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Basics of Genealogy

The Basics of Massachusetts Family History Research

There is a treasure trove of genealogical resources available for Massachusetts research—if you have ancestors from the Bay State, you can count yourself lucky in this regard! However, with the wealth of information available, it can be difficult to navigate and to know where to start. In this online lecture, Chief Genealogist David Allen Lambert will provide an introduction and overview to Massachusetts Research. He’ll discuss the historical context of available record sets, go-to resources, and helpful strategies.

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Records and Research

Breaking New Ground: How Land Records Can Help in Family History Research

Land records are an important, but sometimes overlooked resource for many family historians. They can include critical clues to identifying extended family members, the location of ancestral homesteads, and family relationships. In this lecture, learn how you can locate, read, and apply the information contained in land records to your own family history.

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The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume I, A–B

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The years 1634 and 1635 were watershed years for New England immigration. The influx of immigrants represents twenty percent or more of the entire Great Migration period. Like The Great Migation Begins, these books continue to identify and document early New England families.

Author: Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Melinde Lutz Sanborn

Published: 1999

In Search of Scrooby Manor

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Not for over a hundred years has anyone studied the history of Scrooby Manor with such care as Sue Allan now presents in her new book. Re-examining manuscripts and adding many previously unknown, she has built up a documentary basis for interpreting the remains of what was once a magnificent structure of more than thirty rooms, including a chapel now recognized as part of the existing house.

In Search of Mayflower Pilgrim Susanna White-Winslow

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Sue Allan’s tenacious pursuit of origins of the Mayflower passengers in England led us from Dorothy May Bradford’s family, to William White’s family in Wisbech, which in turn led to her assembling all the pieces necessary to solve the mystery of the origin of Mayflower passenger Susanna (Jackson) White Winslow – something researchers have been trying to puzzle out for many decades without success.

In the Shadow of Men

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How has it come to pass that when retelling the story of one of the most iconic events in early colonial American history, the women involved have almost disappeared into the shadow of men?

In Search of Separatist Edward Southworth of Leiden: His Genealogical Origins Uncovered

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In this new work, Sue Allan presents significant research that disputes Samuel Webber’s early study of the origins of the Southworth line in America. The claim that Constant and Thomas, sons of Edward and Alice Carpenter Southworth, descend from the Samlesbury Southworths can no longer be upheld. The evidence she presents is compelling and sheds light on many of the Bradford, Southworth and other connections.

By Sue Allan

Published: 2019

Paperback, 64 pages

In Search of Mayflower Pilgrim Susanna White-Winslow (Slightly Damaged)

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Sue Allan’s tenacious pursuit of origins of the Mayflower passengers in England led us from Dorothy May Bradford’s family, to William White’s family in Wisbech, which in turn led to her assembling all the pieces necessary to solve the mystery of the origin of Mayflower passenger Susanna (Jackson) White Winslow – something researchers have been trying to puzzle out for many decades without success.

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