Monday, January 14, 2013

Member News

Our vice president, Ken Doane, will be a busy guy this year!


Ken was elected President of The Doane Family Association of America, Inc. at their July 2012 meeting. The 965 member nonprofit organization, with members on three continents, creates interest in the history and welfare of the descendants of Deacon John Doane.


Ken will oversee the publication of the third book in the Doane Family genealogy series, the Deacon John Doane Research Committee and the partnership with Family Tree DNA. “Through the DNA project, and other research that has become available online, we want to pursue the identification of Deacon John Doane’s parents, who we believe came from England,” Doane said. Doane will also manage the family’s foundation, an auxiliary asset of the national organization. The Foundation funds college scholarships for family descendants, as well as students attending Doane College in Crete, NE.


The Doane Family Association of America, Inc. has met biennially for the past 104 years. It welcomes those with surnames of Doane, Doan, Done, Donne or variations thereof, their spouses and descendants, as well as those interested in the family’s history.


The next national reunion, which will feature historic tours, research updates and history presentations, will be held July, 2014, in Michigan. More information can be found at the association’s website, www.doanefamilyassociation.org.

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