Jim Avery's Comments

lol...no but I do have his autograph :)  Thx for the welcome Jim!

Sorry I'm not.

Sorry, afraid not- my Samuel FERGUSON was Birth 9 JUN 1758,

Death 20 FEB 1814  in Butler County, OH.  He was married twice -

first to Elizabeth Anderson  and  then to Elizabeth Crooks Blue.

Hi Jim.....my ancestors changed the spelling from Cassel to Castle, but during the Cassel phase, I believe they were mostly from Bucks County.  I've never come across the Wolford last name in any of my searches.  I sure wish we had info to share.  Sorry.  It was nice to meet you...................Judy

Thanks.  I know I had Alley ancestors in the Union Army, not sure about Gettysburg.  I just made a major breakthrough on my Shepherd ancestors, and haven't discoverered many details yet.

Thanks for the invitation Jim.

I afraid I don't share any surnames with you. My research is into the GURD family whose lineage I can trace with certainty back to the early 16th century in Wiltshire, (concentrated in and around the little villages of Semley and Donhead St Mary. I have various records of the family in the same small area back as far as the 13th century, but of course there are no Parish Registers etc, to make firm links between people that early (a family tree based on assumption is worthless).  In the last two centuries a few family members emigrated to Australia, Canada and the USA, but in the main, the GURD family is still centred in the South West of England.

I look forward to sharing information and ideas with other researchers  

Regards,

Dot Gurd (in Salisbury, Wiltshire)

Member of the Guild of One-Name Studies, researching the GURD family worldwide.                                                  

Jim,

I appreciated your hospitality and kindness. I look forward to many conversations.

Sincerely,

Gale

Thanks Jim, that's a help as I'm still learning how to navigate around here.

Jim, that made me realize He was very lucky not to have been killed in battle because of the bayonets involved

Hi Jim,

My Avery's are from Ulster Co., NY. This line has been interesting to study. I worked on them for a long time, made no progress until one of my Avery cousins told me the name was originally Every, then things came together. Our immigrant was Edward Evre who came from Cornwall England to Long Island, NY in the 1600's. Our line changed the name from Every to Avery when they came to MI. Since, I have found many Avery and Every cousins surfing the www.

Dick Allen

Thanks.  I'll contact him.  Maybe he will have a good source on the Goodwin name in the south.

Thanks Jom, I don't have any Beedles in Vermont that I know about.  I have 437 in other places.  I also have a 19 Averys but they are all in England.

Hi Jim, my Brodericks are from Clare, the opposite side of the country.  I would think it's a more common name around Clare than Wicklow, perhaps some of the strayed eastward.

Funny you have all three of my relatives in your history, and I don't have any of yours.

Thats Weird

Don

Looks like we both have the same sir-names in our genealogy "Byerly, Stenger, Greenawalt" How much research have you done on any of the three??

Don

Hi Jim! Thanks for the information on the chat forum. I will definitely direct my questions there!

I don't have a George Colby out of NH listed yet but I do have a George K. Colby out of Maine. Most of who I am adding to my tree on my website, seem to have ended up in Wicasset County. I am not familiar with the area. I have so many Colby branches listed and so many more I can't wait to find!! :) I would love to find family on here. It's something I look forward to on a daily basis.

I'd love to join in, but evening tends to be a bad time for me between having dinner and getting my daughter ready for bed.  When I get on after that, most people are getting off.  Sigh.  I recently started a blog for those doing genealogy in the greater Kalamazoo area.  If you know anyone interested you can send them to www.kalamazoogenealogy.blogspot.com.  Thanks for the invite.

Sorry I missed your comment.  Had to go teach.  Busy as well with Ohio and Michigan research communities on Facebook.  www.derekdavey.com

Maybe I missed something, but how did you know I was an O"Hara?  I do use it a lot as my middle name, duh.