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Our Morrison family first immigrated\u00a0to America around 1730 – comprising of four brothers: James, William, Andrew, and Thomas. Almost three\u00a0centuries later, in 2010, four descendants of those brothers\u00a0assembled\u00a0in Lancaster County, PA (see photo below). Residing in four different states across the country, they found each other through\u00a0a Y-DNA project sponsored by Clan Morrison Society of North America. Providentially, the four descendants represented each of our\u00a0four original Immigrant Brother lines. That historic gathering\u00a0was likely the first time in over 250 years where\u00a0all four branches of our family met together in the land that became\u00a0our first American Home. The result of that meeting spawned a logo, WEB site, and email discussion group –\u00a0becoming what we now know as Morrison-Q.<\/p>\n

We have seen much growth and progress since that initial\u00a0meeting. Due to an\u00a0increased need of our own\u00a0Bank Account and the desire to preserve our legacy – it was decided to pursue Non-Profit Incorporation. Our only means of collecting funds prior to incorporation were\u00a0through our project general fund on Family Tree DNA. Creating\u00a0a Morrison-Q bank account will enable us greater flexibility to buy DNA products from other sources such as YSEQ and Yfull. It also allows us to centrally pay for our WEB site hosting, security and backups through the\u00a0organization. The more important reason for incorporating is to ensure the legacy of Morrison-Q would be preserved for generations to come. Before we incorporated, the WEB site and records along with passwords and procedures were all maintained through\u00a0one person. Now that we have a Board of Directors – the responsibility and vision of our organization will\u00a0be shared and therefore perpetuated to future generations\u00a0of our family.<\/p>\n

Much research and thought was considered on\u00a0how\u00a0best to structure our\u00a0Association. With the intention of keeping things simple and stable – we followed the model of many small non-profits\u00a0– with a\u00a0Board of Directors as being the only voting members. We will continue\u00a0with our\u00a0two currently recognized classes of associates; members and guests. It is our intent and desire that\u00a0little will change in the\u00a0day to day operation –\u00a0excepting more flexibility in finances and a greater stability to our legacy. What will continue to make Morrison-Q so great and successful are the growing number of family members coming together in\u00a0common cause and fellowship. As always, we continue\u00a0to welcome input and involvement from any and all members of our association.<\/p>\n

This page will archive all our corporate history.<\/p>\n

Our First Meeting in 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Left to Right: Coit R. Morrison (descended from James), John A. Morrison (descended from Thomas), Jean Morrison (descended from William), James W. Morrison (descended from Andrew).<\/p><\/div>\n

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Corporate Records:<\/strong><\/h2>\n