Documenting Mayflower Descendants for the 400th Anniversary (1620-2020)
By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 5, 2016
An article about finding Merton Chesleigh Lane and other Mayflower descendants by searching old newspapers... (Read More)
Tag: Mayflower Pilgrims
Mayflower Descendant: Rebecca (Priest) Wadsworth
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 29, 2016
An article featuring the obituary of Rebecca (Priest) Wadsworth (1838-1906), who was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Degory Priest... (Read More)
Harold Shaw, My Mayflower Cousin – Many Times Over
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 20, 2016
An article about finding descendants of the Mayflower Pilgrims by looking for that reference in newspaper obituaries... (Read More)
I Didn’t Know Marilyn Guedesse – but, She’s My Cousin
By Thomas Jay Kemp on June 20, 2016
An article about how obituaries can help fill in your family tree by listing ancestors of the deceased that tie into your own family history... (Read More)
New Book: ‘The Boy Who Fell off the Mayflower’
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 1, 2016
Book review: “The Boy Who Fell off the Mayflower” by P. J. Lynch... (Read More)
Genealogy Tip for Researching Pilgrim John Howland’s Family History
By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 2, 2016
If you are researching Pilgrim John Howland’s family, use the Howland lineages printed in a NSSDP lineage book as a roadmap to fill in your family tree... (Read More)
Tough First Winter for Our Mayflower Ancestors
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 11, 2015
An article about the Pilgrims’ first, rough winter at Plymouth Colony in 1620-1621 when so many of them died due to illness and exposure... (Read More)
Full List of Mayflower Passengers in Gov. Bradford’s Newly-Restored Journal
By Thomas Jay Kemp on May 19, 2015
An article about the Northeast Document Conservation Center preserving the manuscript copy of Governor William Bradford’s “Of Plymouth Plantation.”.. (Read More)
Are You a Descendant of Mayflower Pilgrim John Alden?
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 4, 2014
John Alden was an original Mayflower passenger and helped found Plymouth Colony. Learn more about John and Priscilla Alden and their descendants... (Read More)
