MARCH 07, 2021 In 2019, my New Year’s resolution was to prove lineage to the Mayflower in anticipation of a 2020 trip to Plymouth for the 400th Anniversary. Of course, that trip didn’t happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And sadly, the familial connection didn’t happen either! William Halsall, “Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,” 1882; Wikimedia Commons, database with images ( https://commons.wikimedia.org : accessed 7 Mar 2021), search for Mayflower. Week 10: Name’s the Same When I initially made that 2019 resolution, I truly thought it would be a snap to find a direct line from myself to a Mayflower passenger. There’s one branch of my father’s family that has very deep American roots around the Massachusetts Bay Colony area. I was absolutely certain that someone in that cluster of the tree must have been one of the lucky pilgrims to make that “maiden” voyage. And not once, but twice, I thought I had made the discovery! There were several other “cousins” who had blindly accepted th...