Surname Search: "Hall"

See also: Allen | Anderson | Brown | Clark | Davis | Evans | Gentry | Haggard | Hodge | Johnson | Jones | Kavanagh / Cavanagh | Miller | Moore | Robinson | Sharp | Smith | Taylor | Upham | Warren | Wilson

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Hall surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Hall genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Hall

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Holl

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Notable ancestors include:

• Charles Martin Hall - inventor, aluminum manufacturing

• G. Stanley Hall - pyschologist

• J. Hall - Titanic crew fireman and victim

• James Hall Jr - paleontologist and geologist

• Jim Hall - jazz guitarist

• Joyce C. Hall - creator of Hallmark cards

• Lloyd Augustus Hall - chemist, food preservation pioneer

• Lyman Hall - signer of the Declaration of Independence

• Marguerite Radclyffe Hall - poet and author

Genealogy websites

• “Hall Families of New England” johnlisle.com

• “Hall Family Genealogy” by John Francis Hall (Rootsweb)

• “Hall Family Histories…A study to preserve Hall pedigrees worldwide” hall.one-name.net

• “Hall Family History” hallfamilyname.com

• “Hall Family Tree” gthirkleby.tribalpages.com

• “Hall Genealogy Website” rmhh.co.uk

• “Hall History” hallhistory.net

• “Homepage of William G. Hall” hallgenealogy.com

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Hall family from Clackmannanshire” on Rootschat

• “Hall family in Newcastle” thread on British-Genealogy forum

• “Hall” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Hall” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards -

• “Help request: Edward Percy Hall missing in 1950s [UK]” post on reddit

• “Looking to see where my dad RC Hall or Pete Hall worked with Civilian Conservation Corps…” post on HistoryHub

• “Who are the parents of Thomas Lane Hall?” thread on reddit

Social media groups & societies

• “Hall Family Genealogy” group on Genealogy Wise

Photographs of Hall:

• “Adelaide Hall, 1961” Library of Congress

• “Alan Hall, 1939” Hennepin County Library

• “Albert R. Hall, c. 1870” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Alice Ida Hall, 1895” Denver Public Library

• “Anna Hall family” Hardin-Simmons University Library

• “Barbara Hall, 1945” Hennepin County Library

• “Benton Jay Hall, 1873” Library of Congress

• “Bill Hall”, Knox County Public Library

• “Capt. Hall, 1901.” Library of Congress.

• “Charlotte Hall, c. 1940” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Darwin S. Hall and his wife with Native American Indian collection, 1914” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Darwin Scott Hall, 1873” Library of Congress

• “Elizabeth (Lizzie) Archer VanCleve Hall of Honolulu, Hawaii” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Fannie Hall, 1889” Denver Public Library

• “Fannie Hall, 1890” Denver Public Library

• “Frank Albert Hall” Denver Public Library

• “Hall Family, circa 1930” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Hall Family: Dee, Ivan, Vera, Philip, Donna, and Thora Hall” Uintah County Library

• “Hall” unknown female. (possibly Josephine Hall) Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts.

• “Helen Hall of Minneapolis, daughter of Dr. William Asbury Hall, 1907” Minnesota Historical Society

• “J.P. Hall, 1886” Denver Public Library

• “James Hall and Margaret Hall, chestnut hunting, Oct 1894” Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

• “James William Hall, D.D.” Library of Congress

• “John Hall, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Josephine Hall, ca 1889” Library of Congress

• “Judge E.T. Hall and Martha A. Hall” Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

• “Kate Hall, 1890” Denver Public Library

• “Leander Hall, grandfather of Marion Snelling Hall, c. 1880” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Lelia Hall, 1873” Library of Congress

• “Lelia Hall, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Liberty Hall, 1870” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Lucy Hall, Will S. Hall, and Alma Hall, 1895” Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

• “LuVerne Elizabeth Hall, 1895” Denver Public Library

• “Lynn and Eula Hall” Uintah County Library

• “Mabel Hall, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Mark M. and Mary May Hall” Uintah County Library

• “Minnie Hall, 1894” Denver Public Library

• “Miss Hall, circa 1901” Library of Congress

• “Mr. and Mrs. Leander W. Hall, 1925” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Mr. Joseph W. Hall and friend, Leadville, Colo. 1890” Denver Public Library

• “Pauline Hall, 1889” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Pauline Hall, ca 1881” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Theodore Seymour and Edwin Oscar Hall. Children of Elizabeth Archer VanCleve and William Wisner Hall, 1888” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Uriel Sebree Hall, 1891” Library of Congress

• “W. Bolton Hall, 1909” Media Historic Archives

• “Walter H. Hall” Library of Congress

• “Wendell Hall” Library of Congress

• “Weston Birch “Bert” Hall, ca 1915”. Library of Congress

• “William Hall and children, William Jr., Judy, and Robert” Online Archive of California

• “William “Willy” Woodhull Hall, 1860” Library of Congress

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• Frick, Melanie. “Y-DNA and the Hall Family of the Colonial Carolinas” Homestead Genealogy

• Smith, Ricky. “John and Martha Gladden Hall Family” (pdf link) rootsandrecall.com

• “Chapter 40. Our Hall Family ancestors” 8 October 2015. Baker Family Tree

• “Hall Ancestry” Bartlett NH History

• “Hall family history etched in my DNA” 13 August 2016. Cumbo Family Website

• “Hall Family” Collin County, Texas History

• “Hall Family” Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections

Artifacts

• “Hall Bible” biblerecords.com

• “Levi Hall campaign card, 1923” Minnesota Historical Society
  
  

Correspondence and letters

• “Correspondence from Radclyffe Hall to Evguenia Souline” Harry Ransom Center

• “Letter from Robert Hall to John Muir, 1890 Nov 1” Online Archive of California

• “Robert D. Hall correspondence and reports, 1911 - 1917”
  

Homes & historical markers

• “Captain James Hall” marker in Virginia

• “Charles M. Hall residence” Knoxville, Tennessee

• “Frank Hall residence, circa 1900” Denver Public Library

• “Hall family residence” California State University

• “Hall House” Sonoma County Library

• “James Hall, Elk Grove House” California

• “Lynn Hall home” Uintah County Library

• “The Hough-Hall Family” West Virginia

Oral histories and transcripts

• “Claudia Hall Collection” (audio only) Library of Congress

• “Haskell Hall Collection, 1949” Library of Congress

• “Johnnie Hall Collection, 1963” Library of Congress

• “Oral history interview with Modjeska Simkins, November 15, 1974.” (audio only) Documenting the American South

• “Oral history interview with R.H. (Bob) Hall, 1965 Nov. 28” (audio only) Smithsonian

• “Oral history interview: Alice Hall, 1974” (transcript only) Marshall University

Finding aids (may not have any online content)

• “Hall family papers and sugar plantation records” UC San Diego

Books (Online & In Print)

• Adams, Mary Lizzie Hall. “The Hall Family History” Statesville, North Carolina, 1949. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• “Ancestry of a few of the descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Mass, with intermarriages” (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Coe, Mrs. S. F. Hall “Memoranda relating to the ancestry and family of Sophia Fidelia Hall” Meriden, Conn., The Curtiss-Way Co., 1902. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Hall, Charles S. “Hall ancestry. A series of sketches of the lineal ancestors of the children of Samuel Holden Parsons Hall and his wife Emeline Bulkeley of Binghamton, N.Y.” 1896. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Hall, Helen L. “The Hall Genealogy” 1960. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Hall, J. K. “The Rev. James Davidson Hall and his descendants, 1806 - 1946” Belmont, N.C., 1946. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Hall, Marion Martin. “Hall Family” 1947. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Hall, Rev. David Brainard. “The Halls of New England. Genealogical and biographical” Albany, NY, Joel Munsell’s Sons., 1883. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Hall, Thomas John. “The Hall family of West River and kindred families” 1941. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Hartley, Elizabeth J. Hall. “Descendants of Moses Hall, John Doudna and Benjamin Hall” Denver, Colorado, 1958. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Meier, Gladys Hall. “History of the Hall Family and allied lines” Brownsville, Texas, 1959. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Morris, Oliver M. “The Hall Family Tree: a genealogy with history and biographies” Long Beach, CA; 1940 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Quint, Alonzo Hall. “Deacon John Hall of Dover, New Hampshire, and some of his descendants” Hall’s Book Shop, Boston, MA., 1920. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Roe, James Varley. “History of Job Pitcher Hall, his Hall ancestors, 1764-1600, his descendants, 1848-1958” (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Sumner, Edith Bartlett. “Ancestry and descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsey Baldwin” 1954. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Toll, Estella. “Family record of Jehu Hall” Lawndale, California. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Warren, Robert Hall. “The Hall Family” Bristol., J.W. Arrowsmith, 1910. (Full view on HathiTrust)

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Surname Search: "Taylor"

See also: Allen | Anderson | Brown | Clark | Davis | Evans | Gentry | Haggard | Hodge | Johnson | Jones | Kavanagh / Cavanagh | Miller | Moore | Robinson | Sharp | Smith | Upham | Warren | Wilson

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Taylor surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Taylor genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Taylor

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Tailor, Tayler, Taylour, Tayleur, Tayllur, Taillur

Notable ancestors include:

• Charles Elmer “Rip” Taylor, Jr - comedian

• Elizabeth Taylor - actress

• George Taylor - signer of Declaration of Independence

• Jack C. Taylor - founder of Enterprise Rent-a-Car

• Jane Taylor - poet, wrote “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” with sister Ann

• John Baxter Taylor, Jr. - first black Olympic gold medal winner, track and field athlete

• John Henry “J.H.” Taylor - notable golfer

• Russi Taylor - voice actress, Minnie Mouse and others

• Susie King Taylor - first black army nurse

• Zachary Taylor - 12th president of the US

Genealogy websites

• “A Taylor Family Homepage” Robert J. Taylor, M.D. (Rootsweb)

• “Our Famous Taylor Ancestors” bornofgreatness.weebly.com

• “Taylor Family History” jetaylor.info

• “Taylor Family Tree” (Rootsweb)

• “Taylor Family” Gloria Taylor (Rootsweb)

• “Taylor genealogy” Nathaniel Lane Taylor, nltaylor.net

• “Taylor, a branch of the Taylor family from Jefferson County, Indiana” (Tripod)

• “Taylor’s of Cringleford Family History” taylorsofcringleford.com

• “The Taylor Genealogy” Jared L. Olar (Rootsweb)

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Charles Taylor” thread on British-Genealogy forum

• “Great-grandpa Taylor” thread on reddit

• “Jackson-Taylor descendants” mailing list on rootsweb (Wayback Machine link)

• “Kathleen Taylor, great-grandmother” thread on reddit

• “Mystery: Who was Tom Taylor?” thread on reddit

• “Taylor” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Taylor” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Taylor” rootsweb mailing list (Wayback Machine link)

• “The story of Robert Taylor - the vanishing step-grandfather” thread on reddit

Social media groups & societies

• The James Taylor I Descendants Association

• The Joseph Taylor Sr. Family Association

• “Taylor Family Genealogy” group on Genealogy Wise

• “The Taylor’s Family Tree” Facebook page

Photographs:

• “Adele Taylor, est. 1905” Library of Congress

• “Alfred H. Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Allan Taylor, 1947” Hennepin County Library

• “Antoinette Hall Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Bessie Taylor & Nina Taylor” Uintah County Library

• “Buck Taylor, 1887” Denver Public Library

• “Captain Joseph Taylor, 1862” Library of Congress

• “Captain Robert E. Taylor, 1863” Library of Congress

• “Captain Thomas Taylor grandfather and Josephine West Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Charley Taylor, formerly enslaved child from New Orleans, 1863” Library of Congress

• “Chester Taylor” Loveland Museum

• “Clarisa Jane Taylor Taylor” Uintah County Library

• “Cortlandt Elphinstone Taylor” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Daniel Baxter Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Edith Taylor, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Elisha Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Elmer Z. Taylor, 1920” Library of Congress

• “Emily Winslow Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Emma Taylor, age 89, 1936” Library of Congress

• “Eva Taylor, daughter of Nathaniel Green Taylor and Emmaline E. Haynes” Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

• “Everett Taylor Family” Loveland Museum

• “Everett Taylor” Loveland Museum

• “First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Nelson A. Taylor, 1862” Library of Congress

• “First Lieutenant Enoch W. Taylor, 1862” Library of Congress

• “Forrest Taylor” Loveland Museum

• “Frances Taylor & Jean Taylor” Chester County Historical Society Archives

• “Fredric P. Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Gale Taylor, July 1939” National Archives Catalog

• “Gen. Taylor, c. 1861” Library of Congress

• “George Elliot Taylor, est. 1828” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Harry Rutgers Taylor, Alaska” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Helen Taylor, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Hugh Taylor and his family” Loveland Museum

• “Isaac N. Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Isaac Taylor, est. 1864” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Isabella Taylor, Walter Curzon Taylor” Minnesota Historical Society

• “J. Mac Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Jessie Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “John Phelps Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “John Taylor” Loveland Museum

• “Laura Orphelia Jephson Taylor (Mrs. George Elliot Taylor)” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Leon Rutherford Taylor, 1913” Library of Congress

• “Lewis E. Taylor” Denver Public Library

• “Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, 1861” Library of Congress

• “Lizzie Taylor” Loveland Museum

• “Maggie Taylor” Denver Public Library

• “Margaret Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Mary Elizabeth Beekman Foulke Taylor, Mary Beekman Taylor, Harry Rutgers Taylor” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Mary Louise Supka Taylor and George Taylor, January 27, 1962, on their wedding day” National Archives Catalog

• “Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor, 1901” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Misses Lorraine Taylor and Mary Taylor” Hennepin County Library

• “Moses Taylor” National Archives Catalog

• “Mrs Robert Taylor, December 1941” Library of Congress

• “Mrs. Carrie Parker Taylor” Denver Public Library

• “Mrs. Henry C. Taylor, 1918” Library of Congress

• “Mrs. Taylor (Frank Whiting’s great-great-grandmother)” Loveland Museum

• “Musician Hamilton Taylor of Co. K, 78th Colored Troops Infantry, in rags, 1863” Library of Congress

• “Nettie Taylor” Loveland Museum

• “Norman W. Taylor, Irenze (Zindle) Tayler, Jackson H. Taylor, Enna (Peggy) Taylor, and others” Taylor-Barry-Roots.com (Wayback Machine link)

• “Portrait of Lizzie Taylor” Loveland Museum

• “Portrait of Prentiss Taylor, 1932” Library of Congress

• “Private William Taylor, 1861” Library of Congress

• “Robert William Taylor” Denver Public Library

• “Ronald Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Susie King Taylor, 1902” Library of Congress

• “Taylor, C., est 1905” Library of Congress

• “Taylor, H., est. 1904” Library of Congress

• “Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Taylor” photographs on Dead Fred

• “The Earl Taylor family near Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1937” Library of Congress

• “The John Taylor family of Crystal Springs, Miss. Fighters and patriots all, 1918” Library of Congress

• “The Taylor Boys: brothers John and James Taylor of Robertsdale, Pennsylvania” National Archives Catalog

• “Theo E. Taylor” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Tom Taylor, 1881” Library of Congress

• “Vera Taylor and Doris Taylor” Uintah County Library

• “Virginia Taylor, est. 1905” Library of Congress

• “William Taylor, alias ‘Skid Taylor’” National Archives Catalog

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• “Our Taylor Ancestors” bornofgreatness.weebly.com

• “The Taylor Families” 8 April 2018, Goodspeed Histories: New Jersey Histories and Genealogy

• “The Taylor Family” St. Clair Sinclair

• Barber, Gene. “The way it was: Taylor family genealogy” 27 March 2019, originally 1975. Baker County Press.

