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 ...

Angela Davis was shocked to learn that her ancestors came to America on the Mayflower, making her descendants of people who helped found the country. The civil rights activist learned about this news ...

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 ...

Racial activist and former fugitive Angela Davis was shocked to learn she is a Mayflower descendent on Tuesday’s episode of “Finding Your Roots” on PBS. Davis is notorious for working with the ...

As the 400th anniversary of the first Pilgrim Thanksgiving in 1621 approaches, one local man has something for which he is extra grateful this year. Oneonta resident David Rockwell, 75, learned in ...

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 ...

LIMA — The Allen County Genealogical Society will meet at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, in the Seward Folsom Auditorium of the Allen County Museum, 620 W. Market St. Edward Trafford, a member of the ...

It was 400 years ago when 102 people boarded the Mayflower and set sail for a historic voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.