Learn what records exist and where to find them, what information they contain, and how to use them to further your research.
By Ann G. Lawthers, ScD
Published by American Ancestors in January 2025
8 ½ x 11 laminated, 4 pages
New York is a crossroads for many of our ancestors. Some families may have been in New York State for less than a generation on their way farther west, whereas other families became permanent settlers. New York's sources for genealogical inquiry, however, are often lacking-statewide registration of vital records did not start until 1881!
In this compelling biography of William White, a foundational ancestor to so many across America, Sue Allan reveals who William’s father was and identifies the school William attended as a boy. She also proves that the school was once Wisbech's ancient Holy Trinity Guild Hall. In her signature style, she takes us deep into the history of Ely and the wild landscape of the Fenlands to the heart of William White's life as a young orphan in the streets of Wisbech.
This expanded edition of the bestselling New Englanders in the 1600s offers researchers an even more comprehensive source for finding the most recent genealogical writing about seventeenth-century New England families. The new edition includes a full five years’ worth of publications, plus select publications from 2011.
Originally published in early 1910, English-born yachtsman and author Stark used real-estate records to produce this volume of detailed biographies of Loyalists living in Massachusetts, organized by their social standing and beginning with royal governor Hutchinson. This irresistible and controversial work demonstrates how Stark liked to “stir the pot,” but journalists of the day had to admit that the fervor of his critiques was matched by the depth of his research.
By James Henry Stark, foreword by J. L. Bell
Written by Henry B. Hoff, CG, FASG, with Nancy Sands Maulsby
Published by American Ancestors Newbury Street Press in August 2018
8-1/4 x 10-1/4 hardcover, 184 pages, illustrated
- Winner of the National Genealogical Society Award for Excellence -
By Judith Waite Freeman with Christopher C. Child and Nancy G. Bernard
Published March 2019
9 x 12 hardcover, 336 pages, illustrated
The surname Goodwin, meaning “God’s friend,” originated in medieval times in England. Thomas Putman Goodwin’s ancestors were spirited risk-takers: early planters, seafarers, fishermen, and entrepreneurs. Their story is one of determination, capability, and courage. Thomas is a Mayflower descendant of Stephen Hopkins through Elizabeth (Kenney) Goodwin, the sixth-generation daughter-in-law of Thomas’s immigrant ancestor, Daniel Goodwin of Yoxford, Suffolk, England.
Winner of the 2020 National Genealogical Society Award for Excellen
Published July 2018
7 x 10 hardcover, 172 pages, illustrated
