Family History Connect | The Mayflower, English Pilgrims and the early American Genealogies

Many of us have seen American matches in our DNA results list, but we have no idea of the relationship. Over the last five centuries, huge numbers of people emigrated from all over the UK and Ireland, and many arrived in Massachusetts. Some stayed.

There are a large number of wonderfully comprehensive genealogies linked to the early settlements around Massachusetts, and these are freely available to download. Patrice Connelly will look at the early migration to the US from England, and review a number of the different types of books: Vital records from early towns; Genealogies of particular settlers; Local genealogy journals and Biographical material associated with the towns. She will start with the Mayflower, the Puritans and the Pilgrims and how the state of Massachusetts came into being, and then give you a tour of some of the books you can download to find side-shoots from your family tree that might have ended up in the US.

This talk is relevant to those of you with UK and Irish ancestry, even if you haven't actually found any of your US cousins yet. It could also be of interest to the writers among us for some fabulous background material for early settlement in the US.

This is a members only event that will take place via Zoom.

Bookings are essential for this session.

About the Family History Connect series:

Our 'members-only' series, Family History Connect, feature themed sessions focusing on particular areas of genealogical research.

Sessions are generally facilitated by one of the Society’s wonderful volunteers and this session will take place online.  These sessions are open to all current members of the Society. 

If you would like to facilitate a session, please get in touch with us via email.