The Great Migration Directory

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Surname/tag: New England

Contents 1 The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640: A Concise Compendium 1.1 Source Citations 1.2 Related Publications 1.3 Available at these locations: 1.4 Errors and Corrections

The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640: A Concise Compendium

This latest Great Migration publication is a complete survey of all individuals known to have come to New England during the Great Migration Period, 1620–1640. Because of its coverage of that entire time span, it covers individuals not included in previous Great Migration compendia. (NOTE: Where page numbers from it are shown in the Project Box, they relate to the hard-copy version of the book.)

• Source bibliography with free links
• The Great Migration Study Project
• compiled by Robert Charles Anderson
• published in 2105 by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston
• https://shop.americanancestors.org/products/the-great-migration-directory

• Sample entry:

Gibbs, John: Unknown; 1637; Wethersfield, New Haven [CCCR 1:13; WetLR 1:163; NHCR 1:44; FANH 641; Wethersfield Hist 1:271]. (The “John Gibbs” who was granted land at Cambridge was actually John Gibson [CaBOP 332; GMN 22:13].)

Source Citations

Anderson, Robert C. ''[[Space:The_Great_Migration_Directory|The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640: A Concise Compendium]]'' (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 2015)

• Inline Citation Example:

<ref>Anderson, Robert C. ''[[Space:The_Great_Migration_Directory|The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640: A Concise Compendium]]'' (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 2015):, Page 521</ref>

• WikiTree Profiles that use this source

Related Publications

• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England
• The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635
• The Great Migration Newsletter

Available at these locations:

Not available online.

• sources used: Key To Titles
• Find in a Library
• Look up requests: Use G2G and tag "PGM" See: Puritan Great Migration (PGM) Ancestors? Research Help. #1

Errors and Corrections

• Official page from NEHGS Great Migration Project: Additions and Corrections

• Errors noted by WikiTree Contributors:
  • Rose, Robert: Unknown; 1634 on Elizabeth; Wethersfield, Branford [GM 2:6:100-4]. Migrated on the Francis not the Elizabeth Cole-12288 14:44, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Winchester, John: Cranbrook, Kent; 1635 on Planter; Hingham, Boston [GM 2:7:462-69]. John was a passenger on the Elizabeth not the Planter. (This error is also in the Great Migration sketch)
  • Chamberlin, Henry, blacksmith and Chamberlin, Henry, shoemaker - the professions have been mixed up. The entry for the blacksmith relates to the shoemaker and vice-versa.