Though the Plymouth colonists held the first-ever Thanksgiving with the Wampanoag natives -- an enduring symbol of the American spirit -- they are now disparaged. Their descendants are livid. Getty ...

LAKELAND — Margaret Wheaton scurried across the library floor and landed safely in a microfilm viewer seat like she had done for so many Saturdays in the past. But on this day, her due diligence bore ...

PLYMOUTH – Asking a perfect stranger to swab the inside of her cheek and hand over the results isn’t exactly easy. Senior Genealogist at the Newbury Street Press Christopher Child shared this truth ...

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 ...

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Four centuries after white Europeans stepped off the Mayflower and onto America’s shores, some descendants of the colonists are wrestling with the complicated legacy of their ...