The Great Migration Study Project compiles genealogical and biographical accounts of every person who settled in New England between 1620 and 1640. During those 20 years, about twenty thousand English men, women, and children crossed the Atlantic to settle in New England.

Publications of the Great Migration Study Project:

•The Great Migration Begins:
Immigrants to New England, 1620–1633, [first series], 3 vols. (NEHGS, 1995)
The first phase of the Great Migration Study Project identifies and describes all those Europeans who settled in New England prior to the end of 1633 over 900 early New England families.

•The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England
1634–1635, [second series], 6 vols. to date:. (NEHGS, 1999–) During this time period, approximately 1,300 families (or unattached men and women) arrived in New England. Each volume contains about 200 individual sketches.

•The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony (NEHGS, 2007) This volume contains over 200 sketches on every family or individual known to have resided in Plymouth Colony from the arrival of the Mayflower in 1620 until 1633.

•The Great Migration Newsletter. Available in print or online, this publication complements the individual Great Migration sketches and examines the broad issues in understanding the lives and times of New England's first immigrants. Article topics include the settlement of early New England towns, migration patterns, 17th-century passenger lists, church records, land records, and more.

Training Opportunities NEHGS provides educational opportunities. Most of educational programs are led by members of the staff, though some include invited guests. NEHGS offers a series of research tours, lectures, seminars, and other events throughout the year. NEHGS frequently offers opportunities to research and visit in Ireland, Scotland, Washington D.C., England, Quebec, and other areas of the world. For more than twenty years, NEHGS has sponsored a week long summer “Come Home to New England” program in Boston.

Some of our officers have experimented with the database JEFA treasurer, Cindy Endicott Levingston, said, “I encourage all of you to take advantage of this resource! I was able to locate a German Marriage record from 1846 that I was missing for one of my “distant limbs” on my tree!!” In addition, she found:

The search bar for databases on the A to Z database page will search to the name of the database you are wanting, not a person. Example, if you go to the database,Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699 you will find 22 records for Name: Endecott, Database: Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699. We have to search each database separately. It just takes more time, but you can turn up many hits. JEFA president, William T. Endicott, sums up his experiences this way: I had a few minutes just now and went on the NEHGS site and logged in and it went just as Cindy said it would ––very simple. I clicked onto 17th-century New Englanders, and started reading the piece by David Curtis Dearborn: “As a group, 17th-century New Englanders arguably are the most studied group on the planet, and thus descendants are blessed with a multitude of printed resources.” I may contact this fellow about how best to search for John Endecott documents that might have a clearer image of his personal seal. Bill adds, “I looked on their staff directory and counted 98 names, so this is a big organization with lots of resources!” So there you have it. Your dues paid for the institutional subscription. Our group membership is a wonderful opening for you to do your own research without charge.

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