Mayflower 400 – West Country Connections to North America

History

Day course

Jane Ferentzi-Sheppard

21 January 2020

£56

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Description

2020 sees the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower, but what are the West Country connections to the ‘New World?’ Some of the earliest settlers in Virginia, West Indies, Newfoundland and New England came from the south west. We will look at these early settlers and their impact on the development of these new colonies. Who made good and made their fortune? Ideal for anyone interested in local and migration history.
Tutor: Jane Ferentzi-Sheppard

Tuesday 21 January Fee: £56

Tutor information

Jane Ferentzi-Sheppard is a professional family and local historian and tutor in Adult Education. She runs a variety of family history courses in Somerset and Dorset and talks to organisations all over the country. Migration research has become a central part of Jane’s work, with her organising, attending and speaking at migration conferences all over the UK. Her MA dissertation was about migration from West Dorset to North America in the 1800s.

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