(WTAP) - On December 18, 1620, with the English ship Mayflower anchored in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts, a small party of ...

The Mayflower, a leaky 80-foot-long British cargo ship carrying 102 passengers who were determined to build a new society "for the glory of God," departed from Plymouth, England on this day in history ...

This Thanksgiving marks 70 years since New Mexico’s Mayflower Society was founded by descendants of the ship’s 102 passengers ...

The Lake County Genealogical Society invites those interested in exploring a potential relationship to the passengers of the Mayflower to a presentation and hands-on research April 10 at Morley ...

As Americans gather for Thanksgiving, they celebrate the legacy of the Pilgrims’ success. Lost in the holiday’s mythology are the travails endured by passengers on the Mayflower — a tiny, rickety ship ...

These words stand emblazoned 20 feet tall at the Plymouth harbor, on England’s southwestern coast, from where the Mayflower set sail to establish a new life for its passengers in America. The art ...

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 ...

Activist and author Angela Davis is incredulous when Henry Louis Gates Jr. revealed she had family on the Mayflower. (via "Finding Your Roots" on PBS) "Any idea of what you're looking at? That is a ...

BOSTON (AP) — Figuring out whether you’re a descendant of a Pilgrim is now just a mouse click away. A monthslong effort to digitize and index the authenticated genealogies of Mayflower passengers has ...

BOSTON — John Howland may not be as famous as William Bradford, John Carver and Myles Standish, notable passengers on the Mayflower that landed in Massachusetts in 1620. Yet Howland, who boarded the ...