The aim of the Great Migration Study Project is to compile
comprehensive genealogical and biographical accounts of every person
who settled in New England between 1620 and 1643.
Between these years about twenty thousand English men, women,
and children crossed the Atlantic to settle New England.
For a century and a half genealogists have been studying these families,
and thousands of books and articles have been published as a result.

Dr. Francis J. Bremer, Editor

The Winthrop Papers project is intended to continue the publication of historically significant papers
relating to the Winthrop family. Winthrop materials in the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
include a range of correspondence, commonplace books, printed works, maps, legal documents, portraits,
artifacts, and photographs spanning the family's history from fifteenth century England
to twentieth century America.

Publication of the modern edition of Winthrop Papers began in 1929
and has to date resulted in the issuance of six volumes of family correspondence down to the year 1653.
Under the current editorship of Dr. Francis J. Bremer of Millersville University
future publication plans include

* continuation of volumes of correspondence that will conclude with the period of the American Revolution.
Editing of the next volumes in this series is being undertaken by Dr. Mark Peterson of the University of Iowa and Dr. Alison Games of Georgetown University.

* a second series of volumes that will feature other documents and be topically organized. These will include a volume of Religious Writings ,
a collection of Legal Papers, and The Medical Notebooks of John Winthrop Jr.

Using Essex History is a project of the Beverly Public School System in partnership
with the Essex National Heritage Commission (ENHC),
the National Archives and Records Administration and Salem State College.
The project abstract: Using ESSEX History: Using Evidence, Scholarship, and Sources to Explore History .

Consortium Members: Beverly Public Schools
Salem State College
Essex National Heritage Area
National Archives