Links of Interest

Here are great links for information on the Mayflower Pilgrims, a.k.a the Pilgrim Fathers: These are general sites on the Pilgrims that any enthusiast should consider visiting:

Leiden American Pilgrim Museum – UPDATE: The museum is currently relocating and the new website is till unavailable, as of Dec. 31, 2025

The Mayflower Society: General Society of Mayflower Descendants

The Open Door Website – History – Pilgrim Fathers  – *NOTE: as of Dec. 31, 2025, this site is not coming up. If anyone has information, please contact us here. This was a great educational site. 

The Pilgrim Hall Museum (Plymouth, MA) 

Plymouth Rock Foundation

The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – VERY NICE SITE!

The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony: 1620, by Duane A. Cline  – A link of comprehensive info on major players in the Pilgrim’s journey which provides:

  • activities for students of different levels, and making it an excellent complement to the novel.
  • introductory paragraphs about the historical and religious context of 16th century England, serving as a good tie-in to One Candle’s Light’s beginning chapters

 

NEW!!   The Mayflower Ship and the Mayflower Compact – HMY Yachts website – a nice list of additional resources. 

NEW!! John Mander’s Blog – The Printing Press Saves the Dayone of several posts about the Pilgrims:  

  • Note that this link from John Mander’s Blog is only one of ten posts to be found on the Pilgrims from November 2021. If you see the right and left arrows at the top of that page, you will see other Pilgrim-related topics to explore on that blog. The earliest of the Pilgrim-related posts on that site is “Puritans & Pilgtims” post. Hit the right arrows at the top from there and you will genrally be given a sequence of Pilgrim related posts (with a few side tours).

Books:

 Strangers and Pilgrims: Traveler and Sojourners, (2009) by Jeremy Bangs –  on Amazon