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Permalink Reply by Bob Jensen on -
Hi Patricia
I am researching the Browns of County Down, Ireland (to Albany, NY in 1799) and the Blakes of New Hampshire.
Would like to chat further. Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Jo Raine on -
Hi I'm Jo Raine and for the last ten years or so I have been making a study of the Raine family, principally in their 'heartland' of Durham / North Yorkshire, but increasingly as a one-name study anywhere I can find reference to them. Some of the fruits of my labours can be seen at www.rainegenealogy.com.
I am also undertaking a study of the families who lived on one street in Barnard Castle - Bridgegate - because at one time or another during the 19th century at least five interrelated families in my tree lived on that street.
Other names I am researching in my own family tree are:
EMERSON and EMMERSON - Durham England (Stanhope and Middleton in Teesdale)
LANGLEY - Northumberland and Durham, England (Hartlepool, Warkworth, Coundon)
OLLEY - Suffolk and Durham (Barnham, Coundon)
REEVE - Norfolk (Thetford)
KNOWLES - Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Durham (Dudley, Birmingham, Stockton and Hartlepool)
WESTON - Shropshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire (Wellington, Birmingham)
CARR - Yorkshire (Selby and York area)
and HARRISON - Yorkshire (Whitby)
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Permalink Reply by Deason Hunt on
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I am really hopeful that this site can become successful because I think we do need a place where genealogists of all stripes can gather and share. I have been researching my family history since 1977. In 2000 I began to put my research and that of other collaborators into family histories and have completed books on each of these family surnames: Hunt, Moody, and Wingate. I consider myself an intermediate level genealogist because I have considerable experience researching both offline and online.I dabbled in turning professional, but have decided to leave that to others. I have helped a number of people with research and organization. I specialize in finding the offline records in counties in Northeast Texas. I have recently started blogging, and I am trying to become proficient at using that medium to communicate. You can find my blog talking roots at talkingroots.wordpress.com. I am active on Facebook both for general purposes and in trying spread interest in genealogy among my friends. I invite those with a genealogy interest who are on Facebook to find me there and become a friend.
My main research projects are adding ancestors my Hunt, Wingate, and Moody lines. All of these lines need work in the 1700's and back in the South, especially North and South Carolina and Virginia.
I am a member of the Wood County, Texas Genealogical Society and the East Texas Genealogical Society, and I am interested in what we can do to help local and area societies thrive and introduce newly interested people into the fun and satisfaction of Genealogy.
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Permalink Reply by Sue Holland Mosser on -
Hi, Deason, I just joined this site & see that you have researched Moodys in East Texas. My ggrandmother was Clementine "Tena" E. Moody, b. 1 Feb 1870 in TX. She married John Albert Humphries 2 Feb 1887 In Freestone Co., TX. They are both buried in Oakwood, Leon Co., TX. Tena's father was Wm. J. Moody, b. 1821 in SC. He married Clementine M. "Clem" Smiley in 1859 in Alabama. They moved to TX in the late 1860s. I don't know where or when Wm. J. died, but Clem Smiley Moody is also buried in Oakwood, Leon Co., TX. Clem & Wm. J.'s children were Caroline, Harriet, Clementine "Tena", & John Winston Moody.
If you have any information about these Moodys, I would appreciate your contacting me. Thanks a lot,
Sue
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Permalink Reply by Ellen Healy on -
Hello, I'm Ellen Bansemer Healy. I've been researching my family off and on for about 6 years now, and truthfully, I haven't gotten that far! Names I am researching are Smith (!), Reaser, Frey in Pennsylvania, and McFadden, Bansemer, O'Neil, and Hunt in Hudson County, New Jersey. Also Healy, Morris, McPeek and Walsh in Essex County, New Jersey. For the last 2 years I have also been helping to start a new genealogy society in Hudson County, New Jersey. Check out our website at www.hudsoncountynjgenealogy.org. I'm not very computer savvy, but I do like connecting and reading about others triumphs and brickwalls. You never know where a cousin might be hiding!
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Permalink Reply by Doug Tallman on -
I've lived in Maryland all my life, but most of my family comes from New York or New Jersey. My mom died in 1990 and it fell to me to collect up all the genealogical information she collected. Then my dad died in 1994, and it fell to me to collect up all his stuff, too. I figured I'd just organize everything so my kids and nieces would have it if they ever wanted it.
