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Connie Converse

Connie Converse has been in the news recently. Here’s some brief biographical information… Elizabeth Eaton (“Connie”) Converse (1924 – ca. 1974) is a direct descendant of Deacon Edward Convers(e), through his son James Convers’ line. She was a talented musician,…

The Malden talk

Link to the YouTube video of the talk: “The Convers(e) Surname from Y-DNA and Medieval Records” by Carolyn A. Converse, presented (remotely) at the Converse Family Reunion, June 24-26, 2022, Malden, Massachusetts. Further details on this can be seen on…

Converse DNA update

The Y-DNA story so far (2019) has now been published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society … Converse, Carolyn A., Y-DNA Studies of an Early New England Family Indicate Possible Jewish Ancestry, American Ancestry 20 (2): 60-62, 2019 Click…

Hal Whitmore article

The current draft of Hal Whitmore’s article now added… Hal B. Whitmore (2015) The English Ancestry of Deacon Edward Convers and His Nephew, Allen Convers, Great Migration Emigrants to the Massachusetts Bay Colony (March 2015 draft).