Enhance your knowledge of the origins, lifestyles, and history of the pilgrims by reading some of the literature freely available online:
Interesting Historical Books About Pilgrim Life and Beliefs
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Dunham Genealogy, by Isaac Watson Dunham (An early reference to be used with scrutiny - Note: This book is NOT a qualified source reference!)
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The Great Migration Study Project, by Robert Charles Anderson
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History of the Town of Plymouth, by James Thatcher (1832).
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Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, by Alexander Young (1834).
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History of the Town of Duxbury, by Justin Winsor (1849).
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Pilgrim Memorials and Guide to Visitors to Plymouth Village, by William Russell (1851).
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The True Story of John Smyth, the Se-Baptist, by Henry Martyn Dexter (1881).
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Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, by William T. Davis (1883).
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History of the Town of Plymouth, by William T. Davis (1885).
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Epitaphs from Old Burial Hill, by Bradford Kingman (1892).
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Handbook of Old Burial Hill, by Frank Herman Perkins (1896).
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Story of the Pilgrim Fathers, 1606-1623, by Edward Arbor (1897).
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The Pilgrim Fathers of New England and their Puritan Successors, by John Brown (1897).
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England and Holland of the Pilgrims, by Henry Martyn Dexter (1905).
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The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims, by Albert Christopher Addison (1911).
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Pastor of the Pilgrims: A Biography of John Robinson, by Walter Burgess (1920).
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The Pilgrim's Press, by J. Rendel Harris and Stephen Jones (1920).
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Plymouth and the Pilgrims, by Arthur Lord (1920).
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Captain Myles Standish: His Lost Lands and Lancashire Connection, by Thomas Porteus (1920).
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Mourt's Relation Or Journal of the Plantation at Plymouth, by William Bradford, Edward Winslow (John Kimball Wiggin, 1865).
- The Women of the Mayflower and Women of Plymouth Colony, by Noyes, Ethel J. R. C. (Ethel Jane Russell Chesebrough) (1921).
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The Women Who Came in the Mayflower, by Marble, Annie Russell, 1864-1936 (1920).
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The Hamlin Family: A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable Massachusetts, by H. Franklin Andrews (1902).
- A Genealogy of the Nye Family, compiled by George Hyatt Nye & Frank E. Best (1907).
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Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, by Otis, Amos, (1801-1875); Swift, Charles Francis, rev (1888).
- The History Of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, (Volume I, II, & III) by Charles Edward Banks (1854 - 1931).
Our Plymouth Colony Records can be found here.