I was notified by Family Search of two Mayflower Ancestors, William Mullins and Thomas Rogers. I am

LegacyUser

I was notified by Family Search of two Mayflower Ancestors, William Mullins and Thomas Rogers. I am unable to find the tree connection for Rogers, and Mullins is missing as a child of his mother on my tree. Any way to research/connect properly?

Brett .

@Margaret Bingham​ 

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Margaret

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As an aside ...

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Just a thought ...

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IF, you have not already; THEN, ...

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You can always try (BYU) "RelativeFinder".

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(BYU) "RelativeFinder" digs (pun intended) a lot DEEPER in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch', than 'FamilySearch' does.

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(BYU) "RelativeFinder" is one of the "Third Party" Applications that "Certified" to work with "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.

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BYU = Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah, USA (ie. the Church University).

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From the "Family History Technology Laboratory", of the "Computer Science" Department.

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Here is direct link to "RelativeFibder"

https://www.relativefinder.org/#/main

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Apart from the "Important" people (including those from the "Mayflower"), from "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch', that can be found in (BYU) "RelativeFinder", that may be connected/linked to you ...

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And, there are specific 'Groups' ...

eg.

But, not limited to ...

▬ Mayflower Passengers

... https://www.relativefinder.org/#/groups/120235

▬ Mayflower relative

... https://www.relativefinder.org/#/groups/109597

And, more ...

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There are also some other options ...

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There is an option to see if there is a 'Connection' between yourself and a "Deceased" individual/person in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.

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There is an option to see if there is a 'Connection' between two (x2) "Deceased" individuals/person in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'

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There is an option to see if there is a 'Connection' between ("Living" - Users/Patrons) Friends in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.

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Give it a go ...

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There are many 'Bells and Whistles' that you might find useful in "RelativeFinder".

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Enjoy.

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And, just for some 'light' bedtime reading ...

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Media

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FamilySearch and Partners Digitize Mayflower Descendant Records

https://media.familysearch.org/familysearch-and-partners-digitize-mayflower-descendant-records/

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Blog

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Mayflower Passenger List and Other Mayflower Passenger Facts

https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/mayflower-passenger-list/

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9 Mayflower Descendants as Famous as Their Pilgrim Ancestors

https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/9-famous-mayflower-descendants/

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Wiki

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Mayflower Passenger List

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Mayflower_Passenger_List

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Mayflower Pilgrims and Colonists

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Mayflower_Pilgrims_and_Colonists

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Collections

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The Mayflower passengers

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2277649

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The Complete Mayflower descendant

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/786540?availability=Family History Library

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Mayflower families through five generations : descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/86888?availability=Family History Library

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The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/245045?availability=Family History Library

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I hope this helps.

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Brett

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Bryce David Howell

I am not 100% sure (I haven't looke too deeply into it), but that may just be similar to a record hint in that FamilySearch's system thinks that a relative of an ancestor has common links in your tree. Anyone else know more about this?

Dennis J Yancey

normally you can use the "View Relationship" link to see relationships like this.

 

but this assumes

1) that the relationship is actually recorded in FS FT (which it may not be)

2) That it is within the range of generations that the "view relationship" function can detect. (as an example I don't think you will get any results on a connection that is 20 generations back)

Patricia Jensen

@Margaret Bingham​ 

William Mullins is ID 9WZ5-B59. If you go to his page and click on 'View My Relationship' a relationship screen will come up and show your ancestry line back to William Mullins. Thomas Rogers is ID LZG9-SMC and you could do the same with the 'View My Relationship'. It should work especially since FamilySearch notified you that you were related.

Good luck!

LegacyUser

Thank you Patricia, I already knew the ID Numbers, my problem was making the "proper" connections in my tree. View my relationship does not work with Rogers, and with Mullins there is a break with his mother (no father listed) in my tree.

LegacyUser

Thank you so much Brett for the useful information!!! I will look around on those sites, thanks so much!

LegacyUser

Wow Brett!! My husband and I have really enjoyed the information that was available on the RelativeFinder website you gave me Very useful, thank you so much!!!!!!!!