• “Taylor Family Story” Niles Historical Society

• “The Taylor Family” National Park Service

• “The Taylors of…all over the place, part 1” 25 June, 2020. The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog

• “The Taylors, at Ardgillan” ardgillancastle.ie

• “George Charles Taylor family tree” 3 April 2008. Scott County Virginia, Faces and Places

• “The Taylor Family” 18 June, 2014. As Canadian as can be, my Hogue and Girardin ancestors

• “What’s in a name? The search for Lewis B. Taylor of Brunswick County, Virginia” 10 January 2016. Fred on History

• “Charlotte Taylor - Her life and times” charlottetaylor.ca

• Hibbert, Bill. “Two hundred years of Taylor History” 31 December 2021. hibberts.co.uk

• “Taylor Tales from Winston, Alabama” ourtaylorhistory.blogspot.com

• “My Taylor ancestors” 31 August, 2021. In search of my Yorkshire Roots, hmcreativelady

• “The curious case of Colonel Thomas Taylor” 25 September 2021. A Long Way to Tennessee

Artifacts

• “Diary of William H. Taylor, 1902” Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum

• “John Taylor journal, 1844 December - 1845 September” Church History Catalog, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• “Robert B. Taylor diary, 1862” Kentucky Historical Society

Correspondence and letters

• “Alexander S. Taylor letter to Thomas Clarkson, 1841” The Huntington

• “Letter from Brainerd Taylor to James B. Taylor and Harriet Taylor” Library of Congress

• “Letter from Mrs. Nellie Maria Taylor, St. Louis Hospital, New Orleans, Louisia, to Mrs. Stockwell, 1864” Library of Congress

• “Letter from Zachary Taylor, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, to George Bomford, Washington D.C., 1828” Minnesota Historical Society

Homes & historical markers

• “Charles Taylor residence” Denver Public Library

• “Glen Taylor home, 1938” Tennessee. National Archives Catalog

• “Home of the Earl Taylor family near Black River Falls, Wisconsin” Library of Congress

• “Joseph Taylor House” University of Georgia

• “Residence of Robert Taylor, Beverly Hills, Cal.” The Huntington

• “The Taylor Family, Sabine Hill State Historic Site” Tennessee

Oral histories

• “Don Taylor Collection, 1948” Library of Congress

• “Louise G. Taylor Collection” Library of Congress

• “Paul Taylor Collection, 1943” Library of Congress

• “Robert Taylor Collection, 1952” Library of Congress

• “Star Island Oral History Project: Interview with Merle and Ron Taylor, 1985” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Vietnam Era Oral History Project: Interview with David Vassar Taylor” Minnesota Historical Society

Finding aids (may not contain any online content)

• “A guide to the Taylor family tree, 1851” Archival Resources of Virginia

• “Lovering - Taylor family papers, 1727 - 1926” Library of Congress

• “Taylor Family Collection” Syracuse University

Books (Online & In Print)

• Casey, Albert Eugene. “Southern Taylor families, 1607-1830” Birmingham, Ala., 1958. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• “Genealogy of Judge John Taylor and his descendants” Detroit, MI, The Richmond & Backus Co., Stationers and Printers: 1886. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Taylor Kinsfolk Association at Tabernacle Church. “The Taylors of Tabernacle: the history of a family, including the genealogy of its descendants with biographical sketches and family journals with daily accounts of life in Haywood County, Tennessee, for over a century” Brownsville, Tenn. 1957. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Taylor, Eva Mills Lee. “Jasper Taylor and his descendants: with genealogies of related families.” 1950. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Taylor, Frank L. “History of John Taylor of Hadley: including accounts of the organization and meetings of the Taylor Reunion Association of Rushford, New York, and genealogy of the descendants…” 1922. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Taylor, Orla Benedict. “Genealogy of the Taylor families who emigrated from Yorkshire, England to Livingston and Washtenaw counties, Michigan, more than a hundred years ago.” Detroit, The Inland Press, 1942. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Taylor, Peter Alfred. “Some account of the Taylor family (orginally Taylard)” London, 1875. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Taylor, Thomas M. “History of the Taylor Family: The descendants of William and Ann (Wilson) Taylor of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania” Taylor Family Association, 1925. (Full view on Google Books)

• Taylor, William Shipey and James Gurney Taylor. “Genealogy of the Taylor Family: Family Record of the descendants of Dr. Edward Taylor to December 1953” Philadelphia, G.W. Jacobs. (Full view on Library of Congress)

• Wagenfuhr, Jane T. Taylor; Evelyn Lee Taylor; Ruby Olive Dear Purselley; and Elsworth Mayer. “Taylor” (Full view on FamilySearch)

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Surname Search: "Miller"

See also: Allen | Anderson | Brown | Clark | Davis | Evans | Gentry | Haggard | Hodge | Johnson | Jones | Kavanagh / Cavanagh | Moore | Robinson | Sharp | Smith | Upham | Warren | Wilson

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Miller surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Miller genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Miller

Alternative names or spellings: Millar

Notable ancestors include:

• Arthur Miller - playwright

• Dayton C. Miller - physicist, astronomer, flautist

• Glenn Miller - composer and musician

• Henry Miller - author

• Jason Miller - actor and writer

• Joaquin Miller - “the Poet of the Sierras”

• Roger Dean Miller Sr. - singer songwriter

• Marvin Elliott Miller - actor

• Merton H. Miller - Nobel Prize winning economist

• Mitchell William “Mitch” Miller - musician

Genealogy websites

• “A Miller Family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with ties to Maine” Tina L. Miller (Rootsweb)

• “Johann Michael Miller Family History” FrontierFamilies.net

• “Miller (My Paternal Side)” Rabbits Row (Rootsweb)

• “Miller Family History” MillerFamilyHistory.com

• “Miller Family Photos: Joyce Jacobs Gordon Genealogy” (Rootsweb)

• “Miller Family, Schuklkill County, Pennsylvania” (Rootsweb)

• “Miller Family” Hause Genealogy

• “Miller, Somers, Wilson, Wynn Family Trees” millersomers.com

• “The Miller Family; Broken Miller Branches” Moishe Miller

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Miller” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Miller” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Miller” mailing list on rootsweb (Wayback Machine link)

• “Miller family” thread on Genes Reunited

• “Miller family tree” on Rootschat

• “[Community Research] Wendel Miller (c. 1720 - c. 1762)” on reddit

• “Naomi Omah Miller” thread on reddit

• “The curious case of Moses DeFriese Miller, Sr. (1815 - 1865)” on reddit

Social media groups & societies

• “Descendants of COOPER / MILLER Family Genealogy” Facebook group

• “Miller Family Genealogy” Facebook group

• “The Miller Clan (Scotland, North America, Australia, and more)” Facebook group

Photographs

• “A.T. Miller and Wife” Online Archive of California

• “Agnes Miller, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Alofton Miller (World War I, Tulare County)” Online Archive of California

• “Andrew Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Annie Miller, Acoma, 1912” The Huntington

• “B. Sidney Miller, Sharon, Mass” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Bessie Miller, 1905” Library of Congress

• “Cap. Archie Miller, 2nd Cavalry, 1918” Library of Congress

• “Captain Nellie Miller” Chicopee Archives Online

• “Catherine M. Miller & Walter, 1896” Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

• “Christine Miller, 1917” Library of Congress

• “Col. John K. Miller” Knox County Public Library

• “Constance Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Cornell Miller, 1915” Library of Congress

• “Cyrus Miller (Delaware), student” The Huntington

• “Donna Kolb Miller and brother Bill, 1930’s” Online Archive of California

• “Dora Miller, 1920” Library of Congress

• “Dorothy Miller and Adam Miller, 1985” Douglas County Libraries Archives & Local History

• “Elizabeth Smith Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “F.A. Miller and Flora Miller, ca 1950” Michiana Memory

• “Florence Fenwick Miller, 1902” Library of Congress

• “Frank A. “Teddy” Miller” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Frank Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Gent. Miller, 1873” Library of Congress

• “Grayce Miller and Dorthea Miller” Nappanee Public Library

• “Henry Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Herbert Miller and Major” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Herman L. Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Hon. O.L. Miller, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Hugh Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Isabel Miller, 1901” Library of Congress

• “Jack Miller and two of his sisters, Yvonne and Vivian” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Jessie Miller, 1891” Library of Congress

• “John Miller (World War I, Tulare County)” Online Archive of California

• “Joseph S. Miller, 1885” Library of Congress

• “Kathleen Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Lockett Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Louise Johnson Miller with Ranne Johnson Miller, Kenper Wright Miller, and Paul Talford Miller” OSU Digital Collections

• “Marie Miller, 1891” Library of Congress

• “Mary Elizabeth Miller, 1910” Library of Congress

• “Miller (infant), 1903” Library of Congress

• “Miller portraits, William Miller and Lucy Paulina Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Miss Anne Fitzhugh Miller and Elizabeth Smith Miller, 1909” Library of Congress

• “Mrs. Lottie Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Mrs. Miller, 1905” Library of Congress

• “Nathan Miller, 1920” Library of Congress

• “Patsy Ruth Miller, 1920” Library of Congress

• “Paul Miller with Elizabeth Miller Wright” OSU Digital Collections

• “Reed Miller & Wife, 1915” Library of Congress

• “Rosalie Miller, 1915” Library of Congress

• “Sandys Ellis Miller and Ken Miller” Temple University

• “Sixth birthday of Leffler Bequette Miller, 1901” Online Archive of California

• “The Late Mrs. Caroline Hallowell Miller” Library of Congress

• “Theo Miller, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Uncle Miller, Stryiek Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Walter Clay Miller, 6 mos.” Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

• “Warner Miller, 1888” Library of Congress

• “William H.H. Miller, 1890” Library of Congress

• “William Miller” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• “Ewing Harry Miller, WWI Veteran” Library of Congress

• “I Say Miller, You Say Muller” 28 April, 2016. Matt’s Genealogy Blog

• “Miller Family History, Part I” 2012 January. Troy’s Genealogue.

Artifacts

• “Civil War Soldier’s record, Andrew Miller” Chicopee Archives Online

• “Civil War Soldier’s record, Daniel G. Miller” Chicopee Archives Online

• “Civil War Soldier’s record, William Miller” Chicopee Archives Online

• “Miller, Charles E. Diary, Vol. 1: 1868 Earthquake” Online Archive of California

• “Scrabooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller, 1897” Library of Congress

Correspondence and letters

• “Elizabeth Smith Miller to Anne Fitzhugh Miller, 1909” Library of Congress

• “John D. Miller love letter” The Digital Collection at Pueblo City-County Library District

• “John Miller Letter, December 1, 1812” Brock University

• “Letter by Miller, 1955” The Huntington

• “Letter from Dewitt Miller to John Muir, 1895” Online Archive of California

• “Letter from Philip W. Miller to the Miller Family, 1841 March 23” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

Homes & historical markers

• “Ebenezer Miller house” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Elsie Lensing Miller House” Online Archive of California

• “F.A. Miller Home, 1914” Michiana Memory

• “Flood Miller estate” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Joaquin Miller’s home, “The Abbey”, 1886” Online Archive of California

• “Miller Brothers houses, 1920” Library of Congress

• “Miller house” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “The Miller Homestead” Miller Place NY. Longwood Public Library

Oral histories and transcripts

• “Deldon Miller Collection, 1967” Library of Congress

• Doris Miller Oral History interview, 1985 - (transcript only) National Park Service

• “Frank Miller Collection, 1943” Library of Congress

• “Irwin Miller Collection, 1950” Library of Congress

• Oral History Interview with George Miller, January 19, 1991 - (audio only) Documenting the American South

• “Oral history interview with James W. Miller, 1975” (transcript and audio) Old Dominion University

• “Paul Miller Collection” - (audio only) Library of Congress

• “Raymond Miller Collection, 1944” Library of Congress

• “Richards T. Miller oral history interview, June 30, 1997” - (transcript and audio) ECU Digital Collections

• “Ruth Miller Collection, 1943” Library of Congress

• “Wade Miller Collection, 1945” Library of Congress

Books (Online & In Print)

• Custer, Milo. “The Reverend Alexander Miller of Virginia and some of his descendants” Bloomington, Ill. 1910. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Davis, Walter Goodwin. “The ancestry of Sarah Miller, 1755-1840, wife of Lieut. Amos Towne of Arundel (Kennebunkport) Maine” Portland, ME., The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1939. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Lamphear, Francis P. “Ten generations of Millers” New York, 1923. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Miller, Adam. “History of George Miller, Sr., and Catherine, his wife, and their descendants” Dayton, OH. Groneweg Print Co., 1926. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Miller, Allen H. “Yost D. Miller family record” Pekin, Ill. 1927. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Miller, Benton. “The Miller - Cummings families” Webster Groves, MO., (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Miller, Everett Wayne and Samuel Silas Miller. “Genealogy of Jacob Miller and his descendants” Huntington, W. Va., Cook Print. Co., 1953. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Miller, Frank E. “A genealogy of the family of Millers from 1570 to 1925: reminiscences, sketches of history births, deaths, marriages…” The Syracuse Press (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Miller, Harry Daniel. “Miller family history, 1795 - 1927” 1927. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Miller, J. Carson. “Jacob Miller of 1748, his descendants and connections, part 1…” J. C. Miller, Moores Store, VA., 1936. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Miller, J. Carson. “Jacob Miller of 1748, his descendants and connections, part 2…” J. C. Miller, Moores Store, VA., 1937. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Miller, John Peery. “The genealogy of the descendants of Frederick and Mary Elizabeth Peery Miller” 1913. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Miller, Milo H. “A History and genealogy of the Miller family, 1725 - 1933” Pittsburgh, 1933". (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Miller, Mrs. Florence McWhorter. “Sketch of Miller (English) and Calhoun-Miller Families, with their genealogy” Atlanta, Ruralist Press. 1927. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Miller, Olive Budd. “Miller Family” Bentonville, AR, 1932. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Miller, William Josiah. “Genealogy of the relatives of William J. Miller” Meyersdale, PA; 1963. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• “Origin and history of the name of Miller; with biographies of all the most noted persons of that name, and an account of the origin of surnames and forenames…” Chicago, American Pub. Assoc., 1902. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Pursel, Mrs. Vida. “Genealogy of the Miller and Pursel families” Bloomsburg, PA., Smith printing shop, 1939. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Rogers, Wilmot Polk. “Miller Genealogy; Griffey Garten Miller and his descendants” Santa Rosa, CA; 1958 (Full view on Internet Archive with login and borrow)

