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The Great Migration

What was the great migration?

What Was The Great Migration?

The term “Great Migration” refers to several different periods where there were significant and important historical movements of people. From 1620 to 1640, the Great Migration of Puritans saw many Puritans move from England to New England, primarily settling in Massachusetts. Another Great Migration occurred between 1910 to the 1970s where approximately six million African-Americans moved out of the southern states to avoid racial violence and prejudice. To learn more about this period, visit our African American history section.

Map My Cousins: The Great Migration And Your Family

One way to appreciate the historical significance of these migrations is to see how it impacted your family. This is where Map My Cousins comes in, which is a free tool that allows you to see where your ancestors lived on a world map. Utilizing the following reference sites, you can see where your family was living at the time of these migrations (and where they moved to): For the Great Migration of Puritans, you can learn more by visiting: The American Ancestors Site, hosted by the New England Historic Genealogical Society The Great Migration Parish Map For the Great Migration of African Americans, you can find out more in our African American History section.

Map My Cousins

If your family was part of the Great Migration, you can use Map My Cousins to see how your families migrations aligned with the primary movements during the same time period. Map My Cousins is a unique application that allows you to see information about where your family came from on a world map, with several different types of maps to chose from. With Map My Cousins, you can: See all major events from your family tree on a world map including: births, residence, immigration, burial & more. FamilySearch Integration: Load your family tree directly from FamilySearch, including the locations you’ve recorded for their births, residence, burial and more. Get to know the area your family lived: Search for & explore nearby addresses, points of interest, cities. Drill down into regions, towns, neighborhoods and streets: Discover points of interest near where your family lived. Find organizations that can help with your genealogy research including: local / regional government offices & churches that may have vital records or knowledge of the area, local genealogy organizations and translators. Browse historic maps From any map, browse a collection of historic maps or click on a family marker in the Migration Map By Generation to jump to a specific location in a historic map Works off of the data already in your favorite family tree software.
Try Map My Cousins (free) Try Map My Cousins (free)
Documenting Your Family Story: Sharing Historic Events Through Your Familys Eyes There is a lot more to your family story than what appears on a family tree or on a map. Documenting how historic events impacted your family can often only be told by putting pen to paper and writing your family story. To help start you on this this journey, you should first read our Article: “Telling Your Family Story”. This includes writing tips and pointers on how to develop the content. Here are a few questions you can ask your family members to understand the impacts of major historical events through first hand accounts: 1) Where were your parents and grandparents born? 2) If they lived in the south, how did racism impact their lives? 3) If they moved out of the south, how did they pick where they were moving to? a) How did they get there? b) Did they find racism to be less extensive and pervasive in their new homes? 4) How can I learn more about cousins of my generation, what they do, where they live?
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The Great Migration

What was the great migration?
What Was The Great Migration? The term “Great Migration” refers to several different periods where there were significant and important historical movements of people. From 1620 to 1640, the Great Migration of Puritans saw many Puritans move from England to New England, primarily settling in Massachusetts. Another Great Migration occurred between 1910 to the 1970s where approximately six million African-Americans moved out of the southern states to avoid racial violence and prejudice. To learn more about this period, visit our African American history section.

Map My Cousins: The Great Migration And Your

Family

One way to appreciate the historical significance of these migrations is to see how it impacted your family. This is where Map My Cousins comes in, which is a free tool that allows you to see where your ancestors lived on a world map. Utilizing the following reference sites, you can see where your family was living at the time of these migrations (and where they moved to): For the Great Migration of Puritans, you can learn more by visiting: The American Ancestors Site, hosted by the New England Historic Genealogical Society The Great Migration Parish Map For the Great Migration of African Americans, you can find out more in our African American History section.
Try Map My Cousins (free) Try Map My Cousins (free)

Map My Cousins

If your family was part of the Great Migration, you can use Map My Cousins to see how your families migrations aligned with the primary movements during the same time period. Map My Cousins is a unique application that allows you to see information about where your family came from on a world map, with several different types of maps to chose from. With Map My Cousins, you can: See all major events from your family tree on a world map including: births, residence, immigration, burial & more. FamilySearch Integration: Load your family tree directly from FamilySearch, including the locations you’ve recorded for their births, residence, burial and more. Get to know the area your family lived: Search for & explore nearby addresses, points of interest, cities. Drill down into regions, towns, neighborhoods and streets: Discover points of interest near where your family lived. Find organizations that can help with your genealogy research including: local / regional government offices & churches that may have vital records or knowledge of the area, local genealogy organizations and translators. Browse historic maps From any map, browse a collection of historic maps or click on a family marker in the Migration Map By Generation to jump to a specific location in a historic map Works off of the data already in your favorite family tree software.
Documenting Your Family Story: Sharing Historic Events Through Your Familys Eyes There is a lot more to your family story than what appears on a family tree or on a map. Documenting how historic events impacted your family can often only be told by putting pen to paper and writing your family story. To help start you on this this journey, you should first read our Article: “Telling Your Family Story”. This includes writing tips and pointers on how to develop the content. Here are a few questions you can ask your family members to understand the impacts of major historical events through first hand accounts: 1) Where were your parents and grandparents born? 2) If they lived in the south, how did racism impact their lives? 3) If they moved out of the south, how did they pick where they were moving to? a) How did they get there? b) Did they find racism to be less extensive and pervasive in their new homes? 4) How can I learn more about cousins of my generation, what they do, where they live?