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In August, my wife and I spent a couple weeks in Connecticut and took some time one Saturday to go to Norwich where many of my ancestors lived upon immigrating to the United States.  Among my ancestors who lived in Norwich are the following family names: Hutchins (also Huchens and Huchins), Elderken, Knight, Bauckus, Waterman, Leffingwell, Rogers and Lee.  In the cemetary just outside of Norwich (located in Norwichtown), we found gravestones for almost all of these ancestors with the exception of the Knights (anyone know where they might be?).  I took photos of dozens of the graves, so if anyone is looking for more info on these names in Norwich, feel free to get in touch. 

It was interesting to discover that the Arnold family (as in Benedict Arnold) was also buried in the Norwichtown cemetary, but when their son betrayed the young United States during the Revolutionary War, locals exhumed his family's bodies.

Norwich the town was beautiful.  It is well deserving of its nick-name, the Rose of New England.  I have created a "Place Page" for Norwich and posted several pictures of the town and cemetary.  You can find it by browsing Places or doing a search for Norwich in the Search bar.

I forgot!  It really is that easy, I just forgot.  I wanted to write in this thing at least once a week -- and I forgot.  I am of the older/more mature ilk, I plead guilty -- and yet I don't feel old?  I'll be turning 62 in January and I know that there are a lot of people who didn't have the chance or opportunity to get here -- 62 I mean.

I have learned that my family has had heart related problems for the last hundred years anyway.  After I got sick this last February I did some ancestral health investigation and found that 35 percent of my ancestors had heart problems of one kind or another.

So there is yet another reason to get to know our genealogy, of course I didn't need an additional excuse afterall I'm already addicted.  At least I admit it!!  I'm still having problems breaking down the Lazar Caplan wall -- but I'll still keep at it and when I find the winning combination I will be sure to let you know.

Would like to connect with others researching the following families:

Guthrie & McCoy families from Walker County, Alabama and Texas.

Showalter families were from Blair County, Pennsylvania.

Misson family from Charleroi, Belgium and migrated to western Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio areas. 

 

 

 

 

 

hello there,

i am Tressie LaRoche/Riley

my dad was Frank Isaac LaRoche

son of: James Archibald LaRoche Jr.

son of: Martha LaRoche

daughter of: James Archibald LaRoche Sr.

and the list goes all the way back to France

{Tressie,Tee LaRoche/Riley} family names
LaRoche's,
Atwood's,
Davis's,
Poppells,
Gatehouses,
Hopes,
Cabanisses,
MaKays,
Fatios,
Gibson's,
Fleming's
and Thomas's.

LivingGenealogy is a revolution in free online genealogy.  It has four key features, all of which are free:

Ancestor Pages: Users can create a page (using the simple template) for each of their ancestors. Then they (and their relatives) can add photos, memories, journal excerpts, etc., collaboratively authoring their ancestors' biographies and creating a more complete picture of who their ancestors were.  In addition to the more complete view we get when more people are involved in telling their ancestors' stories, this information is easy to share and universally available online.

Place Pages: Just like Ancestor Pages, users can create pages dedicated to geographic locales - their ancestors' hometowns, countries, regions, etc. Users who have been there or live there now contribute their photos, information, travel tips, genealogy research ideas, etc. to the page.  Users who haven't had the chance to visit their ancestral hometowns can go on a sort of "virtual tour" through the information and photos others upload.  Those who are planning a trip to these places can also connect with users who have been there and get tips and insights before they go.

User Groups: Anyone can create and join user groups.  These can be public (like everybody with ancestors from Liverpool) or private (like secure family-specific groups where family members can collaborate on research and keep up to speed on each other's progress).  User groups are a great way to connect with others and leverage each other's resources and insights to create synergies and avoid duplication of efforts.  

Welcome to my blog!

   I received an email yesterday from Ancestor Search replying to a story I sent in last October about the whereabouts of my grgrgrandfather, Ben Haines. I hope they use my story on 'Ancestor's in the Attic', but I especially want to solve the mystery of where my ancestor is buried. I replied that I would like to go ahead, they'll let me know by email if they want to use my story.

Cead Mile Failte
"One Hundred Thousand Welcomes"

In Memory of Kenneth & Peggy Brown

The research I have done is dedicated to my Mom & Dad whose memory I hold dear in my heart. For they are only but a breath away. It is with love that I write this for them and for our future generations, so they may know and remember who we were. For we are who we were. I want to thank my Mom & Dad for giving me the love of family that has prompted me to dig into our past.

Since I can remember I knew I wanted to know more about my family and from where we had come. As a child I often asked my Mom & Dad to tell me the stories of their childhood over and over again. I wish now that I had written everything down they had told me.

When I finally began to search for information on our family I found out there are a whole lot of Brown's out there and not so many Eagens. It sure didn't make either one easier to find. From one generation to the next the spelling of a name could change or some family members had more than one spouse and some had many children. Once I finally did find the information I needed the names and places and dates truly started to form my family. What I have found is we come from a long line of people who worked hard for a living. Some served in the military in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI and WWII and others. Some have given the ultimate sacrifice for our county in these wars. There were Coal miners, farmers, lawyers, judges, mill workers, veterans, artists, sign painters, seamstesses, Mothers, Fathers, sons and daughters all proud and strong that had a love and respect for family. These family members are the immigrants that helped to shape our country into what it is today.