Silent Movies
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Ancestors Coming to America, 1609-1623

Introduction: The Puritans and the Separatists (15 min)

Part I: Crossing the Atlantic (17.5 min)

Part II: The First Winter (10 min)

Part III: The Arrival of the Fortune, the Anne and the James (12 min)

Part IV: Nineteen Weddings (12 min)

What are these? The above are animated illustrations about the passengers who sailed on the Mayflower, Anne, James and Fortune and settled Plymouth Colony between 1620 and 1623.

Why were these movies made? Like so many people today, I’ve become addicted to genealogy, which led me to an interest in the settling of America. I found the information easier to understand with graphs and pictures, which were fairly easy to create using Adobe Flash software. These movies are the result of about 250 hours of playing around!

Get the popcorn out, sit back and have a good time,
Mary Ames Mitchell

I welcome and invite comments, questions and corrections.
You can send them to:
Email: Click here
Mail: Peach Plum Press, PO Box 150726, San Rafael, CA 94915.

System Requirements
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Don’t have Flash? It’s free at www.Adobe.com