• Schrock, Alta Elizabeth. “The Miller story; Joel B. Miller, 1811 - 85, Catherine Brenneman, 1813 -70 genealogy” Grantsville, Maryland. 1960. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Williams, C.S. “Descendants of Captain Joseph Miller of West Springfield, Mass. 1698 - 1908” New York, 1908. (Full view on HathiTrust)

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Surname Search: "Evans"

See also: Allen | Anderson | Brown | Clark | Davis | Haggard | Hodge | Johnson | Jones | Kavanagh / Cavanagh | Moore | Robinson | Sharp | Smith | Upham | Warren | Wilson

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Evans surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Evans genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Evans

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Evins

Notable ancestors include:

• Bill Evans - jazz musician

• Charles E. “Chick” Evans, Jr. - amateur golfer

• Edith Corse Evans - Titanic victim

• Frank Oliver Evans - Titanic survivor

• Ian Ernest Gilmore “Gil” Evans - Canadian jazz musician

• John Evans - qualifying ancestor, First Families of Maryland

• Josh Ryan Evans - TV actor

• Mal Evans - roadie for the Beatles

• Michael “Mike” Jonas Evans - TV actor

• Oliver Evans - inventor, created first continuous production line

• Robert Evans - A2503 qualifying ancestor, Jamestowne Society

• Thomas Rees Evans - qualifying ancestor, First Families of Pennsylvania

• Walker Evans - photographer

Genealogy websites

• “Evans Family History” (Rootsweb)

• “Evans Family WebPage” web.pdx.edu

• “Evans” 1st Generation Genealogy

• “Evans” Janis’ Genealogy (Rootsweb)

• “The Evans family from The Wirral and Cheshire” Juliet’s Genealogy

• “The Evans family of Gwynedd, Pennsylvania” friendsjournal.org

• “The Evans Family” The Lost Creek Settlement of Vigo County, Indiana

• “The Evans Family” The Seibel Family Stories

Message boards & mailing lists

• “[community research] John Evans (c. 1886 - 1947)” thread on reddit

• “Evans Family of Arklow” on County Wicklow Heritage

• “Evans” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Evans” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Henry Evans” thread on british-genealogy.com forum

• “Samuel Lavington Evans Sr” thread on reddit

• “Searching for information on Mary Jane Evans as of 1915 we have her address in Cardiff Wales…” thread on reddit

• “The Evans family” thread on Forest of Dean FHT Forum

Social media groups & societies

• “Evans Family History” Facebook page

• “Evans Family History - from Wales to Michigan” Facebook page

Photographs:

• “A.L. Evans, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Alice Evans, Mrs. W.W. Evans, Ruth Evans, and Edith Evans, 1911” Minnesota Historical Society

• “Alice Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Amateur golfer Charles E. “Chick” Evans, 1920” Library of Congress

• “Anne Evans on Mount Evans, 1932” University of Denver

• “Bernice Evans, 1891” Library of Congress

• “C.F. Evans, 1935” Library of Congress

• “C.R. Evans Family, 1954” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Clifford Evans family, various groups” Media Historic Archives Commission

• “Clinton Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Commander Edward Evans, 1914” Library of Congress

• “Cora Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “E.S. Evans, 1901” Library of Congress

• “Elizabeth Glendower Evans” Library of Congress

• “Evan Evans, East Saugus” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Evans family children, 1899” Sonoma County Library

• “Evans family portrait” Ball State University

• “Evans family reunion” Winding Rivers Library

• “Evans Family: Gladys, Laura, Martin, Estella, Wilford, Floyd” The University of Utah

• “Evans Family: Mr and Mrs Evans with children Martin Evans and Stella Evans” The University of Utah

• “Evans, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Evans” surname on Dead Fred

• “Helen Evans, 1905” Library of Congress

• “John Evans, age 78, 1936” Library of Congress

• “L.L. Evans, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Lizzie Evans, 1884” Library of Congress

• “Lizzie Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Louise Evans, 1937” Library of Congress

• “Luther Evans, 1902” Library of Congress

• “M.E. Evans, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Mary Evans [boy], 1891" Library of Congress

• “Millie Evans, age 87, 1936” Library of Congress

• “Miriam Evans, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Miss Gloria B. Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Miss Nina Evans, 1891” Library of Congress

• “Robb Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Roland Evans family, 1901” Media Historic Archives Commission

• “Sallie Evans, 1894” Library of Congress

• “T.D. Evans, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Thomas Evans, 1894” Library of Congress

• “William L. Evans” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Willis Evans, 1905” Library of Congress

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• “Evans Family, Atchison KS” 20 June 2021. Uncovering Roots.

• “Evans family of Granville County - descendants of Jane Gibson ‘a free Indian woman” 31 May 2015. Native American Roots.

• Hartley, Cheryl Biermann. “James Burton Evans - A murder story halfway told - 52 Ancestors 2015 #26” My Search for the Past.

• Ho, Yen. “The Evans Family” 10 Nov 2022. Wissahickon Valley Historian

• Record, Jeff. “Evan Evans with a candlestick…” 26 April 2021. Vita Brevis, American Ancestors

• Vick, James Larry. “Family history of Eli Joseph Evans” 29 Apr 2023. Joseph Vick Family of America Genealogical Society.

Artifacts

• “Evans genealogy” notes on FamilySearch

• “George Evans, Civil War Soldier’s Record” Chicopee Archives Online

• “John Evans, Civil War Soldier’s Record” Chicopee Archives Online

• “Joshua Evans Diary and Autobiography, 1731 - 1793” University North Carolina

Correspondence and letters

• “Camden Evans letters” University of Georgia

• “Charles D. Evans letter to Benjamin Cluff Jr.” BYU Library Digital Collections

• “E. J. Evans Letter, 1942” UMass Amherst

• “Eralee Evans, 1937” UMass Amherst

• “James A. Evans correspondence, Omaha, Nebraska, 1864 - 1867” Iowa University Libraries

• “Letter from E. Evans to Joseph Lyman, 1856” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Letter from Isaac Evans to Joseph Lyman, 1857” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Martha Evans correspondence” Goldmine, UNC Charlotte

• “Robley D. Evans correspondence, 1949 - 1952” American Philosophical Society Library

• “Thomas L. Evans Civil War correspondence” EWU Digital Commons

Homes & historical markers

• “Beverly, Hospital Point, Robert Evans House” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Evans House” Salem, Virginia

• “John Newton Evans Mansion”, Reno

• “The Byers-Evans House” Denver, Colorado

• “The Evans House”

• “The Evans House” Arizona

• “Thomas Evans House” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “William and Mordecai Evans House” Pennsylvania

• “Wilmot Evans House” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Wilson Bruce Evans Home” Ohio

Oral histories

• “Dorothy Evans oral history interview, 2010” University of South Carolina

• “Gwil Evans oral history interview, 2008” Oregon State University

• “Interview with Don Evans, 1985” American Archive of Public Broadcasting

• “Oral history interview with Daniel J. Evans, 2000” The Oregon Historical Society

• “Oral history interview with Eli N. Evans, 1999” Columbia University Libraries

• “Oral history interview with Martha W. Evans, 1974” Documenting the American South

Finding aids (may not contain any online content)

• “Evans Family Genealogy” West Virginia University

• “Evans Family Photographs” Stockton University, Richard E. Bjork Library

• “Raymond Floyd Evans diary” University of North Carolina

Books (Online & In Print)

• Eckhardt, Ura Link. “The Evans Family, Bk 1 -2” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Evans, James Daniel. “History of Nathaniel Evans of Cat Fish Creek, and his descendants” 1905. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Evans, Owen D. “The Evans-Jackson genealogy; the Jones and Evans families of Portage County and Mahoning County, Ohio…” 1954 (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Evans, S.A. “Descendants of David Evans of Charleston, Massachusetts: to which is appended partial records of certain families connected with them by marriage” 1893. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Evans, Samuel, and the Harrisburg Daily Telegraph. “The Evans Family” Harrisburg, PA., 1825 (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Lathrop, Wilma. “Evans Ancestry, Fall 1986” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Neil, Julia Evans Stone. “From generation to generation. The genealogies of Dwight Stone and Olive Evans” Columbus, Ohio. 1907. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Nivin, Septimus E. “Genealogy of Evans, Nivin and allied families, by Hon. Septimus E. Nivin” Philadelphia, International Printing Company, 1930 (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Raw, Gerrie Evans. “The ancestors-descendants of Luther Evans of Allegany County, New York, 1700-1990” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Seaver, J. Montgomery. “Evans Family Records” Philadelphia (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Seaver, J. Montgomery. “The Evans Genealogy” American Historical-Genealogical Society. Philadelphia, 1929. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Shedlowski, Karlyn Leslie. “Evans Family” 2014. (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Sheppard, Walter Lee. “The ancestry and descendants of Thomas Stickney Evans and Sarah Ann Fifield, his wife, both of Fryeburg, Maine” Ann Arbor, Edwards brothers, inc., 1940. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania “Genealogy of the Evans Family: descendants of Robert Lewis Evans” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• White, Elwanda Drennan. “Daniel and Isabel Evans and their descendants” Illinois, 1973. (Full view on Internet Archive)

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Surname Search: "Sharp"

See also: Allen | Anderson | Brown | Clark | Davis | Haggard | Hodge | Johnson | Jones | Kavanagh / Cavanagh | Moore | Robinson | Smith | Upham | Warren | Wilson

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Sharp surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Sharp genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Sharp / Sharpe

Notable ancestors include:

• Dallas Lore Sharp, nature writer and professor

• Granville Sharp, abolitionist

• Many DAR patriot ancestors, including Abraham Sharp, Adam Sharp, and Asa Sharp

• Percival Sharp, Titanic victim

• Samuel Sharpe, scholar

• Thomas Sharp, qualifying ancestor for First Families of Maryland

• William Sharp, Scottish writer

Genealogy websites

• “Joshua B. Sharp Family History Project” (Rootsweb)

• “My Sharp Family” (Rootsweb)

• “Sharp Family Lineage” alleyancestors.tripod.com

• “Sharp Family: an essay by Phil Norfleet” Mayfield Family Genealogy

• “Sharp(e) Family Genealogy” sharpgenealogy.tripod.com

• “Sharp-Neal and Related Families” (Rootsweb)

• “The Sharp Family Line” (Rootsweb)

• “The Sharp Family, by Charles Frederick Hesketh - Sharp” cdmueller.tripod.com

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Sharp” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Sharpe” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Sharp” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Sharpe” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Seeking information about James Sharp and Elizabeth Baker” thread on HistoryHub

Social media groups & societies

• “Sharp Family Tree” Facebook page

Photographs:

• “Alfred Sharp, circa 1926-1927” BYU Library

• “Ben and Mary Sharpe family” History San Jose

• “Charles Cutler Sharp” The Huntington

• “Clifford Sharp, age 3 1/2 and Gertie Sharp, age 10, in studio portrait” Sonoma County Library

• “Colonel Jacob Sharpe, 156th New York Infantry, Brevet Brigadier General” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Dallas Lore Sharp and family” Oregon Historical Society

• “De H. Sharp, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Ethel Sharp, about 1930” Sonoma County Library

• “Gertrude Sharp, 1900” Denver Public Library

• “Gov. J. Sharp, 1873” Library of Congress

• “Helen Sharp, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Honorable H. Sharp, 1905” Library of Congress

• “Ivor Sharp family portrait” University of Utah

• “J. Sharp, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Jessie Sharp, 1937” Denver Public Library

• “Joseph Sharp, with pick axe in hand, 1849 gold miner” Online Archive of California

• “Lester Sharp, 17..about 1929” Sonoma County Library Digital Collections

• “Mr and Mrs. Lester Sharp, about 1940s” Sonoma County Library

• “Mrs Tabitha Sharpe” Museum of Ventura County

• “Mrs. H. Sharp, 1905” Library of Congress

• “Mrs. Sharp, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Paul Sharp, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Portrait of Mabel Sharp, 1888” History San Jose

• “Ray Sharpe, 1965” TESSA Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library

• “Rev. James Clement Sharp” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Rev. Sharp, 1855” Library of Congress

• “Rusty & Susan Sharp Family” Campbell County Rockpile Museum

• “Sharp and his family about the time that he made the river trip in 1909” The Huntington

• “Sharp family” Tennessee State Library and Archives

• “Sharpe, circa 1861-1865” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Susie Sharp Family” University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• “The Sharp Family Photos” Jefferson County, Tennessee. Black in Appalachia

• “Two poses of the Earl Sharp family” Sonoma County Library Digital Collections

• “W.B. Sharp, 1894” Library of Congress

• “W.G. & Margaret Sharp, 1916” Library of Congress

• “William G. Sharpe” Museum of Ventura County

• “Willie Sharp, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Wm. G. Sharp, 1910” Library of Congress

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• “Henry Sharp, Part III: Odds & Ends” 15, June 2024. Empty Branches on the Family Tree

• “Joseph Henry Sharp Biography” Couse-Sharp Historic Site

• “Sharp family explorers legacy” University of Delaware Messenger

• “The Sharp Family” The Sharp Poole Connection and the Long Trail Back Home

Artifacts

• “A.W. Sharp Family Bible Records” North Carolina Digital Collections

• “Inventory and appraisal of the estate of Robert Sharp” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Inventory of estate of Sarah Sharpe, seized” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Jacob Sharp’s tax bill, 1772” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Mary Ann Sharp indentured to apprentice with Warren Hall of Buckston, 29 June 1799” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Miscellaneous genealogy papers [Sharp]” North Carolina Digital Collections

• “Tewksbury Almshouse Intake Record, Sharp, Catherine” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Will of Robert Sharp, 1763” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Will of Susanna Sharp, 1768” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

Correspondence and letters

• “Granville Sharp. Letter to Zachary Macaulay, 1797” The Huntington

• “Isiah Sharp to Samuel Warner, 24 August 1852” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Letter from Elias Sharpe, Windham, to Amos Augustus Phelps, June 6th 1836” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Letter from Granville Sharp, London, to Joseph Willard, 1791” Curiosity Library

• “Thomas Sharp letter, 1897, to Hamlin Garland” USC Libraries

• “Sharp, Granville, letter to John Coakley Lettson, 1788.” The Huntington

Homes & historical markers

• “Abbie Gardner Sharp Cabin” State Historical Society of Iowa

• “Central City residence of Dr. V.C. Sharp, 1875” Denver Public Library

• “Mathias Sharp House, circa 1867” Indiana

• “Sharp Family Homes” Ohio

• “Sharp House, 1915” CSU Chico Digital Collections

• “Sharp’s Hotel, 1886” Newport Beach. Orange County Public Libraries

• “The Sharp Family and the Civil War” Arkansas

Oral histories

• “Dorothy Sharp Hellyer Collection” (audio only) Library of Congress

• “Glen Luther Sharp Collection, 1951” (audio only) Library of Congress

• “Jean Sharp Collection, 1943” Library of Congress

• “Wayne Sharp Collection, 1951” (audio only) Library of Congress

• “William Robert Sharp Collection, 1942” (audio only) Library of Congress

Finding aids (may not have online content)

• “Benjamin Sharp Family Papers” TriCollege Libraries

• “Granville Sharp Collection, 1768-1803” New York Heritage Digital Collections

• “William Sharp correspondence, 1880-1889” University of Michigan Library

Books (Online & In Print)

• Adney, Edwin Tappan, and R. Wallace Hale. “The Sharp Family, descendants of Alexander Sharp, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the province of New Brunswick.” St. John, N.B., 1908. (Full view on Provincial Archives of New Brunswick)

• Fullerton, Hugh Lee. “History of the family of James Fullerton and Margaret Sharp” 1949. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Powers, Benjamin Mather. “The Sharp Family of New Jersey, with Mather and Mattison Connections” Brown-White Lowell Press, Kansas City, Missouri, 1948. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Sharp, Eli. “Christian Sharp Family Genealogy” 1952. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Sharpe, Jack C. “The Sharp/e Family, Part 1” Valley, Alabama. 1991. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Sharpe, Jack C. “The Sharp/e Family, Part 2a” Valley, Alabama. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Sharpe, Jack C. “The Sharp/e Family, Part 2b” Valley, Alabama (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Sharpe, John Calvin. “On the Hills of Home” Hester Printing, West Point, Georgia. 1972. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Sharpe, John Calvin. “Sharpe-Milford Family Record Bicentennial Supplement” 1977. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Sharpe, William Carvosso. “Records of the Sharpe family in England and America, from 1580 to 1870” Seymour, Conn., W.C. Sharpe, 1874. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Sharpe, William Carvosso. “The Sharps of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and abstracts of records in Great Britain” Seymour, Conn., W.C. Sharpe, 1903. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Sharp, William Elmo, Jr. and Janet Elizabeth Bliss Sharp. “Generations: a narrative history of the Sharp and Bliss families” Visalia, CA; Jostens Yearbook Publishing Co., 2006. (Full view on Internet Archive with login and borrow).

