SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
March 15, 2025
“An Accidental Find Leads to a Monumental Discovery: God’s Providence in the Return of the Bradford Journal”
Presented by: Scott Miller
“We almost take it for granted that we’ve always had our primary resource that tells of our Pilgrim History, “Of Plimoth Plantation”, by Governor William Bradford. In fact, the Bradford Journal was actually “lost” for over 80 years. As it turned out, it was spirited away from America’s shores to England sometime during the Revolutionary War. This is the story of God’s Providential Hand in the re-discovery of this great work and the odyssey it went through to finally be returned home over 120 years after being “lost”. It was returned to our shores in 1897 in what has been called a “Scriptural Event” by the recently published documentary, “The Pilgrims”, on PBS. “An Accidental Find Leads to a Monumental Discovery”, takes us through the truly miraculous story of how the Bradford Journal survived a fire, wars, and being lost to history, finally to be returned to its rightful place in the Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston.”
About the speaker: Scott Miller, an 11th Generation Descendant of Governor William Bradford, has been married to his wife, Marina, for over 34 years, and is an alumnus of the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is currently a Training Development Manager at his company, ExtraMile Convenience Stores LLC, the 8th largest convenience store chain in America. Scott joined the Mayflower Society in 2011 and has served the Society in many roles, starting in 2012, but most notably as Governor of the California Mayflower Society from 2021-2023, as Governor of the Orange County Colony from 2018-2022, and is currently a Deputy Governor General, representing the California Society on the General Society of Mayflower Descendants Board of Assistants.
This month we will be offering our speaker’s presentation In-Person ONLY!
Meeting Place:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
27976 Marguerite Pkwy, Mission Viejo, CA 92692
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
