On This Day: Settlers arrive in Jamestown

English colonists arrived in Jamestown, Virginia On This Day in 1607. The settlement would become the first English settlement in the New World. The colonists survived that first harsh winter and many other adversities.

Think you have relatives who helped settle Jamestown? The Jamestown Biographies Project pairs archeological finds with genealogical information.  

Source:

Historic Jamestowne http://historicjamestowne.org/ 

“Historic Jamestowne” National Park Service

http://www.nps.gov/jame/index.htm  

“Today in History” History.com

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jamestown-settlers-arrive  

On This Day is a prompt I started this month to further explore historical events.

                

© Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015