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Surname Search: "Robinson"

See also: Allen | Anderson | Brown | Clark | Davis | Haggard | Hodge | Johnson | Jones | Kavanagh / Cavanagh | Smith | Upham | Warren | Wilson

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Robinson surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Robinson genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Robinson

Notable ancestors include:

• Elizabeth “Anne” Franklin Robinson, Titanic survivor

• Edwin Arlington Robinson, poet

• Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson, baseball star

• William Robinson, qualifying ancestor, First Families of Maryland

• Dewey Robinson, actor

• Ikey Robinson, banjoist

• Fenton Robinson, blues singer and guitarist

• Sir Robert Robinson, chemist

• Mary Robinson, poet

• Hugh Robinson, aviator

• Sylvia Robinson, musician and record label founder

• Edwin Arlington Robinson, prize winning poet

• Joan Violet Robinson, economist

Genealogy websites

• “Gregory Genealogy and Robinson Roots” (Rootsweb)

• “Keller Gibbs Robinson Family” (Rootsweb)

• “My Robinson Genealogy: The Family of Isaac G. Robinson, Master Stone Mason; Son of Daniel Robinson, Glassblower” (Google Sites)

• “Robinson Families” (Rootsweb)

• “Robinson Family Page” Blann-Watts Genealogy

• “Rev. John Robinson” RevJohnRobinson.com (Wayback Machine link)

• “The Robinson family of Long Island: Descendants of John Robinson of Oyster Bay” Long Island Genealogy

• “The Robinson Family” history.LoftinNC.com

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Autopsy or information on Frank James Robinson” post on HistoryHub

• “Robinson” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Robinson” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Robinson” rootsweb mailing list (Wayback Machine link)

• “Seeking information on Henry Robinson” post on HistoryHub

Social media groups & societies

• “Peter Robinson Settlers in Canada” Facebook group

• “The Robinson Family Tree” Facebook group

Photographs:

• “Betty Robinson, sprint champion…1928” Library of Congress

• “Bob Robinson” Hennepin County Library

• “Cornelia Robinson, 1936” Library of Congress

• “Dorothy June Robinson, to wed Silas H. Towler, 1933” Hennepin County Library

• “Dorothy Louise Robinson, to wed Carroll Morse Harden, 1937” Hennepin County Library

• “Edgar M. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Edith Robinson, 1938” Hennepin County Library

• “Edward G. Robinson, 1920” Library of Congress

• “Ella Robinson, 1891” Library of Congress

• “Fannie F. Robinson, 1889” Denver Public Library

• “Franklin Byers Robinson, 1886” Denver Public Library

• “Frederick Robinson” University of Wisconsin

• “Geo D. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Helen D. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Helen E. Robinson, 1931” Hennepin County Library

• “Helen R. Robinson, 1915” Library of Congress

• “Helen Ring Robinson, 1911” Denver Public Library

• “Hon. J.M. Robinson, 1897” Library of Congress

• “Ida Robinson, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Inez Robinson, circa 1900” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Jessie Robinson Maroney and Ms. Robinson” The Portal to Texas History

• “John D. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Josephine E. Robinson”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Leon Robinson, baby” State Historical Society of Missouri

• “Lillie Ludlam Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Lillie Robinson, 1901” Library of Congress

• “Lizzie Robinson, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Lota Robinson, 1900” Library of Congress

• “Louise Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Mary E. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Mother Robinson” Denver Public Library

• “Mother Robinson” Denver Public Library

• “Mother Robinson” Denver Public Library

• “Mother Robinson” Denver Public Library

• “Mr. and Mrs. Angus Robinson, 1941” Hennepin County Library

• “Mrs. Addie K. Robinson, 1899” Library of Congress

• “Mrs. Alvin John Robinson, 1932” Hennepin County Library

• “Mrs. Charles S. Robinson, 1939” Hennepin County Library

• “Nellie Robinson, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Pauline Robinson, Librarian / Civic Leader” Denver Public Library

• “Portrait of Bill Robinson, 1941” Library of Congress

• “Powhatan Robinson, 1910” Library of Congress

• “Ralph C. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• Rev. Mrs. V.R. Robinson, Evangelist. Newport, Tennessee. Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

• “Robinson Family: Avvon, Eve, Hoyle, Jean, and Jim” Uintah County Library

• “Robinson Family: Hoyle and Rose Ainge Robinson with Nial, Peggy, and Clark” Uintah County Library

• “Robinson family: Jackie and Rachel with three children” New Georgia Encylopedia

• “Robinson family: Sarah and Ebenezar” Golden History Museum & Park

• “Robinson Family” Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site

• “Robinson, A.T., 1901” Library of Congress

• “Robinson, Chas., 1905” Library of Congress

• “Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Robinson”, National Archives

• “Rose Robinson, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Robinson, J. Lee, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Rowland T. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Wallace C. Robinson and Frances Robinson, 1925” The University of Tennessee

• “Wilbert Robinson, Brooklyn NL (baseball), 1900” Library of Congress

• “William Robinson, Mrs. Robinson, and Grandchild, 1898” Oklahoma Historical Society

• “Wm. B. Robinson, 1890” Denver Public Library

• “Wm L Robinson” The Huntington

• “Woodrow Robinson Family” Uintah County Library

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• “Elizabeth Robinson: genealogy and early life” 2015; throglove.wordpress.com

• “Robinson Genealogy” Robinsongenealogy.blogspot.com

• “The Robinson Family” Rokeby Museum

Artifacts

• Elizabeth Robinson Farm Diary Volume 1, 1951 - 1953, Smithsonian

• “List of Robinson slaves 1826” W&L

• “Robinson family letters and genealogy chart” Middlebury

• “Robinson Family Bible Records” North Carolina Digital Collections

Correspondence and letters

• Letter from Hal J. Robinson to his parents, State Historical Society of Missouri

• Letter from the Robinson family papers dated 1871, Internet Archive

• Robinson, Elizabeth (Drake). Letter to Sarah (Robinson) Scott. The Huntington

• Robinson, JoAnn letter, 1960, UMass Amherst

• Robinson, Norman letter, UMass Amherst

Homes & historical markers

• “Andrew Robinson Homestead” St George

• “Charles O. Robinson House” North Carolina

• “Home of Colonel John Robinson Memorial” Westford, Mass

• “James Robinson House” Ossining, New York

• “Robinson House” Oakland

• “Robinson House, of Edwin Arlington Robinson”

• “Robinson, J.F., house, circa 1907” State Historical Society of Missouri

• “Willard Robinson House” North Attleborough, Massachusetts

Oral histories

• “Barbara Jane Robinson Collection, 1943” (audio only) Library of Congress

• “Jim Robinson Jr Oral history interview, 1996” (audio only) State Historical Society of Missouri

• “Oral history interview with Audrey Gibson Robinson, 2004” California Revealed

• “Oral history interview recording with Irene Robinson, 1975 / 1976” (audio only) City of Boston Archives

• “Oral history interview with Jerome Benjamin Robinson, 1991” (audio only) Archives West

• “Oral history interview with Marie Robinson 1981” University of Denver

• “Oral history interview with Roosevelt Robinson” The Oregon Historical Society

• “Oral history interview with Wright Robinson about 1981” University of Denver

Finding aids (may not have online content)

• “A guide to the Robinson family papers, 1684 - 1915” Archival Resources of the Virginias

• “Robinson Family Bible and Records” Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

• “Robinson Family papers” TriColleges Libraries Archives and Manuscripts

• “Steen and Robinson families photographs” BYU Libraries

Books (Online & In Print)

• Bunnell, Paul J. “The House of Robinson: the Robinsons of Rhode Island: the genealogy and letters and the history of the Robinson & Sons Company of Baltimore, Maryland” 1995. (Not available online)

• Forrester, Mary Frances. “Robinsons” 1986. (Full view on FamilySearch)

• “Genealogy and family register of George Robinson, late of Attleborough, Mass, with some account of his ancestors, compiled by one of his sons, in 1829” Glazier, Masters & Co., Printers. Boston, Mass, 1831, reprinted 1919. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Hazard, Thomas R. “Recollects of olden times: Rowland Robinson of Narragansett and his unfortunate daughter: with genealogies of the Robinson, Hazard, and Sweet families of Rhode Island” Newport, R.I., J.P. Sanborne, 1879. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Robinson Genealogical Society (The Robinson Family Genealogical and Historical Association) “Officers, constitution and by-laws, historical sketches of early Robinson emigrants to America, illustrations, armorial bearings, members of association” New York, 1902. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Robinson Genealogical Society. “Robinson Genealogy: Descendants of Gain Robinson and Moses Robinson, Volume Two” Spalding Moss Company, Boston, 1926. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Robinson Genealogical Society (The Robinson Family Genealogical and Historical Association) “The Robinsons and their kin folk, Third series, July 1906” New York, 1906 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Robinson Genealogical Society (The Robinson Family Genealogical and Historical Association) “The Robinsons and their kin folk, Fourth series, fifth series, sixth series, seventh series” New York, 1913. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Robinson, Jane Bancroft, Ph.D. “A historical sketch of the Robinson family of the line of Ebenezer Robinson, a soldier of the revolution” Detroit, Michigan, 1903. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Sherman, James P. “The Robinson Family” Waterloo, Iowa, 1901. (Full view on FamilySearch)

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Surname Search: "Moore"

See also: Allen | Anderson | Brown | Clark | Davis | Haggard | Hodge | Johnson | Jones | Kavanagh / Cavanagh | Smith | Upham | Warren | Wilson

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Moore surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Moore genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Moore

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Moreau, Moor, More, Moir

Notable ancestors include:

• Ellen, Jasper, Mary More, Mayflower passengers

• Benjamin Moore, started the paint company with his brother

• Catherine Lucille “C.L.” Moore, sci-fi writer

• Clarence Bloomfield Moore, Titanic passenger and victim

• Colleen Moore, actress

• Daniel McFarlan Moore, inventor of the Moore lamp

• David “Davey” Shultz Moore, boxer

• Jack Carlton “Clayton” Moore, actor in the Lone Ranger

• John Richard “Dickie” Moore, Jr., child actor

• Juanita Moore, actress

• Marianne Moore, prize winning poet

• Oscar Moore, jazz guitarist

• Richard Winston “Dickie” Moore, Canadian hockey player

• Robert Frederick Chelsea “Bobby” Moore, professional footballer

• Thomas Moore, Irish poet

• Thomas Wilson “Memphis Pal” Moore, boxer

• Winfield Scott “Scotty” Moore III, musician

Genealogy websites

• “Branches to our family tree “Moore” (Rootsweb)

• “Descendants of Thomas Moore” (Rootsweb)

• “Edwards - Moore Family Genealogy Pages” edwards-moore-family.net

• “John Raynore Moore & Gladiola Parker” Sally’s Family Place

• “Joseph Moore” (Rootsweb)

• “Moore Family History: Interesting branches on our family tree” moorehistory.us

• “Moore Family History” garlinger.com

• “Moore Family History” wisecountytexas.info

• “Moore Family Photographs, Wayne County, Tennessee” (Rootsweb)

• “Moore Family Photos” Bibb County, ALGenWeb

• “My family stories & genealogy: the Moore family” davcarsheros.weebly.com

• “The Moores: parents of George E. Moore” (Rootsweb)

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Looking for info on Harriet Ann Moore…” reddit thread

• “Moore” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Moore” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Moor” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

Social media groups & societies

• “Moore Ancestry” on Genealogy Wise

• “Moore Family History” Facebook group

• “Moore GEDmatch and Genealogy” Facebook group

Photographs:

• “Addie Moore, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Alison Moore’s wedding day” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “A.M. Moore, age 91, 1936” Library of Congress

• “A.P. Moore, 1920” Library of Congress

• “Bessie Moore, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Bishop Moore, 1891” Library of Congress

• “Betty Moore, 1945” Hennepin County Library

• “Charlene Moore, 1945” Hennepin County Library

• “Clara Moore, 1905” Library of Congress

• “Colleen Moore, 1920” Library of Congress

• “Cora Moore, 1905” Library of Congress

• “Crawford Moore, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Decima Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Dorothy Moore, 1934” Hennepin County Library

• “Edith Moore” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Edwena May Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Fannie Moore, age 88, 1936” Library of Congress

• “Grace Moore, singer, 1917” Library of Congress

• “George Moore, 1908” Library of Congress

• “Hattie Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Henry C. Moore Family” tnyesterday.com

• “Henry W. Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “H.M. Moore, 1901” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Hon. Orren Cheney Moore, 1873” Library of Congress

• “James O. Moore” Civil War, The Huntington

• “Jane C., Peggy Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Jerry Moore, age 89, 1936” Library of Congress

• “J.J. Moore, 1861” Library of Congress

• “John R. Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “L. B. Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Levi Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Mary Moore and Sidney Moore, sisters” Monrovia Public Library

• “Miss Sylvia H. Moore, 1930” Library of Congress

• “Moore Family” Park County Archives, Wyoming

• “Moore, 1873” Library of Congress

• “Mrs. Clifford B. Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Mrs. Edward Cecil Moore, 1920” Library of Congress

• “Mrs. Moore, 1901” Library of Congress

• “Northrup Moore, 1891” Library of Congress

• “Pal Moore & wife, 1915” Library of Congress

• “Pauline Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Peggy Moore, class of 1954” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Portrait of Leon Moore, 1952” Library of Congress

• “Private Miles Moore, musician” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Rev. S. E. Moore Family” The Portal to Texas History

• “Roger Moore, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Ruth Moore, 1873” Library of Congress

• “Susie Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Valine Smith Moore and Richard Moore” Harnett County Public Library

• “Van Moore, 80, 1936” Library of Congress

• “wedding picture of Rory Veronica Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “W.H. Moore, 1914” Library of Congress

• “William Moore, age 82, 1936” Library of Congress

• “William Sherrill Moore, William Pinkey Moore, Lida Belle Moore”, Benson Museum of Local History

• “Willie Moore, 1894” Library of Congress

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• Goodspeed, Mary. “The Moore Family” 9 Jan 2016. Goodspeed Histories: New Jersey History and Genealogy.

