In keeping with the 250th anniversary of the nation, Jamie Carter Bollich of Beaumont spoke about her dozen or so ancestors ...

The remains of Private John Pumphrey, a teenage soldier from Maryland who fought in the Revolutionary War, have been ...

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.

The Mayflower II is set to return to Plymouth Harbor very soon. The meticulously crafted reproduction of the original 1620 ship is expected to depart from Mystic, Connecticut on Thursday, April 30, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – American history buffs can engage with others this weekend when members of the local Mayflower descendants’ society hold its spring meeting in Springfield. The Greater Ozarks Colony ...

The Lake County Genealogical Society invites those interested in starting or who are new to searching for information about their family history to free virtual sessions held on the second Thursday of ...

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Locals were delighted as the Mayflower II, a full-scale replica of the ship that carried the Pilgrims from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620, made its way down the Cape Cod Canal on December ...

The cover of “The Last Pilgrim,” a historical fiction novel about the life of Mary Allerton. (Image Provided) Moving to a new area is always challenging. Moving to a whole different part of the world ...

This Thanksgiving marks 70 years since New Mexico’s Mayflower Society was founded by descendants of the ship’s 102 passengers. Our mission is to keep the Pilgrim story alive and relevant to New ...

This Thanksgiving marks 70 years since New Mexico’s Mayflower Society was founded by descendants of the ship’s 102 passengers. Our mission is to keep the Pilgrim story alive and relevant to New ...

Besides being a huge fan of genealogy, I love history…and food. Needless to say, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. We all know the story of the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Tribe sharing a ...