“The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants was founded by George Ernest Bowman who gathered twenty-two men and eight women, many of them his relatives, to sign the papers of incorporation in Boston stating the purposes of the society were patriotic, antiquarian, and historical.”

They have online databases useful for genealogy research including:

• Mayflower Passengers

• Plymouth Colony scroll  to the bottom of the page for land records

• Plymouth Colony Grantor/Grantee

• Massachusetts Pre-1850 Vitals

• Berkshire County Probate 1761-1900, large files may be slow to load

• Franklin County Probate 1812-1925, large files may be slow to load

• Hampshire County Probate “A” Index