• Hermes, Katherine. “Colonists of Color: The Moore Family” africannativeburialssct.org

Artifacts

• “An abstract of Moore Records of South Carolina 1694 - 1865” Janie Revill.

• “Diary kept by Syndenham Moore during the Mexican-American War” Alabama Department of Archives & History

• Diary of George F. Moore, 1864. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Handwritten document by Josiah Moore, 1810. Center for the History of Medicine, Harvard Countway Library

• “Robert Augustus Moore Diary, volume 1, 1861” The University of Mississippi

Correspondence and letters

• Letter from Charles B. Moore to Mary Ann Moore, 1898, UNT Libraries

• Letter from Cornelius V. Moore to Henry Moore, 1861, Library of Congress

• Letter from Henry Moore to Ziza Moore, Charles Moore, and Elvira Moore, UNT Libraries

Homes & historical markers

• “Moore Home, Visalia, Calif, early 1900s” Internet Archive

• “Moore House” Whately Historical Society

• “Moore’s House “Barney”, Greenwich, Mass. UMass Amherst

• “The Moore Family” Waterloo

• “The Moore Homestead” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

Oral histories & transcripts

• “Agnes Walters Moore Collection, 1942” Library of Congress

• “Helen G. Moore oral history interview, June 9, 1977” (audio only) ECU Digital Collections

• “Jack Moore Collection, 1942” (audio only) Library of Congress

• “Oral history interview with James Moore, 1972” (audio only) Digital Library of Georgia

• “Ray Moore Oral History Interview, 1987” Youtube, Georgia State University Library

• “Spencer C. Moore Collection, 1940” Library of Congress

• “Thurman Moore Collection, 1965” Library of Congress

• “William Lewis Moore Collection, 1973” Library of Congress

• “Wylie B. Moore Collection, 1982” (audio only) Library of Congress

Finding aids (may not contain any online content)

• Charles B. Moore Family papers, 1832 - 1917. (some online media) UNT Digital Libraries

• Merrill Moore papers, Library of Congress

• Moore Family Papers, 1827 - 1942. UNC Libraries

Books (Online & In Print)

• “A complete sketch of James and Elizabeth Moore: and a complete record of their descendants” 1908. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. “Some descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass” 1904 (Full view on HathiTrust)

• DeForest, L. Effingham. and Anne Lawrence DeForest. “William Henry moore and his ancestry: with accounts of the Moore families in the American colonies, 1620 - 1730” The De Forest Publishing Company, New York, 1934. (Full view on Internet Archive with login and borrow)

• Haines, Blanche Moore. “Ancestry of Sharpless Moore and Rachel (Roberts) Moore, with their direct ancestors to and including thirty-six first or immigrant ancestors with some old world pedigrees…” 1937. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Harper, Gladys. “History of the Moore Family” 1946. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Moore, Allen L. “The Moore Family History 1599 - 1962” (Full view on Internet Archive - with login and borrow)

• Moore, Edward Joseph. “Genealogy of a branch of the Moore Family, descendants of Deacon John Moore, of Windsor, Conn.” New York, 1900 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Moore, George L. “A history of the descendants of Shildes Moore, in America. Covering a period of one hundred and fifty-nine years, from 1732 to 1891.” 1891. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Moore, George W. “Genealogy of the Moore Family of Londonderry, New Hampshire and Peterborough, New Hampshire 1648 - 1924” 1925. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Moore, James W. “Rev. John Moore of Newtown, Long Island, and some of his descendants.” 1903. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Moore, Mrs. Herman. “Moore Genealogy” 1962. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Moore, Rev. Daniel J. “A Brief History of the Moore Family” 2008 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Moore, Ulysses Sherman. “Genealogy of the descendants of John Bennett and William Moore, and also of Harlow Reed” 1933. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Passmore, John Andrew Moore. “Ancestors and descendants of Andrew Moore, 1612 - 1897, v1 pt 1” Philadelphia, 1897. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Passmore, John Andrew Moore. “Ancestors and descendants of Andrew Moore, 1612 - 1897, v1 pt 2” Philadelphia, 1897. (Full view on Internet Archive)

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Surname Search: "Anderson"

See also: Allen | Brown | Clark | Davis | Gentry | Haggard | Hodge | Johnson | Jones | Kavanagh / Cavanagh | Smith | Upham | Warren | Wilson

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Anderson surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Anderson genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Anderson

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Andersson, Andersen, Anderssen, Andersone

Notable ancestors include:

• Anna Anderson, Grand Duchess Anastasia imposter

• Carl David Anderson, physicist and Nobel Prize winner

• Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, comedian

• Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of “The Little Mermaid” and others

• Louie Anderson, comedian

• Lynn Anderson, country singer

• Marian Anderson, singer

• Mr. Harry Anderson, Titanic passenger and survivor

• Philip Warren Anderson, physicist and Nobel Prize winner

• Poul Anderson, sci-fi writer

• Thomas Anderson, Scottish chemist

Genealogy websites

• “Anderson Family Tree” the madison andersons

• “Anderson and Allied Families” Anderson-Holmes genealogy

• “Anderson Family” by Franklin P. Mason II, franklinmason.com

• “Andersonology: Adventures in Anderson Genealogy” andersonology.com

• “Bob Anderson’s family history website” bobanderson.co.uk/andersonfamily

• “Descendants of John Anderson” (Rootsweb)

• “Everett Anderson Memorial Collection of Colonial Virginia Anderson Families” (Rootsweb)

• Olar, Jared L. “The Anderson Genealogy” (Rootsweb)

• “The Family of William Anderson, Senior” by K. Paul Boggs, yanceyfamilygenealogy.org

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Anderson” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Andersen” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Andersen” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Anderson” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Anderssen” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Help researching Anderson family of Allegany County, Maryland” reddit thread

• “Finding the Andersons” reddit thread

• “Looking for Ole Anderson 1940 Essex County New Jersey census” Genealogy Forum on HistoryHub

Social media groups & societies

• “Anderson Family Genealogy” group on GenealogyWise.com

• “Anderson Family Genealogy” Facebook group

• “Anderson Family Genealogy” Facebook group

• “Anderson Family Group” Facebook group

• “Clan Anderson Society” clanandersonsociety.com

• “Clan Anderson Society” Facebook group

• “Anderson Genealogy” page on Facebook

Photographs:

• “Adelaide Anderson” Hennepin County Library

• “Anderson family and dogs, xmas 1920” Museums of Western Colorado

• “Anderson family of Nephi, Charlotte, Bertha and Lawrence Anderson” Emery County Archives

• “Anderson family of Olive Anderson, daughters Eva and Edda, son Lowry” Brigham Young University

• “Anderson family of Sparky Anderson” Thousand Oaks Library

• “Anderson family, 1012 12th Street” Golden History Museum & Park

• “Anderson family: Lt. Thomas M. Anderson Jr, Bessie, others” Clark County Historical Museum

• “Anderson family” Delta (UT) City Library

• “Anderson, 1873” Library of Congress

• “Anderson, 1901, infant” Library of Congress

• “Anderson, 1901” Library of Congress

• “Anderson, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Anderson, H.P., 1873” Library of Congress

• “Anna H. Morrow Anderson” Knox County Public Library

• “Augusta Anderson, Olaf, Inez, and Harry” and “another Anderson family photo” Clark County Historical Museum

• “Anderson, Helena, and Anderson, Leonora” Fairview Museum of History and Art

• “Anderson” Brigham Young University

• “Camilla Anderson, Lillie Anderson” Brigham Young University

• “Charity Anderson, 1936” Library of Congress

• “Clifford W. Anderson” Hennepin County Library

• “Constance Lane Anderson, 1939” Hennepin County Library

• “Evelyn Klahre Anderson, Bill Anderson” Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

• “George E. Anderson” Brigham Young University

• “Glen Anderson and William Anderson” Hennepin County Library

• “Hannah Anderson, Olaf, Ellen, Peter, and Annie” Clark County Historical Museum

• “Jeremiah Anderson” Library of Congress

• “Joseph Anderson, brother of Mary Anderson” New York Public Library Digital Collections

• “Kristina Ellen Henrichsen Anderson, Neils Anderson, Emma Anderson” Clark County Historical Museum

• “Lawrence and Vera Anderson with daughters Carol and Judy…” Emery County Archives

• “Mattie Anderson (Freeman) & Daisy Anderson (Salisbury), History San Jose Research Library

• “Mrs. Larz Anderson, 1897” Library of Congress

• “Olaf Anderson and family 2 Month Scandinavian vacation, 1950” Hennepin County Library

• “Olive Anderson and Lowry Anderson” Brigham Young University

• “Portrait of Marian Anderson” Library of Congress

• “Robert Anderson and Robert Anderson, Jr.” Allen County Public Library

• “Ted Anderson Family” HathiTrust

• “The Anderson family stands in front of their cottage “Sleepy Hollow” Pepperdine University

• “Varney Anderson, baseball player, 1894” Library of Congress

• “William T. Anderson” Missouri Historical Society

• “Wm. H. Anderson, 1915” Library of Congress

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• “Anderson Ancestor Search: An Excuse to visit Scotland and Ireland” 2013, ancestorsinaprons.com

• “Anderson Family” Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center

• “Anderson Family” Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site

• “Anderson Family of Antrim Township” Green Castle Museum

• Coleman, Brent. “Meet the Andersons, a family of repute with local roots that shaped the course of U.S. history: they’re the namesake of East Side township” 19 July, 2016. wcpo.com

• “Letter from Jourdon Anderson: A Freedman writes his former master” 14 March 2016. Facing History and Ourselves

• “Sambo Anderson” George Washington’s Mount Vernon

• “The Anderson Family in Chester County” 2021. Chester County, Pennsylvania

Artifacts

• “Anderson Family Bible” Ontariohistory.org

• “Anderson family: newspaper clippings throwing light upon the origin of some institutions most valuable and identified with “Cincinnati" (Full view on Internet Archive)

• “Robert Person Anderson family Bible records” North Carolina Digital Collections

Correspondence and letters

• “Dr. Garrett Anderson to Mrs. Garrett Anderson, 1909” Library of Congress

• “Letter from J.R. Anderson to John Muir, 1897 Oct 21” University of the Pacific

• “Letter from John Anderson to Sarah Anderson, 1775” New York Public Library Digital Collections

• “Letters to Alexander Anderson from his mother, 1795” New York Public Library Digital Collections

• “Sherwood Anderson through the correspondence lens” VT Special Collections

Homes & historical markers

• Anderson, Edward House” Olympia Historical Society & Bigelow House Museum

• “Anderson Homestead” Fort Dalles Museum

• “Anderson House” The Monrovia Historical Society

• “Anderson House” washington.org

• “Anderson Log House” Chippewa Valley Museum

• “James Buchannan Anderson House” Tampa, Florida

• “Oscar Anderson House Museum” Anchorage, Alaska

• “The Story of Anderson House” The Society of Cincinnati

Oral histories and transcripts

• “Aubrey W. Anderson Collection, 1943” (audio only) Library of Congress

• “Buford Clinton Anderson Collection, 1981” (audio only) Library of Congress

• “Glenn B. Anderson Collection, 1984” Library of Congress

• “Greg Anderson Collection, 1964” (audio only) Library of Congress

• “Harold Anderson and Tom Anderson interview, 1987” (audio only) University of Washington

• Interview with Marguerite Anderson, 1994” (text only) Library of Congress

• “Lisa Anderson Todd Oral History interview, 2013” Library of Congress

• “William G. Anderson Oral History interview, 2011” Library of Congress

Other multimedia

• “Anderson Family History: Marvins” youtube, by Ron Anderson

• “Family chart of the Andersons of Kentucky and Ohio” 1902. HathiTrust

Finding aids (may not have any online content)

• “A guide to the papers of the Anderson family, 1824 - 1924” University of Virginia Library

• “Alma W. Anderson papers and photographs” BYU Library

• “Anderson family collection” Maryland Center for History and Culture

• “Anderson family photographs” BYU Library

• “Anderson / Wendling Family Genealogy” South Dakota State Historical Society

• “Charles Anderson family papers” Ohio History Connection

• “J. Stanley Anderson photographs and postcards” BYU Library

• “Manuscript Group 608, Anderson Family papers, 1762 - 1950” The New Jersey Historical Society”

• “Thomas Earl Anderson Collection” and “John Fain Anderson Scrapbooks” on Archives of Appalachia

Books (Online & In Print)

• Anderson, Andy Elmer. “Descendants of William Anderson (1776 - ?), the eldest son of Capt. John Anderson (1750 - 1817) and Rebeccah Skillern Anderson” 1960, reproduced 2017. (Full view on ACPL Genealogy Center)

• Anderson, Edward Lee. “A history of the Anderson family 1706 - 1955…” The R.L. Bryan Company, Columbia, South Carolina, 1955. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Anderson, William Pope. “Anderson family records” 1936. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Anderson, William Pope. “Anderson-Overton; a continuation of Anderson family records…” Cincinnati, Gibson and Perin; 1945. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• “Genealogy in part, of the Anderson-Owen-Beall families” Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, Richmond, VA; 1909 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Graham, Lottie Maud Anderson and James M. Anderson. “Scottish Andersons from Mossend farm, a genealogy of a branch of Andersons who came to the United States of America” Lake Wales, Florida, 1961. (Full view on internet Archive)

• Hakan Anderson Family Organization. “The Hakan Anderson families” Provo, UT: 1962. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Hart, Lillie Anderson. “Impressions: history of the Anderson family” Taylorville, Illinois; 1946 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Kaufman, Amanda Anderson. “Descendants of John Anderson” 1979 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• “Origin and history of the name of Anderson; with biographies of all the most noted persons of that name; an account of the origin of surnames and forenames…” 1901 (Full view on HathiTrust)

• “The Anderson-Krogh genealogy including ancestral lines and descendants” St Petersburg, Florida, 1956. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Samuel Tyndale. “Isaac Anderson Memorial” 1932 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wise, Jennings C. “Genealogical record and chart of the family of Elizabeth Lydecker Anderson…” 1916. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Wright, Ernest Neall. “Peter Wright and Mary Anderson: a family record: genealogy of their descendants and of those of Cecelia Anderson, who married Daniel Neall” 1947. (Full view on HathiTrust)

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Surname Search: "Hodge"

See also: Allen | Brown | Clark | Davis | Gentry | Haggard | Johnson | Jones | Kavanagh / Cavanagh | Smith | Upham | Warren | Wilson

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Hodge surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Hodge genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Hodge / Hodges

Notable ancestors include:

• Charles Hodge, Reformed Presbyterian theologian

• Daniel “Danny” Allen Hodge - wrestler, namesake of ‘Dan Hodge Trophy’

• Sir William Vallance Douglas “W.V.D.” Hodge - British mathematician, namesake of ‘Hodge conjecture’ and more

• 32+ “Hodge” patriots on SAR, including Abel Hodge; Alexander Hodge; John Hodge

Genealogy websites

• “Louisa Hodges’ Ancestors” jtbullock.com

• “The Hodge Family” (Tribal pages)

• “The Hodge Family” excerpt on Carroll County NH (Rootsweb)

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Hodge” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Hodges” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Hodge” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Hodges” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Hodge births from Scotlandspeople” by Audrey Bowne, 2009 on Rootsweb Mailing List (Wayback Machine - Archive-It link)

• “Hodge family” archived thread on British Genealogy & Family History Forums

• “Hodge Family of Tiverton” posts on Rootschat

• “The Hodge Family” by Steven R. Butler, Ph.D, watermelon-kid.com

Social media groups & societies

• “Hodges-Family.org” Facebook page.

