Vol. I · No. 1 · Est. Elizabethan England

Jamestown to the present

Special family edition

Filed under: patronage · preservation · handoff

A notice from the archive desk

Become a Patron of the Family Archive

This archive is a shared family resource — a place for descendants, relatives, and fellow researchers to find the names, places, and stories that carried the Bouldin line forward. Members who wish to help sustain the research, publishing, and hosting may join through the family’s Buy Me a Coffee page.

Membership is a small, ongoing way to stand with the archive desk as the record grows — and to receive a little more of the work as it takes shape.

The Patron receives: newsletter ❦ colophon name ❦ early access ❦ research help

The archive's membership level

Patron

Patron membership cover with an aged parchment background and ornate archival rules
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For readers who would like to take a deeper place in the keeping of the family archive.

The Patron receives

  • The member newsletter
  • Your name listed among patrons in the newspaper colophon
  • Early access to new research posts — read them before they go public
  • “From the Vault” quarterly PDF — a digitized record with transcription and the story behind it
  • Digital family tree chart download
  • “Ask the Historian” — submit a family question and receive a written reply
  • Priority research lookups — for example, help finding where an ancestor settled
  • A personal research brief on an ancestor of your choosing
  • A printable vintage-style “Certified Patron of the Bouldin Family Archive” certificate
  • Member-only notes and archive material shared with patrons

Choose the Patron membership on Buy Me a Coffee

The public colophon · respectfully kept

Patron Directory

A place of thanks for those who help keep the record in reach.

Patrons may opt in to appear here and choose how their name is shown: a full name, a first name or initials, or another form approved with the archive desk.

Names are added and maintained manually by Chad and Eva, and only after the Patron has explicitly confirmed the wording. Choosing not to be listed is completely fine.

Chad & Michele Bouldin
324 S Main Street
Fowler, CO 81039
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1-719-468-8634

Alma Lee Bouldin Shoemaker

Patron since September 2026

Barbara McMullin

Patron since September 2026

Gary Bouldin

Patron since September 2026

A welcoming note for Patrons

How membership works

Buy Me a Coffee handles Patron membership and login. Visit buymeacoffee.com/bouldin, then log in with the email address you used to join. That is where Patrons can find member notes, vault PDFs, and early research posts.

The public family archive remains free for all readers. Membership helps sustain the research, publishing, and hosting that keep the record in reach. Questions? Write to [email protected].

“A family record lasts because someone chooses to keep the light on.”

The archive is a continuing conversation between the records we inherit and the stories we choose to preserve.

Read the support notice →