Maps & Migrations

Six centuries of movement

Where the family went, and why. Routes drawn here are demonstration reconstructions except where a document places a person in a town.

The Routes

Plotted across the old world and the new

World map showing the family's principal migration routes
  • 1500s route
  • 1600s route
  • 1900s route

Movement by Century

Where the family stood, era by era

    Ports & Cities

      Branch Movements

        How Long to Stay

        Suggested days in each place, weighed by the family work waiting there

        Suggested lengths only — archives keep short hours, so allow a weekday for every record office.