• “Hodges-Hodge Society” Facebook page.

• “Hodges-Hodge Society” Hodges-Hodge-Society.org

• “The Hodge Family” Facebook group, 380 members.

Photographs:

• “A child of the Hodge family, photo 1” Missouri Historical Society

• “A child of the Hodge family, photo 2” Missouri Historical Society

• “Archibald Alexander Hodge…” Library of Congress

• “Dolores Hodge” Hennepin County Library

• “Dr. Martha Annette Hodge, 1909” Library of Congress

• “Dr. Sam’l H. Hodge, 1910” Library of Congress

• “Dr. Walter H. Hodge” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Clarence E. Hodge, 27co 4 Prov Reg’t, U.S.M.C.” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Clive Hodge family, Colfax, Washington, circa 1940” Whitman County Library

• Hodge family, Melvin, Louise, Phyllis Ann” Fort Collins History Connection

• “H.W. Hodge, 1910” Library of Congress

• “Hodge family photo, 1860, Sandwich, NH” Carroll County NH (Rootsweb)

• “Hodge family reunion, Danvers, IL, 1954” McLeanCounty Museum of History

• “Hodge family, Melvin and Louise with their three children” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Hodge, 1901” Library of Congress

• “Hodge, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Hodge, A.T., 1903” Library of Congress

• “Hodge, F.E, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Hodges, Georgie, est 1895” Library of Congress

• “Hodges, Lewis, 1891” Library of Congress

• “Hodge” Library of Congress

• “John Hodges, Sr. father of Lietenant Colonel John Hodges…” Library of Congress

• “Joseph “Joe” Hodge and Bill Walker family picnic, Whitman County, Washington, circa 1908” Whitman County Library

• “Lyman H. Hodge, Company H, 3rd Vermont” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Mary Osgood (Deland) Hodges…1861” Library of Congress

• “Mrs. M. Hodge, 1905” Library of Congress

• “Mrs. Stanley V. Hodge” Hennepin County Library

• “O.S. Hodge, 1891” Library of Congress

• “Sergeant Wilbur F. Hodge” Hennepin County Library

• “Studio portrait of Catherine D. Hodges, Boston, Mass” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Walter Hodge” Hennepin County Library

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• Eckels, Carla. “Who were the Hodges? Cowtown restoration reveals hidden history” 3 Sept, 2021. kmuw.org.

• “Hunting Hodge Heritage with Dale Hodge” Les Fruits De Mer

• “The Remarkable Hodges Family of Princess Anne County and Norfolk” 6 March, 2019. The Uncommon Wealth.

Artifacts

• “Billhead for J. Hodge, moldings, brackets, sash, and blinds, Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, dated August 30, 1894” Historic New England

• “Caspar Wistar Hodge, 1891” memorial address, HathiTrust

• “George Foster Hodges” memorial eulogy, HathiTrust

• “Local history cards for the Hodge family” Ball State University

• “Personal record of Samuel W. Hodges” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• Tewksbury Almhouse Intake Record, Hodge, Henry, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• Tewksbury Almhouse Intake Record, Hodge, Margaret, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

Correspondence and letters

• “E.F. Hodges to George Coffin, 25 September 1848” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Charles Hodge to Thomas Lincoln Casey, February 11, 1887” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• Letter from unidentified correspondent to Adolph Hodge, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

Homes & historical markers

• “Capt. John Hodges House, 1750” Essex County, Mass.

• “Hodge House, Lincoln County, ME” Library of Congress

• “Hodge House”, Nashville

• “Hodge Weeks House, c. 1790” Dorset, Vermont

• “L.P. Hodge Home” Navarro County, Texas

• “William A. Hodges Bakery, 1890” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

Oral histories or transcripts

• “Charles W. Hodge Collection” Library of Congress

• “Dennis J. Hodge Collection” Library of Congress

• “Elizabeth Hodges Collection” Library of Congress

• “George J. Hodge, Jr. Collection” Library of Congress

• “James E. Hodges Collection” Library of Congress

• “Interview with Ann Hodge, 1981” - (audio only) University of Baltimore

• “Interview with Minnie Hodge, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1937” (transcript only) University of Oklahoma

• “Interview with Thelma Hodge, US Army” University of South Carolina

• “Michael M. Hodges Collection” Library of Congress

• “Robert Clay Hodge Collection” Library of Congress

• “Robert Hodges Collection” Library of Congress

• “William H. Hodges Collection” Library of Congress

Finding aids (may not have online content)

• “Hodges family papers, 1657 - 1874, undated” Phillips Library Finding aids

Books (Online & In Print)

• Goodell, William. “Biographical memoir of Hugh L. Hodge…April 22, 1874” 1874. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Hodge, Archibald Alexander. “The life of Charles Hodge…professor in the Theological seminary, Princeton, N.J., by his son, A.A. Hodge” New York, C. Scribner’s sons, 1880. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Hodge, Orlando John. “Hodge Genealogy from the first of the name in this country to the present time, with a number of allied families and many historical facts” Boston, Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1900. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Hodge, William. “A memoir of the late William Hodge, sen., and illustrative miscellanies. By his son. William Hodge, with portrait” Buffalo, Bigelow brothers, printers, 1885 (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Hodges, Almon D. Jr. “Genealogical record of the Hodges family of New England, ending December 31, 1894” Third Edition. Boston, 1896. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• McNaught, Virginia Eliza Hodge. “Hodge-Berry-Fairfax Families” 1934. (Full view on Internet Archive)

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Surname Search: "Gentry"

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The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Gentry surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Gentry genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Gentry

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Gentrie

Notable ancestors include:

• Curt Gentry, author

• General Richard Gentry, military officer

• Troy Gentry, country music singer of Montgomery Gentry

• Viola Gentry, aviator

• “Gentry” patriots in DAR

• “Gentry” patriots in SAR

Genealogy websites

• “Descendants of Nicholas Gentry I” family-history.com/gentry

• “Descendants of Samuel Gentry” by Joe Payne (Freepages)

• “George & Elizabeth Gentry of Hanover” by John Reed, 2004. klein-shiflett.com

• “Gentry History: Gentry family history” gentryhistory.com (Wayback Machine link)

• “Gentry Family of New Kent County, Virginia” (Rootsweb)

• “First Generation - Gentry” (Rootsweb)

• “Nicholas Gentry post” Forney Clark Genealogy

• “Preacher William G. Gentry” McLemore Strong Genealogy

• “The Gentry Family of Dickson County, Tennessee” Joseph Neal Luther - tngenweb.org

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Gentry” on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Gentry” on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards -

• “Gentry Family - Mundon” on Rootschat

• “Gentry” results on Rootsweb Mailing List (Wayback Machine - Archive It)

Social media groups & societies

• “Gentry Family” Facebook group, 98 members

• “Gentry Family Tree” Facebook group

• “The Gentry Extended Family” Facebook group, 138 members.

Photographs:

• “Frank Gentry, Sunnyside” Brigham Young University

• “Gentry family, Pomeroy, Washington, 1939.” Washington Rural Heritage

• “Gentry Family Reunion” State Historical Society of Missouri

• “J.W. Gentry” Brigham Young University

• “Mary Todd Gentry” State Historical Society of Missouri

• “Nina Gentry and Family” Park County, Wyoming.

• “North Todd Gentry” State Historical Society of Missouri

• “North Todd Gentry and his daughter, Mary Todd Gentry” State Historical Society of Missouri

• “The Gentry Family outside of the George T. Reynolds House” The Portal to Texas History

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• “Descendants of Samuel Gentry, Sr” (pdf link)

• Phillips, Joseph Vernelle “The Story of the Families, Part 1: The Americans., Chapter 3: Nicholas Gentry - English Poor Boy, Indian Fighter and Planter” (pdf link)

• Russell, Judy G. “Elijah Gentry & Wilmoth Killen Gentry” Noshoba County MSGenWeb

Artifacts

• “Gentry Family Gazette and Genealogy” October 1982 Issue. Miami-Dade public Library System.

• “Gentry Family Gazette and Genealogy” multiple issues in microfiche at FamilySearch

• Gentry Family news clipping, Sept 16, 1909, Gordon County, GA. Digital Library of Georgia

• Memorial plaque of Private First Class Jerry Wayne Gentry, United States Army - HMdb.org

• News clipping of the Gentry Reunion, 1899 “By Hundreds the Gentrys Flock” The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky. Sun Aug 20, 1899, page 19. As seen on Newspapers.com

• Receipt from David Gentry to Richmond Trading and Manufacturing Company, UMass Amherst

Correspondence and letters

• Correspondence between Mrs John Trotwood Moore and Miss Susie Gentry, Tennessee Virtual Archive

• Correspondence between S.L. Gentry and Senator Burnet R. Maybank, 1954 - LCDL

• Letter from Brian Gentry to Betsy Nagelson, 1986. UMass Amherst

• Letter from Oma Gentry to Helen Keller, 1950 - Helen Keller Archive

• Letter from Robert B. Gentry to Mrs Thelma Toole - Tulane University Digital Library

• Letter from W.D. Gentry to R. Lee Kempner, 1938. The Portal to Texas History

Fingind Aids (may not have online material)

• Ada Cowan Gentry Correspondence, 1858-189? The University of Tennessee

• Gentry collection of genealogical research files 1675-1957, (pdf link), The New York Public Library

• Gentry Family Papers (C4026) - (pdf link), The State Historical Society of Missouri (pdf link)

• Gentry, Robert Turner, 1865-1950 (MSS 713) - Western Kentucky University

• Pleasant Tilman Gentry Diary, 1876-1896 (C4416) - The State Historical Society of Missouri

• Robert Gentry Papers Online Archive of California

Property Records (no paid databases)

• Land Deed. Gentry Family (26 October 1868). The University of Mississippi

• Land Deed. Gentry Family (2 November 1890) The University of Mississippi

• Land Deed. Gentry Family (12 October 1872) The University of Mississippi

Homes & historical markers

• “Brady P. Gentry” marker, Smith County, Texas

• “Gentry Home Site” Indiana

• “George Washington Gentry (1808 - 1883)” marker, Comanche County, Texas

• “Home of Richard Gentry, the Kentucky pioneer. Built 1804” Library of Congress

• “James Gentry, sr” site and “The James Gentry Home and Store” Indiana

• “Mary Lee Payne Gentry” marker, St. Louis County, Missouri

• “William Reynolds Gentry home” Alleghany County, NC

Oral histories

• Arthur Gentry Collection, Library of Congress

• Carson R. Gentry, Sr, Collection, Library of Congress

• Harold L. Gentry Collection, Library of Congress

• Hunter Otis Gentry Collection, Library of Congress

• Ircil N. Gentry Collection, Library of Congress

• James Howard Gentry Collection, Library of Congress

• Keith S. Gentry Collection, Library of Congress

• Norman Dale Gentry Collection, Library of Congress

• Oris Gentry Collection, (audio only) Library of Congress

• Robert A. Gentry Collection, Library of Congress

• Vestle Gentry Collection, Library of Congress

Books (Online & In Print)

• Edwards, Mary Reid, and Lillian Gentry Barnum. “The Gentry family, 1821 - 1982: The Gentry History from Essex England to the Western United States” (Full view on FamilySearch with sign-in)

• Floyd, Albert R. “Genealogical Records for the Gentry, Jeffers, Kuchs, and Parker Relationships” 1945 (Full view on FamilySearch with sign-in)

• Gentry, Elwood M. “Gentry” Richmond, VA; 1922 (Full view on FamilySearch with sign-in)

• Gentry, H. “The Gentry Family Tree” 1968 (Full view on FamilySearch with sign-in)

• Gentry, Richard. “The Gentry Family in America, 1676 to 1909…” New York, The Grafton Press, 1909. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Gentry, Thomas Benton. “Souvenir of General Richard Gentry, A Missouri Pioneer and Soldier” Kansas City, 1899. (Full view on Google Books)

• Gentry, Williard M. “The Family of Nicholas Gentry, Colonial Immigrant, Through Four Generations” 2022. (Full view on ACPL Genealogy Center)

• Page, Mrs. Orville. “Gentry Family Genealogy” (Full view on FamilySearch with sign-in)

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Surname Search: "Warren"

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Warren

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Waren

Notable ancestors include:

• Dr. Joseph Warren, sent Paul Revere on his ride, died at Bunker Hill, Sons of Liberty

• Earl Warren, governor of California, and Chief Justice of the US

• Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators

• Mercy Otis Warren, Revolutionary author and poet

• Richard Warren, Mayflower passenger and signer of The Mayflower Compact

• Robert Penn Warren, author and poet

Genealogy websites

• “Descendants of Richard Warren” (Rootsweb)

• “The Family Warren: Photos & stories from the Warren family archives” England line

• “The Warren Family in America: Humphrey Warren, Thomas Warren, Barton Warren…” WarrenFamilyHistory.com

• “The Warren Photo History” (Rootsweb)

• “Warren Families (3) 1623 - 1784” (Rootsweb)

• “Warren” (Rootsweb)

• “William Seymour Warren (1848 - 1926)”

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Warren” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Warren” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards -

• “Thomas Warren’s royal ancestry” thread on Google Groups

• “Warren family” on British Genealogy & Family History Forums

• “Warren family” on GenealogyWise

Social media groups & societies

• “Descendants of Richard Warren of the Mayflower” Facebook group.

