sinners

• Family of Bruce International, Inc.

• Order of Alba (Founding Vice President General)

• Order of the First Families of Vermont 1609-1791

• Order of the Founders of North America (Charter Member)

• Order of the Norman Conquest

• Order of the Second World War, Life

• Scottish American Women Society of Washington, DC

• Southern Dames of America (California State Corresponding Secretary; Chapter Registrar)

• Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers (Honorary)

• Sons and Daughters of the First Settlers of Newbury

• Descendants of Continental Colonial Officers (Life)

• Descendants of Early Postmasters, Life

• Descendants of Early First Responders, Life

• Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor, Life

• National Society Descent of American Farmers, Life

• National Society Descendants of American Railroad Workers, Life

• National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants, Life

• Daughters of ‘98

• Cameo Club

• Order of Cloak and Dagger (Founding Secretary General)

• Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company

• National Society Founders of Places of Worship in America, Director

Chivalric Orders

• Member of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem

Awards

• Honorary President of the Auxiliary of Good Shepherd Hospital

• President’s Volunteer Service Lifetime Award from George W. Bush

• Servant of Youth Award from the Boy Scouts of America

• Three Awards of Merit from United Airlines

• Volunteer Recognition Award from the Y.M.C.A.

• Member of the Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels

• Van Rensselaer Award (CDA)

 Authorships

• From Stewardess to Flight Attendant—The Changing Years

• The History of Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, Illinois

• Illinois Court, National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, Celebrating 60 Years

• National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865 Centennial Ancestor Book

• Remembering James J.H. Gregory: The Seed King, Philanthropist, Man

Listed In

Who’s Who in America
Who’s Who in the World
Who’s Who Among American Women
NSDU Centennial Ancestor Book

Other Notes

Shari is very active in volunteer organizations, including, at various times: Boy Scouts of America where she developed religious growth programs and was awarded Den Leader of the Year Award, Chartered Organization Rep of the Year and the Servant of Youth Award; President of the Good Shepherd Hospital Auxiliary where she created an ongoing Children’s Art Display in the Cardiac wing; served on the Los Angeles MDA board and co-founded the Young Women’s League for Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Shari is a member of First United Methodist Church of Canoga Park. She has served her church in many roles including New Member Chairman; Sunday School teacher; Secretary of the Congregation; Assistant Superintendent of Sunday School; Superintendent of Summer Sunday School; Secretary of the Board of Education; Public Relations Chair for the school and church; Administration Committee; Stewardship Committee; and United Women in Faith.

Additionally, she is a member of the Clipped Wings; the Speakers’ Bureau for Los-Angeles Based Flight Attendants; and the Immanuel Lutheran School Education Foundation.

Shari also lobbied for three years for the exoneration of the remaining six “Salem Witches” whom were executed in 1692. On October 31, 2001, Acting Gov. Jane Swift (of Massachusetts) signed the Bill into Law, exonerating all six. Shari’s Committee held a Memorial service in June 2002 in Salem, Massachusetts for these martyrs.

She holds membership in numerous genealogical research societies and family associations.  They include: Essex Society of Genealogists; New England Historic Genealogical Society; New Hampshire Historical Society New Hampshire Society of Genealogists; The American Genealogist; and Topsfield Historical Society.