Thursday morning I received news that my Mayflower Society application was approved!  After a year of research and sending away for documentation, etc., having my cousin sit on the floor of a court house in Kentucky sifting thru very old paperwork to come up with one specific marriage certificate, I've succeeded in proving my lineage to Capt. Myles Standish of the Mayflower.   A couple of times I almost gave up, and thought it might never come together, but it finally did.  I've been one busy genealogist this year, joining the DAR and now the Mayflower Society, and I personally added to the gene pool by becoming a grandmother.  :)