Getting Started with Colonial New England Research
Seventeenth-century New England is one of the best-documented periods in American genealogy, making it an excellent place to begin genealogy research into colonial American ancestry. In many communities, town vital records and other historical records, including church, colony, court, probate, land, military, and tax records, have survived and have been carefully indexed or published. Rather than starting from scratch, use the key published resources in this guide to support family tree tracing, strengthen ancestry documentation, and pursue direct descent proof through colonial New England genealogy research.
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