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Proving Your Lineage
The most difficult part of anything is getting started. It will be easier
in the beginning to start with yourself and work back through the generations.
Keep in mind that you are interested in four key items: names, relationships,
dates and places (birth, marriage, death).
We suggest that you use the sample Preliminary Review Form found in the
Related Links box above.
DO NOT FORWARD THAT FORM TO THIS STATE SOCIETY as we have no sources
to verify claims beyond the first four or five generations. The best way
to find if there are any further generations on file with the Mayflower
Society beyond the first four or five that they have published in their
Five Generation project, is to send the Preliminary Review Form listing
your lineage down to you with a check for $10.00 payable to "GSMD" to: Historian
General, GSMD, P.O. Box 3297, Plymouth, MA 02361-3297. Ask the Historian
General to please check their files and send you a photocopy of the most
recent well-documented lineage that follows your line. The Five Generations
Project publications (including the "in-progress" four generation booklets)
are recognized as a source and no further proof is required for those generations
if the publications are listed as the source.
Once you have submitted your application form you will be sent a package
of instructions, a lineage worksheet and various materials containing helpful
hints to get you on your way.
Libraries to which the Pennsylvania Society has given and maintains complete
collections of the General Mayflower Society’s Mayflower Families Through
Five Generations books:
| Historical Society of PA 1300 Locust St Philadelphia PA 19107 |
The Free Library of Philadelphia Social Science and History Dept 1901 Vine St Philadelphia PA 19103 |
| The Ludington Library Bryn Mawr & Lancaster Ave Bryn Mawr PA 19010 |
The Chester County Historical Society 225 N High St West Chester PA 19380 |
| State Library of PA PO Box 1601 Harrisburg PA 17105 |
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh PA 15213-4080 |
| The Butler Area Public Library 218 N McKean St Butler PA 16001 |
The Westmoreland County Historical Society 41 W Otterman St #310 Greensburg PA 15601-2322 |
| Erie County Public Library 160 E Front St Erie PA 16507 |
The York County Heritage Trust 250 E Market St York PA 17401 |
| Citizens Library & District Center 55 S College St Washington PA 15301 |
Allentown Public Library 1210 Hamilton St Allentown PA 18102 |
| Lancaster County Historical Society 230 North President Avenue Lancaster, PA 17603-3125 |
Easton Public Library Marx Room 515 Church St Easton, PA 18042 |
| Wyoming Historical & Genealogical Society 49 S Franklin St Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 |
Cornerstone Genealogical Society* *The series of books and future editions at this site were donated
by the Alden-descended Breese family as a memorial to, and in honor
of, the Breese family and with the intent of promoting the greater
good of SMDPA. |