AMAZING MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS : TAYLOR SWIFT IS ONE OF THEM : HUMPHREY BOGART : KATHERINE HEPBURN : MARILYN MONROE : SEE THIS LIST!

United States Presidents, an astronaut, and many who went into acting and so many more; up to 3 million Americans! You can see why you just might qualify for the Mayflower Society; the odds may be in your favor! This site design was so much fun. You put your pointer on the photo and it flips to information!

AMERICAN ANCESTORS: MAYFLOWER PASSENGER LISTS  Click on the name of the passenger and read a small bio via the New England Historic Genealogical Society.  Other ships arrived to the colony and brought more people.  Not all passengers were pilgrims by the way. Then click to photos of present-day descendants.  These people are in Great Britain as well as the United States.

By the first winter half the original settlers had died.  Native Americans must have been keeping track of the new settlers. One Chief needed allies to fight with other tribes so a deal was made and this deal helped people survive. 

INTO THE FUTURE AND STEPPING INTO THE PAST

Hello to my ANCESTRY WORSHIP genealogy readers here in the U.S.  and Europe. I want to start the New Year, 2021, with a message of hope. I really do. Oh, I know, we have all been put to the test due to the restrictions of living in plague times. We are lonely, bored, cranky, crazy. Some of us are in grief and many are dealing with loss. We are having bad dreams when we sleep.

Humanity as a whole has been through plague before. I hope we can move on from this bad time. It does take cooperation and collaboration to survive.

I don't know about you, but genealogy practice and family history research has given me a greater understanding of human perseverence. And though not much changed on New Years day with Covid-19 - the vaccinations have begun but the statistics are frightening - it's still a symbolic new start. In this case, here at ANCESTRY WORSHIP - a genealogy blog - to use research to go back to the past and learn more about our ancestors and perhaps relearn to stand on their shoulders to make it through our days.

As a quick update first, for those if you following the Italian citizenship quest, no, the archive in Italy has not responded in any way to the letter and money sent there three months ago. Asked what to do, I said don't send more money but Italy us decimated so let's wait.

So, I'm going to start the new year by posting on ELLIS ISLAND and using ship manifests -passenger arrival records- to locate ancestors in the Old Country. 

Let's try to start anew.

Someone sent me this photo and I have no idea where it came from. Do you?