As she prepares for Thanksgiving each year, Betsy Slagle thinks about an ancestor: Francis Cooke, who arrived in Massachusetts with fellow Pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1620. Thirteen generations later ...

Judy Forehand, deputy governor of the Oklahoma Society of Mayflower Descendants, will speak about the first Thanksgiving celebrated by the Saints and Strangers who came to America on the Mayflower.

Are you related to one of America's first immigrants? A new "Pilgrim database" from the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the General Society of Mayflower Descendants will let you know for ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Ever wondered if you have an ancestor among the 103 passengers on the Mayflower? The Greater Ozarks Colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants has a meeting planned for folks ...

In February, Daniel South's grave caught the eye of Keith Kammenzind, Western colony governor for the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, who discovered South's ...

Descendants of those aboard the Mayflower are not all obscure people. In fact, quite a few are famous, highly accomplished or celebrities. Here’s a sampling, some living, some dead, gleaned from ...

David S. Reynolds' book examines the twin legacies of the Mayflower, which carried the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620, and the White Lion, which brought the first enslaved Africans to Virginia in 1619.

AP marked the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s arrival in 1620 by interviewing descendants of the Pilgrims and the Indigenous people who helped them survive – all discussing the legacy of the ...

Shown are members of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from left, first row: Lexie Kelly, Marleta Shadduck, Bonnie Yusavage, Sarah Davis, Susanna White Winslow, ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A new gravestone was unveiled on Saturday for a veteran of the French and Indian War in Carnegie. A ceremony was held at Old St. Luke's Church in Scott Township for the ...

When compiling details about their ancestry, most researchers take great pride in tracing their family history back to famous people. After providing documentation, the descendant can often join ...