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PROOF OF LINEAGE |
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About Our Society
Membership Proof of Lineage
Historian Pilgrim Passengers |
The applicant should
start with his/her parents and the grandparents on the line which
descends from the Pilgrim ancestor. By setting up a lineage
worksheet, and documenting each statement of birth, marriage, and death
as one goes along, the applicant is likely to find it all working out
like a picture puzzle with a few missing pieces at first.
Meticulous documentation is the key to success in proving a
lineage. Family genealogies, town or county histories, are
secondary source material, and are acceptable only when there are
references to primary sources cited, or they are used only as back-up to
primary sources.
Primary Sources consist of:
Revised: August 19, 2008 |