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Mayflower Society Genealogy Resources

With over 100,000 approved members to date, we may already have the documentation you need to be eligible for membership with The Mayflower Society.  Just fill out our Mayflower Lineage Match form (see below) for a detailed report from our files.

You may also search for your ancestors using the Silver Books or by watching our Genealogy Webinars for tips on how to research your Mayflower Lineage. 

Another useful resource for finding evidence of lineage is he Patriots to Passenger project which connects Revolutionary War patriots with descendants of the Mayflower pilgrims. 

If you are interested in DNA, please read our DNA Policy.

Mayflower Lineage Match

Find out how much of your Mayflower lineage has been previously verified

The Mayflower Silver Books

Search our Mayflower Families books for your ancestors

Genealogy Webinars 

A series of online education videos specifically made for researching Mayflower lineage. 

Patriots to Passenger

Revolutionary War patriots linked to Mayflower passengers

Family Society Names

Family Societies

Family Societies are organizations that focus on a particular Pilgrim family and their lineage. They are an invaluable resource for learning about a family’s origins.

See the list of Family Societies.

Mayflower Genealogies at FamilySearch

This collection of records is created from two data sources. The first source is the 30-volume publication Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, December 1620, known as the Silver Books. The second source is the documented applications for membership in The Mayflower Society, submitted from 1896 to early 2019. The data was merged to create a single representation for each Pilgrim and their descendants for the time period of the late 1500s to 1910. These lineages descend from the 26 couples that survived the first winter.

Search Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies at FamilySearch.

Online Databases

The following sites offer tools for finding your ancestors.  Although GSMD does not endorse or support these websites, they may be useful for your research purposes.