Then I hit the proverbial brick wall. My great-great-great-grandfather, Cornelison Tallman, doesn't show up in many public records. I think I have him, but it would be great to have some record proving he's who I think he is. Tracking him down has become a real quest. There there's my great-grandfather, John A. Pullen. My great-grandmother died giving birth to my grandmother. John left his kids with another family so he could leave to look for work. He never returned. I'd love to track him down.
So now, this is far more than a project just so my kids know about their ancestors. I've got a few questions I want answered myself.
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Permalink Reply by Cathy Raber on -
Hi Doug,
I wante dto inquire as to the area of MD you live. you see, i've got a brick wall that I've been trying to track down something about my David Palmer of Baltimore, MD, & his brother, Henry W. Palmer, & their parents are Ann Palmer & Wm. Palmer. I managed to get another family that seems to connect some of the same names, & connected to my hometown of Eastern OH, but haven't been able to figure things out about these two families as yet, & have been trying to figure out the info that might be over the internet to consume, & wanted to know if you can give me some tips.
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Permalink Reply by Barbara Davis on
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I am from West Michigan with Dutch ancestors on father's paternal side, New England ancestors going back to the Pilgrims on my father's maternal side, Scottish ancestors (via Canada) on my mother's paternal side, and Irish immigrants to CT on my mother's maternal side. I have been researching my family for about 4-5 years and last year discovered that my across the street neighbor was my fourth cousin! The surnames I am researching are VandenBosch, Benjaminse, Decker, McNabb, Cameron, Ryan, Monahan, Blakeslee, McCarthy, Southworth, Carr, Whitman, Standish.
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Permalink Reply by Caren on -
Howdy,
My name is Caren and altho I basically grew up listening to stories of my ancestors I didn't get into it till 2001. Im not a professional genealogist but I do help people with their family history (and have gained new cousins in the process *lol*). My grandparents tho are professional genealogists and my grandfather works on the LDS genealogy site, familysearch.org.
I currently live in Washington State but was raised mostly in Germany (I've also lived in Texas, South Carolina, New York, and Utah*where I was born*).
Currently Im researching the Clan Carr/Car/Kerr/Ker lines. Other names on my tree is Jackman, Parshall, French, Huettel/Huttel, Reid/Read/Reed, MacDonald, Graham (both Ireland and Scotland), Campbell, Peck, Pace, Olson, Muller, Taylor, Horton, and Ivins. I've got tons of others tho. I have placed my family tree online. It's not complete (thousands of more names to add) but hey...no tree really is ever complete: http://jackman.tribalpages.com
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Permalink Reply by virginia lombard on -
Hi Caren, I am also searching for my Great Grandmother Elizabeth (Lynch) Graham,,I know she was born ant 18721796 poss.Belfast Co.Antrim Ireland,I am looking for a connection, she married Henry (Heinrich Martensen)Martinson,born 1870,Denmark,,His fatheris Karl Jensen Martensen and mother Anna Matilda Petersen,Henry had a brother Cornelius,,Henry came to America with his dad when his dad left his mom,Cornelius came to America w/the mother,Anna,she divorced Karl and married some else, and,I c lived and died in the midwest. Its Elizabeth Graham I am having the trouble with..could Graham be Scottish- Irish?,My Aunts keep telling me she is from Dublin Ireland,I think she came to America around 1885-1890's,,I had just recently found my grandfather,,I was told his name was Dennis,but so Happy when I found the truth,and its Henry,any leads would be great,somewhere I can look? Virginia L.
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Permalink Reply by Carol Byers on -
I've been actively researching my ancestors for the past 15 years, and am currently trying to take them back to their European place(s) of origin. They arrived in America between 1650 and 1750. So far I've only been able to trace one family to Germany. I can read some German church records with difficulity, taught genealogy and Legacy classes, and currently preparing a 12 week Basic Genealogy class for the Renaissance Society at California State University, Sacramento, CA.
My current research is in New Jersey for ancestors who arrived there between 1650 and 1700. One family came to West Jersey about 1680, and the other settled in Monouth County, East Jersey about 1660.
I'm retired from NASA at Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA in 2001, and am more busy now than ever before..
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Permalink Reply by June Sallee-Jackson on -
Carol,
Are you living in NJ or in CA? I live in Monmouth County, and while I'm very busy with 4 kids and working and all, if you need some help or someone to take a picture of a cemetery or gravestone, let me know. I could probably find some time to help you out. I grew up in a family of fanatical genealogists and historians, and found that some of my ancestors came from this very historical area.
June Sallee-jackson
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