Deval Patrick is the first African American Governor of Massachusetts, and Jessica Alba is an actress who proudly embraces her Mexican American heritage. But cutting edge DNA analysis reveals that their family trees in fact contain a far more diverse range of cultures and races.

Professor Gates's journey continues as a weekly series that will look at an ever-widening spectrum of our nation's fascinating ethnic mixture.

Offical rolls of Loyalists recruited from the Middle Atlantic colonies, with lists of refugees from other colonies.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores fascinating ancestries and family mysteries for an array of notable guests.

Professor Gates' journey continues as a weekly series that will look at an ever-widening spectrum of our nation's fascinating ethnic mixture.

"In genealogical research it is all very well to locate original records, but to read them correctly is another matter altogether. Few people know this better than Harriet Stryker-Rodda who, after years of experience searching through colonial records, has developed a simple technique for reading colonial handwriting. In this handy little book, Mrs. Stryker-Rodda presents examples of colonial letter forms and script, showing the letter forms in the...

A consolidation of passenger lists previously published regarding immigrants intending to settle in the Middle Colonies.

Passenger lists of immigrants from England.