This Thanksgiving will be especially poignant for a group of San Diego County residents, whose forebears held the first Thanksgiving gathering 400 years ago after arriving a year earlier on a sailing ...

A cold case murder from 20 years ago is heating up, thanks to a centuries-old DNA strain. In 1992, 16-year-old Sarah Yarborough, a cheerleader and honor student, was found dead on the Federal Way High ...

As she prepares for Thanksgiving each year, Betsy Slagle thinks about an ancestor: Francis Cooke, who arrived in Massachusetts with fellow Pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1620. Thirteen generations later ...

As you carve the turkey today and look around the table at your loved ones, there are important lessons you can teach both young and old about our American Thanksgiving holiday. When the Pilgrims ...

In February, Daniel South's grave caught the eye of Keith Kammenzind, Western colony governor for the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, who discovered South's ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Ever wondered if you have an ancestor among the 103 passengers on the Mayflower? The Greater Ozarks Colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants has a meeting planned for folks ...

Angela Davis was shocked to learn that her ancestors came to America on the Mayflower, making her descendants of people who helped found the country. The civil rights activist learned about this news ...

On the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, local descendants of the original Mayflower passengers help keep that mythical story alive. We should be thankful they do. They sat down together ...

PLYMOUTH — Mark Schmidt, after 10 years at Falmouth’s Museums on the Green, will continue his career leading the General Society Mayflower Descendants, founded in 1897. “Mark’s experience with the ...

CHAMPLAIN — Champlain resident John H. Berkman, Jr. is one of 35 million descendants of the Mayflower Pilgrims. It was another matter for him to prove to the Mayflower Society his lineage to one of ...

MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - As many prepare to gather around the table for Thanksgiving, a local group is working to keep the true history of the holiday alive, one that’s far more difficult and complex ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A new gravestone was unveiled on Saturday for a veteran of the French and Indian War in Carnegie. A ceremony was held at Old St. Luke's Church in Scott Township for the ...