The Articles of Incorporation of The Page-Nelson Society of Virginia provide that any bloodline descendant of Colonel John Page (1627-1692) and/or the Honorable Thomas Nelson (1677-1745), both of York County, Virginia, shall be eligible for membership in the Society provided that the applicant establishes his or her descent from one or both ancestors to the satisfaction of the Society's Genealogist. In all cases the burden of proof is on the applicant, and the proof must be positive, not conjectural. The Society is a 501(c)(3) organization; all dues and donations are tax deductible.
The Page-Nelson Society of Virginia
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Qualifications: Proof must be provided of direct descent from John Page or Thomas Nelson.
Application: application is form-fill, tab-and-type PDF.
- Provide all information requested on the application, if known and can be proven.
- Name, address – with last 4 zip code digits – email, and phone must be complete.
- Show your name EXACTLY as you wish it to appear in society records..
- Lineage pages, starting at page 2, must be completed following customary procedures. Include full names, birth, death, and marriage information for both individuals in each generation in the claimed lineage. Dates should be written as 04 Sep 1637/8; do not use numerals for months and do not convert dates from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.
- Use 2-letter postal abbreviation for States in capital letters. For a list of two-letter abbreviations, go to the USPS’s website at www.usps.com.
- Do not highlight; draw a red line under the pertinent information. Do not use staples.
- Provide proper citation to authoritative sources. Published sources should follow the standard Chicago Style Manual, thusly: author’s name, Name of Book or Other Published Source (City, State Published: Name of Publisher, Year), page numbers.
- Birth, death, and marriage certificates may be referenced merely as “BC”, “DC”, or “MC”, respectively. Do not provide a discussion or description of what is contained in the reference documents; that information is interpreted by the Genealogist.
Genealogical Proofs: Acceptable genealogical proofs include birth, death, and marriage certificates (or published forms of those records), federal and state population censuses after 1850 ONLY, Social Security applications and death index transcripts, published tombstone transcriptions (no text from Find-A-Grave), photographs of tombstones with the name and location indicated on the photo, Bible records with a copyright page, wills, deeds, family histories documented with original source materials only and most similar types of documents.
A copy of the title page is required from all published sources.
Finalizing Your Application:
1. Make sure to sign your application on page 1.
2. Make sure you have paid your application fee prior to sending your application.
Please click on the link below to get the fillable PDF application form with instructions.
