This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Dale_H_Cook Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7387.1.1.2.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Lynde - It is unfortunate that some of the most useful and reliable compiled reference works are not generally available online. That is because they are relatively recent (reflecting the work of some of today's most eminent genealogists) and so are not in the public domain. I would encourage everyome investigating any New Englanders who arrived by 1635 to consult: Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants To New England 1620-1633," 3 Volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995). Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635," 7 Volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999-2011). Those ten volumes are thoroughly documented from contemporary records and, in cases, recent books and articles which themselves are documented from contemporary records. This enables a researcher to locate the contemporary records pertainining to ancestors so that the researcher can draw his own conclusions based upon sound sources. NEHGS members have online access to all but the last two volumes of the Great Migration series. The last two will be made available when they get a little older (but I have library access to those). Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.