• “The Warren Cousins” Membership society

• “Warren Family Heritage Group” Facebook group

Photographs:

• “Archie D. Warren and his wife Allice Foster” Delaware County NY Genealogy

• “Col. James L. Warren, wife, and daughter - ambrotype” Center for Sacramento History

• “Earl Warren Family” Center for Sacramento History

• “Elinor Remick Warren, 1935” UCLA Library Digital Collections

• “Governor Earl Warren and family” Center for Sacramento History

• “James L.L.F. Warren, 1875” Center for Sacramento History

• “Joseph Collins Warren (1778 - 1856)” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “Joseph Warren (1741 - 1775), oil portrait” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “Judge Warren and Family, 1885” CSU Chico Digital Collections

• “Mercy Otis Warren” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “Photo of “Uncle” Thomas E. Warren (1908)”, Southampton History

• “Picture of Warren family” 1905, Cornell University Library Digital Collections

• “The Rev. Thomas Warren” National Portrait Gallery, London.

• “The Warren Family, Fort Worth, Texas, 1930” TESSA Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library

• “Thomas Warren standing in front of Five Row School” 1930, Reynolda House Museum

• “Warren family on beach” Priest Lake, Idaho

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• “The Warren Family” Center for the History of Medicine, Harvard Countway Library

• “Thomas Warren” Blue Earth County Historical Society

• “Warren Family Notes” Gretna Historical Society, Gretna Public Library

• “Warren Family” The Heritage Lady

• “Where there’s a will: John Warren” Empty Branches on the Family Tree. 6 May 2015, by Linda Stufflebean

Artifacts

• “Coffield / Warren Family Bible Records” - North Carolina Digital Collections

• “Floyd B. Warren - excerpts from Family Bible” Delaware County NY Genealogy and History

• “Joseph Collins Warren journal, entry for 16 October 1846” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “Mercy Otis Warren brooch” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “Sword said to have belonged to Gen. Joseph Warren” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “Warren Family fonds information” University of British Columbia Archives

Correspondence and letters

• “Letter from Abigail Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, 31 December 1809” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “Letter from Hannah Winthrop to Mercy Otis Warren, 27 September 1774” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “Letter from James Warren to Mercy Otis Warren, 18 June 1775” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “Letter from Samuel Adams to James Warren, 27 November 1772” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “Letter from Samuel Adams to James Warren, 4 November 1772” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “Samuel Warren letter to Charles Kent, 1870” The Claremont Colleges Digital Library

Homes & historical markers

• Surry: Smith’s Fort (Warren House) - built by Thomas Warren, 1652

• “The Warren House”, Georgia

Oral histories

• “Don Warren Collection” Library of Congress

• “Interviews with Robert Penn Warren” The Robert Penn Warren Oral History Archive

• “Lester Warren Collection” Library of Congress

• “Linda Warren Collection” Library of Congress

• “Mark Warren Collection” Library of Congress

• “Vincent Warren Collection” Library of Congress

Books (Online & In Print)

• Warren, John C. “Genealogy of Warren, with some historical sketches” Boston. John Wilson and son, 1854. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Warren, Mary Parker. “A Genealogy of one branch of the Warren family with its intermarriages: 1637 - 1890” 1890. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Warren, Orin. “Warren; a genealogy of the descendants of James Warren who was in Kittery, Maine, 1652 - 1656” Haverhill, Massachusetts. The Chase Press, 1902. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Warren, Rev. Thomas. “A history and genealogy of the Warren Family: In Normandy, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Holland, Tuscany, United States of America, etc. (A.D. 912 - 1902)” Gresham Books. 1982 (originally 1902)/ (Full view on Internet Archive - requires login and borrow)

• Warren, Richard. “Genealogy of the Warren Family from Richard, Who came in the Mayflower, in 1620 - 1872”. Albany, NY. J. Munsell, State Street, 1874. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Warren, Theodore. “Warren genealogy” 1895 (Full view on Hathidigital Trust)

• Warren, Vanetta Hosford. “Adriel Warren of Berwick Maine, His Forebears and Descendants” Boston, Massachusetts. Pinkham Press, 1964. (Full view on Internet Archive - requires login and borrow)

• Warren, William Wilkens. “Autobiography and genealogy of William Wilkins Warren” Cambridge, Massachusetts. John Wilson and son, 1884. (Full view on Internet Archive).

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Surname Search: "Smith"

See also: Allen | Brown | Clark | Davis | Gentry | Haggard | Johnson | Jones | Kavanagh / Cavanagh | Upham | Warren | Wilson

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Smith surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Smith genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Smith

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Smyth, Symthe, Schmidt, Smidt

Notable ancestors include:

• Abigail Smith, a.k.a. Abigail Adams, First and Second Lady of the US

• Adam Smith, Scottish “father of Economics”

• Bessie Smith, blues singer

• Edward John Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic

• Elliott Smith, (born Steven Paul Smith) singer-songwriter

• James Smith, & Richard Smith, qualifying ancestors for First Families of Maryland

• John Smith, Captain, English explorer

• Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Margaret Chase Smith, senator from Maine

Genealogy websites

• “Dianne & Larry’s Smith Family Tree” familytree.smithlc.com

• Olar, Jared L. “The Smith Genealogy” (Rootsweb)

• “Ruth Campbell Smith 1925-27 Diaries” (Wayback Machine link)

• “Smith Family History” - smith-cernik-genealogy.online

• “Smith Family” smith-family.info

• “Smith” Friedman, University of Illinois

Message boards

• “Smith” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Smith Family Genealogy” thread on genealogywise.com

• “Smith Family Venting” post on reddit

• “Smith” activity on WikiTree Genealogists Forum

• “Smith” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

Social media groups & societies

• Smith DNA and One Name Study Project - smithsworldwide.org

• The Smith Official SNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA

Photographs:

• “Admiral Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Alice J. Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Bertha Salome Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Bessie Smith” Library of Congress

• “C. Smith (Chas. D.)”, Denver Public Library

• “Charles Grant Smith, 1895” Denver Public Library

• “Cleon Smith and Family” Indiana State Library Digital Collections

• “Dexter H. Smith, 1888” Denver Public Library

• “Dick Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Edward A. Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Elias Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Eliza P. Smith and John Rowan Smith” Library of Congress

• “Elizur Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Elmer Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Estelle Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Florence Eleanor Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Frederick K. Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “George Hugh Smith with grandchildren, Catalina Island, 1902” The Huntington

• “Gerrit Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Hazel Smith, Gracie Smith, 1910” BYU Library

• “Henry Franklin Smith” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “Hiram Smith, 1886” HathiTrust

• “Hitty H. Smith, 1891” - Denver Public Library

• “Ingram F. Smith and Lorene Lindhardt Smith”, FamilySearch

• “James Harvey Smith, 1896” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “Joel Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Josephine Agnes Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Leander C. Smith, brother of Jeanne C. Carr” ambrotype. The Huntington

• “Leo J. Smith, 1892” Denver Public Library

• “Leonard Kingsley Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Lt. J.P. Smith” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “Lynn Carl Smith, 1895” Denver Public Library

• “Mae Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Margaret Alice Smith, 1895” Denver Public Library

• “Margaret Anderson Smith, 1896.” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “May Elizabeth Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Mike Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Miss Smith, 1900” HathiTrust

• “Pearsall Smith” USC Libraries

• “Portrait of Abby Hadassah Smith & Julia Evelina Smith, 1877” Library of Congress

• “Smith family”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Smith girls”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Smith siblings”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Sylvanus Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Theodore G. Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Thomas G. Smith”, Denver Public Library

• “Wellington Smith”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• Nesteroff, Greg. “The Smith family’s Longbeach legacy” 5 Oct 2012. Nelson Star.

• Smith Farm Press Page, Atlanta History Center

• Waite, Dave. “The Smith Family of Acrobats & Clowns” 30 June 2022. Saratoga Today.

• “Finding the Smiths: stories behind common names” 11 Oct 2019. Reclaiming Our Ancestors.

• “Tracking Ballarat’s First Settlers: The Smith Family History” 26 Nov, 2023. The Courier
  

Artifacts

• “Diaries and family history of Elias Smith [microform] 1836 - 1888” - The Huntington

• “Diaries of Azariah Smith [microform] 1846 - 1912” The Huntington

• “Diary of Philander Smith, 1864” Ball State University

• “Diary of Ross Smith, 1916” State Library South Australia

• “Mary Alta Smith diary, 1926 - 1945” Ball State University

• “Smith Digital Video History, 1959, Valentine W. Smith” Internet Archive

Correspondence and letters

• Beulah Fenderson Smith Correspondence, Digital Maine Repository

• Edmund Ware Smith Correspondence, Digital Maine Repository

• George Albert Smith Correspondence, Library of Utah

• Henry A. Smith Correspondence, The University of Vermont

• James G. Smith Correspondence and Photographs, Hennepin County Library

• The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society of London

• “Margaret Bayard Smith Papers, Family Correspondence…1789” Library of Congress

Homes & historical markers

• C.E. Smith House

• Francis J. Smith house

• Frank Lloyd Wright Smith House, Michigan

• J. Gilbert Smith House, Los Altos, CA

• Jabez Smith House, Connecticut

• Smith Family Homestead, and others

• The Harry Smith House, Maryland

• The Mary Smith House - New Jersey

Oral histories

• Oral history interview with Hassel Smith, 1978 - (audio only) Smithsonian

• Oral history interview with Hughie Lee-Smith, 1968 - (audio only) Smithsonian

Books (Online & In Print)

• Baker, Elwood Thomas. “A genealogy of Eber and Lydia Smith Baker of Marion, Ohio, and their descendants” Chariton, Iowa. 1909 (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Harris, Joseph Smith. “Record of the Smith family descended from John Smith, born 1655 in County Monaghan, Ireland” Philadelphia, 1906. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Hartman, Blanche T. “The Smiths of Virginia: a history and genealogy of the Smiths of ‘Big Spring Plantation’ Frederick County, Virginia, together with a chronicle of the Drugan and the Carnahan families of Pennsylvania and Ohio” Pittsburgh, 1929. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Heyward, Mary Julia M. Griggs. “The Smith family of Pennsylvania: A genealogy of the descendants of the Smith family…” Pasadena, CA; 1936. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Martin, Mrs. Sophia Smith. “A complete genealogy of the descendants of Matthew Smith of East Haddam, Conn., with mention of his ancestors. 1637 - 1890” Rutland; The Tuttle Company, Printers; 1890. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• McCourt, Martha F. “The American descendants of Rev. John Smith who married 13 June 1643 Susanna Hinckley” Vancouver, WA; 1997. (Full view on Internet Archive - requires login and borrow)

• Miller, John Peery. “The genealogy of the descendants of Samuel Smith, Sr., and Elizabeth (McCleave) Smith” Xenio, O; Aldine Publishing House; 1922. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Smith, Edward Devereux. “Notes on the genealogy of one Smith family” Atlanta, GA., 1944. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Smith, Edward U. “Genealogy of the descendants of Robert Smith, who settled near Castle Shannon, Washington Co., now in Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, 1772” Williamsport, PA., Williamsport Printing & Binding Co., 1923. (Full view on PennState University Libraries)

• Smith, Jane Baldwin. “Diary of Jane Baldwin Smith, 1867, with letters of Eva Smith and genealogy” Yonkers, NY. Privately printed, 1930. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Smith, Josiah B. “Genealogy of William Smith, of Wrightstown, Bucks County, PA 1684” Newtown, PA; 1883. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Smith, Margaret T. “Genealogy and reminiscences of William Smith and family” Syracuse, New York; 1884. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Smith, Nathan. “History of the Smith Family” and Helen Whidden, “Genealogy of the Smith Family” Truro Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd., Truro, Nova Scotia, 1949. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Smith, Rev. James. “Genealogy of a Smith family 1590 - 1913” Aberdeen; John Avery & Co., Ltd. 1913. (Full view on Internet Archive)

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Surname Search: "Allen"

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Allen / Allan

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Alen; Allan; Alan; Alleine; Allyn, Alleyne, Allin; Alland; Van Alen

Notable ancestors include:

• Elisabeth Walton Allen, Titanic passenger, survivor

• Ethan Allen, one of the founders of Vermont

• Forrest “Phog” Allen, “Father of Basketball Coaching”

• Gracie Allen, comedian

• Holless Wilbur Allen, inventor of the compound bow

• Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, philanthropist

• Steve Allen, first host of The Tonight Show

• William Allen, early governor of Ohio

• William G. Allen, possible namesake of the Allen wrench

• William Gustavus Allen, first black man to marry a white woman in the US

• Zachariah Allen, inventor from Rhode Island

Genealogy websites

• “Allen Cole’s Website: Allen Family Genealogy” (Tripod - still active)

• “Allen Family Genealogy” Hause Genealogy

• “Allen Family Genealogy” (Wayback Machine Link)

• “Allen Family” (Rootsweb)

• “Allen Family” (Tripod)

• “Descendants and relatives of Benjamin Allen & Sarah Somers of New Brunswick, Canada (and a few strays)” trenholm.org

• “Descendants of John Allen, Sr R.S.”

• “The Allen Family Foot Prints” Allen Family of Scottsville

Message boards

• “ALLEN family, circus performers 1901” thread on British-Genealogy.com Forum

• “Allen” posts & “Allan” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Allen” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

Social media groups & societies

• Allen Genealogy, private Facebook group, 504+ members.

• ALLEN Genealogy of New England, private Facebook group, 288+ members.

Photographs:

• Alfretta M. Allen, ca. 1930. UMass Amherst

• Allen Family, circa 1900. Fort Collins History Connection.

• Allen, Anna. circa 1901. Library of Congress

• Allen, Hon. C.H. Library of Congress

• Allen, Hon. J.B. Library of Congress

• Allen, Millwall. New York Public Library Digital Collections.

• Allen, Nila. Library of Congress

• Allen, William. Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection.

• Ann Barry Allen, 1860. University of Michigan Library

• Archie Allen Family, Springfield College

• Bernice Allen, Library of Congress

• Bertie Allen, University of Wyoming

• Bill Allen & Marie Allen wedding photo. Utah Library

• Chester Allen, WWI Military Portraits

• “Daughters of the Allen family near Morganza, Louisiana, sitting in the window, 1938” Library of Congress

• Drs. Allen and Allen holding bags, The Portal to Texas History

• Ernest Allen, 1903- 1904. Pines Peak Library District.

• “Ethel Allen, daughter of Lon Allen, standing in front of the family home. Iron County, Michigan” Library of Congress

• Florence E. Allen, Library of Congress.

• Francis S. Allen, UMass Amherst

• Fred Allen, Historic New England

• “George W. Allen family and Home” Carnegie Library for Local History

• Gideon H. Allen, ca. 1871. UMass Amherst

• Harry Allen, Reading Public Library, Mass.

• Hugh Allen, WWI Military Portraits

• Iona Allen, circa 1930s. Fort Collins History Connection.

• Irene Susannah Beaumont Allen, 1907. Atlanta History Center.

• Irma H. Allen, ca. 1930. UMass Amherst

• J. Weston Allen, 1929. Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• James Allen portrait, Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• James M. Allen, Massachusetts Historical Society

• Jean Allen, 1943. Eagle Valley Library District.

