This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WEST Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FO.2ADI/6.8.9.12.56 Message Board Post: In looking through some recent resources, I believe about the West family in Massachuttes, by Banks, I found a little note that said Samuel West's family were descended from Mayflower pilgrims. How do I ever begin trying to find out if this is true. I can't seem to get beyond Samuel West's generation in Martha's Vineyard. -- Patricia Martin