Our Genealogy Page is a Work In Process.

Jude is actively researching these surnames:
HOLMES, LYON, BREEDLOVE, BENNETT, WRIGHT, KING, LARRIMER, and SANDERS.
She has traced her Holmes line back to William Holmes, born in 1760, where she hit a blank wall. He was in Montgomery County, Ohio in 1800, but where he came from is still a mystery.

William Holmes (Elder and Younger) and
Marcy Lyon wills are at InGenWeb, the place to go for information about your Indiana ancestors.

Join the List for researchers of any variant of the Holmes surname (from Holme to Hume, with assorted detours).
To subscribe, send email to HOLMES-L-request@rootsweb.com with nothing in the body but the word "subscribe"

Neil's parents, Neils Christian Marinas Andersen Glad and Lena Hansen, both emigrated to the United States. His father's family is well documented, but not his mother's (this link will be a while coming).

Your ancestor's headstone says she lived 92 years 10 months and 13 days, and tells you when she died. Now how do you find out when she was born?
It's simple! Use thisBirthdate calculator.

Is this new-found relative your third cousin twice removed or your fifth cousin? What's the difference? And does it matter to anyone but another genealogist? Find the answers here.

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Five Thousand Ways to Earn a Living

Did you ever wonder what your ancestor REALLY did for a living? Are you looking for a different way for your hero/heroine to earn a living? What does a Barilla Manufacturer build? Does a mangle keeper keep the keys to the local instruments of torture?
Now here's your chance to discover the truth. A delightful British gentleman has compiled hundreds of trades from parish registers and census sheets in England and graciously offered to share it, as long as the whole thing isn't published on the Web.
Go here to see all the trades listed.

Write to Jude and she will provide you with the definition of up to five trades at once.

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Some of our favorite Genealogy Links:

USGenWeb

RootsWeb

LDS FamilySearch

A must-search site for anyone whose ancestors were in the Miami Valley of Ohio, however briefly.

Want to do something interesting and different? Volunteer to transcribe a census!