I spent yet another weekend doing family tree research. I reached a dead end awhile back on my grandma’s side, but at that point, I hadn’t yet begun with my grandpa’s family. I didn’t even know his parents’ names. I got those from my mom a couple of weeks ago, and immediately hit the jackpot. I was able to trace a couple of branches of grandpa’s family back to the Colonial period, and even back a bit farther in some cases. I was surprised that there is a pretty large Dutch branch. I had no idea! And it’s a bit of a clusterfuck, too, with some cousins intermarrying.
I went ahead and uploaded what I had yesterday to WordConnect, but quickly had to update that file when I found more information. Most of the information before the 1750s came from my own research of census records. Boy is that ever tedious! But interesting, too. For now, I’d like to just point out that we have Cheesemans in our family tree. Ha! And a minor Kellogg. And a Walter White who married a Mary Browne.
red paper boat 