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== Mayflower Genealogies == | == Mayflower Genealogies == | ||
Many records of Mayflower and Plymouth Colony families are at the Family History Library and other libraries. The Family History Library has obtained many published and microfilmed records from the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. The society is currently involved in a project to identify five generations of descendants of the Mayflower passengers. Twelve volumes, representing 17 Mayflower passengers, have been published to date (Family History Library Book 974 | Many records of Mayflower and Plymouth Colony families are at the Family History Library and other libraries. The Family History Library has obtained many published and microfilmed records from the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. The society is currently involved in a project to identify five generations of descendants of the Mayflower passengers. Twelve volumes, representing 17 Mayflower passengers, have been published to date (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.4+D2mf Book 974.4 D2mf]; volumes 1–3 are on Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=86888&disp=Mayflower+families+through+five+generati%20%20&columns=*,0,0 fiche 6049584–6]). Also being prepared is ''Mayflower Families in Progress'', representing four generations of 11 names. See this title in the Author/Title Search of the Family History Library Catalog. | ||
=== Some Mayflower genealogies are in: === | === Some Mayflower genealogies are in: === | ||
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The largest documented source on Mayflower genealogy by a leading Mayflower authority is: | The largest documented source on Mayflower genealogy by a leading Mayflower authority is: | ||
Bowman, George Ernest. ''Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants: The Bowman Files.'' Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1983. (Family History Library fiche 6331448–71.) Includes 232 microfiche cards grouped by family name, showing the descendants of the passengers. | Bowman, George Ernest. ''Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants: The Bowman Files.'' Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1983. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248225&disp=Massachusetts+Society+of+Mayflower+desce%20%20&columns=*,0,0 fiche 6331448–71].) Includes 232 microfiche cards grouped by family name, showing the descendants of the passengers. | ||
Two helpful periodicals are: | Two helpful periodicals are: | ||