All the same persons, Meier for 1813 wedding. Meyer(s) for other records. Moyer on census and taxes. Meyer(s) when the eldest sons went to Ohio in the 1830's Myers when my proginator (middle son) came to Colo in 1860.
Update, immediate family members (some elderly) are not able or not interested in contributing. My family tree/ancestry is significant for me for many reasons, so I am doing his headstone anyway That itty bitty baby (1929-1931, 21 months old) will be honored and I know my grandparents in heaven will appreciate it. My father may add an extra inscription, but either way, the lil guy will have a grave marker early this summer!
thanks!! I have been trying to make this happen for almost 10 years, I did not want to step on the immediate family members toes so I waited..... It's time to make it happen Woo Hoo!!
Sadly, my Aunt, the younger sister of this itty bitty baby and older sister of my father greeted him and my grandparents 2 weeks ago. I assumed she would take part in the ceremony of the lil ones overdue headstone this summer, but I have no doubt she will watch from heaven.
I hit a gold mine. I came up against a brick wall in my grandson's family tree which stopped me in Buck's county, Pennsylvania. That was about a year ago. Recently there has been info posted which showed up in my research on Ancestry.ca I contacted the researcher and found that an old book had been published by Forgotten Books.com. The original was published by a family member in 1887 and seems to be pretty thoroughly done. Taking a chance I ordered it and found that I had purchase my gold mine. This book takes this branch of the family back to the late 1600s in Buck's County, Pennsylvania. The author of the book couldn't go back any farther but had some interesting ideas and theories about where the family could have originated in Great Britain. It is kind of like an "Eureka!!!" moment for me.
wildwest , My wife did the Ancestry.com free thing, then paid for more time. She's on there almost every day, and I think she's gone back into the early 1800s so far. It's amazing how quickly the tree starts growing and expanding. She found one reference that one ancestor had died and may have been buried in a certain cemetery, but that was uncertain. Some places seem to have kept very good records, and some didn't. Oh, and she thinks she has a link to the Hatfields of "The Hatfields & McCoys" story. Interesting stuff.
I am green with envy WW!! On my particular side of interest, I am back to 1784 in BERKS county PA, and I have been at that brick wall for almost a decade now
Wonderful! I hope she is enjoying herself Also, if she gets busy with other things and does not want to use the paid subscription for awhile, she can "suspend" her membership, all her info will still be there, saved, when she has time again after she reinacts her account. I am guessing though that she is hooked for the near future , too cool about the hatfield and mccoys!!!
If there are Quaker families in your tree, there are a lot of transcribed records out there. That is where my gold mine comes in. The family were Quakers and recorded almost everything. I am hoping that the Uxbridge, Ontario Quaker records will be available someday so I can pursue more of the family in Canada.
I found a handsome picture of my grandparents on FamilySearch this Christmas, posted by a many times removed cousin(?). They are on the left. Both late 30's in age at the time of this pic, my father was born 9 months earlier. They moved to California during the depression, he worked on P3?'s (sorry can't recall the model right now).
Just read through this entire thread as a result of your update. Cool stuff. I’ve always found genealogy very interesting, but just have never had the time for it. Thanks for the thread! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The flu this year. Denver news just did a blurb on this years flu vs the Spanish Flu Pandemic in 1918+ My Great Great Grandfather was a freighter between Pennsylvania and other states out east to Denver in the 1860's, he had a 6 horse team. He finally settled in Denver using his blacksmith vocation (Kansas Territory at the time) in 1866 and married in 1869. They had 5 children. The youngest died in childhood, and sadly the two oldest brothers died from the Spanish Flu.
Ok,still a cool thread,2 sad things here,a young nephew of mine,in Texas,died from the bird flu stuff(2009?)but he was born with lung problems,so the flu was not the real problem .Even the military ,in Texas,got involved,and transferred him to different extreme care facilities.I no longer can pick on Texans,and,have not.Also,with this genealogy,one of my sisters is only my 1/2 sister,Mom refused to answer questions.Does not matter.Funny thing is,it is the sister I still visit,and am closest to!Life is strange.
Oh I'm so sorry to hear about your nephew. I remember the bird flu and swine flu, at the time I was having frequent testing done during both and was in the hospital lab for blood draws twice per month or week -- Thankfully I never contracted either but it was funny that if I put on one of the free surgical masks by the entry people stayed away from me in the waiting room . I too have a great grandmother and her daughter being our great aunt (1896 & 1916) that never told relatives a word. They fell off the face of the earth with historical documents too.
