Illustration: flag of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Credit: NuclearVacuum; Wikimedia Commons.

Scions of Nantucket Founders (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on February 21, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry begins a new series about the founders of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and their descendants... (Read More)

Photo: members of the Wampanoag Nation who gathered for the three-day powwow of their tribes at Mashpee, Massachusetts, in 1929. Left to right: Chief Standing Rock of the Herring Pond Tribe; Chief Red Shell of the Wampanoags; Chief Small Bear of the Mashpee Tribe; and Chief High Eagle, medicine man of the Wampanoags. Credit: Boston Public Library Digital Commonwealth.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on February 16, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on the genealogy of the Wampanoag Tribe and its Mayflower connections, focusing on the Attaquin family... (Read More)

Photo: Mashpee Wampanoag ceremony in Middleborough, Massachusetts, 1930. Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on February 13, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on the genealogy of the Wampanoag Tribe, the Indians who were in first contact with the Mayflower Pilgrims... (Read More)

Photos: Oakes Agnus Coombs Jr. and his wife Amanda Pocknett, daughter of Nathan Pocknett and Eleanor Hicks. She was the widow of Thomas William Gardner. These photos were featured in the 125th Anniversary of Mashpee Celebration 1995. Credit: Town of Mashpee, Massachusetts, Archives.

Mayflower Descendants & the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on February 9, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry begins a new series on the genealogy of the Wampanoag Tribe, the Indians who were in first contact with the Mayflower Pilgrims... (Read More)

Painting: “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” by William Halsall, 1882. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 35 (part 12)

By Melissa Berry on January 30, 2024

Melissa Berry’s 12th part in her series on Mayflower descendants focusing on Katie Crocker’s family line, again featuring an old family account book... (Read More)

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 35 (part 11)

By Melissa Berry on January 26, 2024

Melissa Berry’s 11th part in her series on Mayflower descendants focusing on Katie Crocker’s family line, again featuring an old family account book... (Read More)

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 35 (part 10)

By Melissa Berry on January 12, 2024

Melissa Berry’s 10th part in her series on Mayflower descendants focusing on Katie Crocker’s family line, again featuring an old family account book... (Read More)

Mayflower Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 35 (part 9)

By Melissa Berry on January 9, 2024

Melissa Berry’s 9th part in her series on Mayflower descendants that focuses on Katie Crocker and her family line, featuring an old family account book... (Read More)

Illustration: a woman seated at her desk using a computer

A Project for the New Year: Your Life Story

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 2, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega kicks off the New Year with a suggestion for a genealogy project... (Read More)

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