But it will be fun to get my feet wet on Mayflower research one day. Checking our link to the Mayflower may be either embarrassingly easy or impossible. Mayflower genealogy is fraught with problems. Here you can gain a quick background on what will be involved in your search. Rules for documenting Mayflower heritage are stringent.
Proof is required.
No sloppy genealogizing allowed here. Notwithstanding that there are an estimated 35 million living descendants of Mayflower passengers, be forewarned, it isn't easy joining the 24,500-plus members of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Only 26 males among Mayflower passengers are known to have children. Richard Howland Maxwell, GSMD governor general, says most applicants for membership find it relatively easy to document the first five generations of Mayflower descendants. You also should find it pretty easy to prove the last three or four generations, ending with you.