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• A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 by James Savage

• Brothertown Indian Nation

  The Brothertown (Brotherton) are descendants of the Pequot and Mohegan (Algonquin-speaking) tribes in southern New England.

• Chronicling Black Lives in Colonial New England

• Connecticut Paugaussett Indians

• First Nations Histories

  • Abenaki History

  • Algonquin History

  • Iroquois History

  • Mahican History

  • Massachuset History

  • Mohegan History

  • Narragansett History

  • Nauset History

  • Niantic History

  • Nipmuc History

  • Pennacook History

  • Pequot History

  • Pocumtuc History

  • Wampanoag History

• French Canadian Ancestors

  English website dedicated to help and provide databases to find French-Canadian roots for descendants living in New England and throughout Canada.

• Hiding the Regicides WHALLEY & GOFFE In Early New Haven

• Maine Ulster-Scots

  Genealogical and historical resources for tracing the Ulster-Scots migration to Maine and New England prior to the American Revolution. The Maine Ulster Scots Project is sponsored by the Saint Andrew's Society of Maine. Its mission is to gather and save the stories of Maine's Ulster Scots (Scots-Irish) families and to periodically publish and otherwise share that information with the public and with Maine's students.

• New England Indians

  History and genealogy of Native American peoples of New England.

• Notable Women Ancestors: Women's Biographies

  • Anne Dudley BRADSTREET

  • Anne Marbury HUTCHINSON

  • Mary Barrett DYER

  • Mary Coffin STARBUCK

• Online County and Town Histories - General

  This site provides over 3,000 links to free county and town histories published from 1850 to the early 1920s. These histories often contain detailed biographies of their citizens.

• People of Color in Vermont & New England

  Emphasis on Westminster, Windham County, Vermont.

• Scotch-Irish in New England

  An informative and entertaining account of the early Scotch-Irish settlers in New England, and more particularly Worcester, Londonderry and Kennebec Country. Many surnames of these settlers are listed, and there is more in-depth information on some of the families such as the GRAYS and YOUNGS. Also included are some excellent anecdotes, including one of a Rev. Matthew Clark of Londonderry, New England, whose death-wish in 1735 was to be carried to his grave by fellow soldiers from the 1689 Siege of Derry in Ireland!.

• The Great Migration

  The goal of the Great Migration Study Project is to create comprehensive biographical and genealogical accounts of all immigrants to New England from 1620 to 1643, from the arrival of the Mayflower to the decline of immigration resulting from the beginning of the Civil War in England. The project was conceived by Robert Charles Anderson who now serves as Director of the Great Migration Study Project.