A client of mine who is already a member of GSMD (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, commonly called the Mayflower Society) wanted to prove she is also descended from another passenger. For lineage societies, this is called a supplemental application for every one done after the primary application. But, she […]
Micajah Covell is my 6th great grandfather. He lived from 1746 to 1832. Born in Connecticut, he lived most of his life in New York. Although he was the right age to have perhaps served in the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), I did not at first consider him a likely candidate […]
Here’s something I wrote a few years ago, and that website is now being closed down. Thought I’d post that info here…quite a long post. The Nebraska‐Mayflower Connection My Genealogical Field Trip to the Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery Mark Allen Cross January 2014 It was a little over a […]
The Mayflower sailed to Plymouth Colony in 1620. So the year 2020 marks the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower voyage. There will be many different types of celebrations all year. The Rose Bowl Parade is on January 1 of every year. So on January 1, 2020, some local California chapters […]
Happy Thanksgiving! I’m a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Their magazine American Ancestors, Fall 2018, has an interesting article by Robert Charles Anderson starting on page 29. They have been publishing books by Mr. Anderson called The Great Migration series, which gives information on the many people […]
Earlier, I wrote about Find A Grave and the problem with unsourced facts that are so common online. This does not mean that we don’t do research online, however! I want to tell you about a Lucky Find for me, which started with Find A Grave. Ruth Ann Smith is […]