• Julia E. Allen, 1930. UMass Amherst

• Louise Allen, 1890. New York Public Library Digital Collections.

• Margaret Allen, 1920. Library of Congress.

• Margaret Allen, ca 1855. Historic New England

• Mrs. Allen, Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• Mrs. Genevieve Allen, 1920. Library of Congress.

• Nathaniel T. Allen, ca 1888. Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• Percy Allen, 1900. Library of Congress.

• “Ray Allen family near Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1937” Library of Congress

• Richard Allen, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• Robert C. Allen, ca. 1917. UMass Amherst

• Rodolphus H. Allen, ca. 1910. UMass Amherst

• Viola Allen. New York Public Library Digital Collections.

• W.A. Allen, 1921. UMass Amherst

• William T. Allen, Massachusetts Historical Society

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• “A Story of the Allen Family” Western Kentucky History (with photos)

• “Allen (or Allyn) Family” Hartford County, Connecticut Genealogy and History

• “Allen Family File” Singing River Genealogy and Local History Library, Internet Archive

• “Allen Family Genealogy” Access Genealogy Blog.

• Bradshaw, Rebecca. “Buford’s Historic Allen Homes” 3 May, 2013. Patch.com (with family photos)

• Farmer, Jim. “The Origins of Our Allen Family in Colonial Virginia” Pioneers Along Southern Trails. 26 November 2014.

• Gwynallen, Richard. “More on our Scottish Allan Family” The Kitchen Table. 12 Monday 2016.

• “The Allen Family History” Lorne Historical Society (with family photo)

• “The Allen Family of Pennsylvania” My Genealogy Addiction

• “The Allen Surname Project” The Genealogy Corner

• “The Allen family history” Scarborough Maritime Heritage Center (with photos)

Artifacts

• Byrne, Mrs. Daniel. “Allen Notes” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Handwritten History of the Allen Family, The Portal to Texas History

• Palmer, Rev. John M. “Was Richard Allen great?” 1898. Library of Congress.

Correspondence and letters

• Benjamin W. Allen letter to father, 1851. Berkeley Library

• Harrison L. Allen letter to his wife, Julia, 1851. Berkeley Library

Homes & historical markers

• Allen House, Hampden, Mass. Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

• “Allen Property” Duxbury (with family photos)

• “Nathaniel Topliff Allen House”

• “The 1926 Harry and Marion Clizbe Allen House”

• The Allen House, a “haunted house” in Monticello, Arkansas

• “The Allen House” Texas

• The J. Sidna Allen Home, Carroll County, Virginia

• “W.H. Allen House” Arkansas (with family photos)

Oral histories

• Daniel Allen Oral History Interview, 1983. (audio only) OSU Libraries.

• “Earl Allen Collection” 1943, Audio only. Library of Congress.

• “Jim Allen Collection” 1969, Library of Congress

• “Nolan Allen Collection” 1942, audio only. Library of Congress.

• Oral history interview of Cary Allen, Atlanta History Center

• Oral history interview with Henry Allen, Suffolk University

Books (Online & In Print)

• Allen, Asa W. “Genealogy of the Allen and Witter families: among the early settlers of this continent and their descendants” Salem. Luther W. Smith, 1872 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Allen, Clifford L. “Allen Kin” Detroit, MI. (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Allen, Edgar B. “The Allen family” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Allen, George Henry. “Phinehas Allen’s descendants. Benjamin, Jr., Benjamin, John, Walter, of Lincoln, Mass, 1745, and a complete genealogy of the descendants of Benjamin Allen, of Ashby, Mass., 1777” Boston; Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1898. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Allen, George W. “Allen History and Genealogy” New Jersey, The Allen Press, 1937. (Full view on the Internet Archive)

• Allen, Hon. William. Revised by Joshua Allen. “A Genealogy of the Allen Family, From 1568 to 1882” Farmington, Maine. Chronicle Book and Job Press, 1882. (Full view PDF)

• Allen, James McDowell. “Allen Family” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Allen, John H. “A Brief History of the Allen Family in America” 1915. (Full view pdf)

• Allen, Orrin Peer. “The Allen Memorial, descendants of Edward Allen of Nantucket, Mass., 1690 - 1905” Palmer, Mass. Press of C.B. Fiske & Co., 1905. (Full view on Library of Congress)

• Allen, Willard Spencer. “Genealogy of Samuel Allen, of Windsor, CT. and some of his descendants” 1876. Boston. (Full view on Internet Archive).

• Bent, Allen H. “Walter Allen of Newbury, Mass., 1640, and some of his descendants, with a few notes on the Allen family in general” Boston; David Clapp & Son, Printers; 1896. (Full view on Internet Archive).

• Corradi, Marianne Allen. “The Allens of Mobile” 2006. (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Eckhardt, Ura Link. “The Allen Family, Books 1 - 11” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Knight, Hiram. “Biography of Deacon James Allen” Worcester, Mass., C. Hamilton, 1889. (Full view on Library of Congress)

• Lukos, Glenn. “Allens of Maine” Los Angeles, CA; 1986. (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Mac Donald, Jack E. “The Allen Family: Descendants of George Allen of England and Sandwich, Massachusetts” Powell, Wyoming. 2019. (Full view rootsweb pdf)

• Pierce, Francis Jarvis. “The Allen family” Oklahoma, 1959. (Full view on FamilySearch.org)

• Price, John. “Genealogy of the Allen family of Manchester, Mass.: from the earliest settlement to the year 1886” Salem, 1888. (Full view on FamilySearch.org)

• Roach, A. Ayvonne Allen Hawkins. “The Allen Heritage” 1977 (Full view on FamilySearch.org)

• Seaver, J. Montgomery. “The Allen Genealogy” Philadelphia. (Full view on FamilySearch.org)

• The Crescent Family Record. “Origin and History of the Name of Allen with Biographies of all the most noted persons of that name, and an account of the origin of surnames and forenames, together with over five hundred christian names of men and women and their significance” Chicago, IL. American Publishers Association, 1901. (Full view on Google Books)

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Surname Search: "Wilson"

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Wilson surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Wilson genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Wilson

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Willson

Notable ancestors include:

• Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

• James Wilson, signer of the Declaration of Independence

• Josiah Wilson, “First Families of Maryland” qualifying ancestor

• Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States

Genealogy websites

• “A Wilson Family History and Genealogy”

• “A Wilson Family tree” (Rootsweb)

• “Ancient Origins of the Wilson Families” Mineralogical Record, PDF

• “Family History of Philip Wilson”

• “The Wilson / Hester Genealogy Site” (Wayback Machine link)

• “The Wilson Ancestors - Graham and Barbara Family History”

• “The Wilson and Croslow Genealogy Home Page” (Wayback Machine link)

• “Wilson Family History” (Rootsweb)

• “Wilson Family History” WilsonFamilyHistory.com

• Watering Our Roots - Wilson Family Ancestry

Message boards

• “Wilson” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Wilson” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Wilson’s in County Cavan” on Rootschat

Social media groups & societies

• The Wilson Association, founded 1903

• Willson / Wilson (geneology group) on Facebook.

• Wilson genealogy, public group on Facebook.

Photographs:

• Adrian Wilson, circa 1949. Online Archive of California.

• Allie Wilson, 1910. Fort Collins History Connection.

• Ann Wilson, The Huntington Library

• Annie Wilson, The Huntington Library

• Barbara Wilson, 1916. Washington State University.

• Charles Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Clive Wilson, California State Library

• Colonel Wilson, of Wilson’s Brigade, 1861. Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• E.M. Wilson, Texas. USC Libraries.

• Earle D. Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Elsie Proctor Wilson, 1912. Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Ernest H. Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Esther M. Wilson, 1892. CSU Chico Digital Collections

• Fanny Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Frances Wilson, 1906. Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Frances Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Frances Wilson., 1890. New York Public Library Digital Collections.

• General James H. Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• George F. Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• George Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Grant Wilson, Colorado Springs High School, ca 1910. Pikes Peak Library District.

• Henry Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Hugh Wilson, CSU Chico Digital Collections

• J.H. Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Jaqueline Wilson, Virginia Wilson, and Dixie.; 1935. Berkeley Library.

• John Bernardo Wilson, The Huntington Library

• John Wilson, ca 1870. CSU Chico Digital Collections

• Joseph J. Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Kit Wilson. History Colorado Online Collection

• Lena Wilson, 1935. Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Lizzie Wilson, 1922. Online Archive of California

• Lottie Wilson. Utah Digital Collections

• Louise Wilson and Joseph Wilson, 1922. UC Berkeley.

• Margaret Wilson, 1890. California State Library

• Marilynn Wilson, California Revealed

• Marjorie Hathaway Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Mary Wilson. New York Heritage Digital Collections.

• Miss Kate Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Nia Wilson. Utah Digital Collections.

• Policewoman Virginia Wilson, ca 1940. Center for Sacramento History.

• Portrait of Amanda Wilson, 1900. CSU Chico Digital Collections

• Portrait of Jack Wilson, ca 1900. CSU Chico Digital Collections

• Portrait of Mrs. Wilson, ca 1890. CSU Chico Digital Collections

• Portrait of Peter Wilson, USC Libraries

• Portrait of William Wilson, 1880. History San Jose.

• Rayma Wilson, 1928. TESSA Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library.

• Robert Wilson, 1940s. Hennepin County Library

• Roy Wilson, 1922. Online Archive of California

• Ruth Wilson Patton, The Huntington Library

• Ruth Wilson, The Huntington Library

• Tom Wilson, 1903-1904. Pikes Peak Library District.

• Virginia Wilson, society, 1936. Berkeley Library.

• W. Forbes Wilson, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online.

• Wilson family portrait, TESSA Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library

Website and news clippings or blog posts (no paywalls)

• “Identifying John Wilson’s Irish Origins, Part 1: Y-DNA Analysis” Family Locket

• James Wilson Ancestry

• Wilson Family Tree Album Blog

• “The Wilson Family” Hamilton Avenue Road to Freedom

• The Wilson Family, Alyce Wilson

• Wilson Family History, Wendell E. Wilson. The Mineralogical Record.

• Genealogy of Senator Samuel Wilson of Mecklenburg County, NC. North Carolina Genealogy

Artifacts

• Guide to the Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection circa 1850 - 2005. University of Chicago Library

• Luzena Stanley Wilson, ‘49er, memories recalled years later. Library of Congress

• Wilson family papers, 1704 -1884, finding aid from University of Michigan Library

Correspondence and letters

• David E. Wilson, letter to brother, March 14, 1849. Berkeley Library

• Edmund Wilson / William Fenton correspondence. St. Lawrence University

• Hiram S. Wilson Civil War Letters, New York Heritage Digital Collections

• Letter from Daisy Wilson to Frank T. Wilson, 1931. UMass Amherst.

• Wilson, Francis. 1927. Oakland University Libraries.

• Wilson, Thomas. 1939. Internet Archive.

Homes & historical markers

• Charles Wilson House on Wilson Bay, New York Heritage Digital Collections

• Charles H. Wilson House, North Carolina

• The Reuben Wilson Home, New York

• The Wilson House, Arkansas

• The Wilson House, Palo Alto, California

• Wilson Family Home: A Stop on the Underground Railroad

• Wilson House, District of Columbia

Oral Histories

• Alda Wilson Collection - (audio only) Library of Congress

• Gerald Wilson Collection - (audio only) Library of Congress

• Leland P. Wilson, Windsor Historical Society

• Marne Wilson Collection - Library of Congress

• Oral history interview with E. Bright Wilson, Jr. Science History Institute Museum & Library

• Oral Interview - Jim Wilson. California Revealed.

• Ronald Wilson Collection - (audio only) Library of Congress

• Theodore Wilson Collection - (audio only) Library of Congress

• Theo Wilson, journalist - Berkeley Library

Books (Online & In Print)

• Bartlett, Joseph Gardner. “Ancestry and descendants of Rev. John Wilson of Boston, Mass.” Boston, 1907. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Benson, R. Seymour. “Photographic pedigree of the descendants of Isaac & Rachel Wilson, 1740” Middlesbrough, William Appleyard & Sons Limited Printers; 1912. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Justice, Alfred Rudolph. “Wilson and Allied families” Philadelphia, 1929. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• White, John Wilson. “Hugh Wilson and his family” Kansas City, Missouri. Burton Publishing Company., 1918. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Chester W. “The Wilson Family” Wichita, Kansas. 1946. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Edward. “Wilson family history” Bloomington, IL., 1918. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Fred A. “The early history of the Wilson family of Kittery, Maine” Lynn, Mass. John Macfarlane & Co., 1898 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Fred A. “The genealogy of the family of Elihu Parsons Wilson of Kittery, ME” 1894. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Fred A. “The genealogy of the family of Nathaniel Wilson of Kittery, ME.” 1894. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Harold F. “Notes on the genealogy of the Bethel, Vermont Wilson Family” 1948 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, Mary. “History of the John Wilson Family with local sketches” Des Moines, Iowa, Puritan Laboratories, Inc., 1952. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Wilson, R.E. “The Wilson Family” The Courier Co., Ohio, 1931

• Wilson-Thompson Family Association. “Wilson-Thompson Families, being an account of the descendants of John Wilson of County Atrim, Ireland, whose two sons, John and William, founded homes in Bucks County, and of Elizabeth Mc Graudy Thompson…” Intelligencer Print, Doylestown, Pa., 1916 (Full view on Internet Archive)

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Surname Search: Kavanagh

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Kavanagh surname, or would like to reach out to fellow researchers of Kavanagh genealogy, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Kavanagh

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Kavanaugh; Kavenagh; Cavanagh, Cavanaugh; Caomhánach; Chaomhánach

Also: Kavanaw; Cavanna; Cavagnaic; Cavanogh; Kavenagh; Cavinah; Cavanah, and others.

Notable ancestors include:

• Art Mac Murrogh Kavanagh, Irish king of Leinster

• Edward Kavanagh, Governor of Maine

• Joseph Malachy Kavanagh, Irish painter

• Julia Kavanagh, Irish author

• Lionel B. Kavanagh, plastics pioneer

• Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet and author

Genealogy websites

• Descendants of John Kavanagh (Google Sites)

• KavanaghFamily.com (Wayback Machine link)

• Kavanaghs of Island Upper Craanford Gorey Co. Wexford

• The Kavanaghs of Mangan Farm, Zee Family History

Message boards and posts

• “Am researching the Kavanagh family of Graiguemanagh…” Irelandxo.com

• “Ellen Cavanagh / Kavanagh Irish Orphan Wexford” Rootschat

• “Cavanagh” posts on Ancestry.com

• “Cavanaugh” posts on Ancestry.com

• “Kavanagh” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Kavanaugh” posts on Ancestry.com

• “Kavanagh” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Kavanaugh” posts on GenForum

• “Cavanagh” posts on GenForum

• “Cavanaugh” posts on GenForum

• “Kavanagh/Cavanagh of Leitrim” post on MyIrishAncestry.com

• “Kavanagh family in Roundwood?” post on County Wicklow Heritage forum

• “Nova Scotia brick wall: Simon Kavanagh 1790-1870” post on FamilySearch Community

• “Kavanagh in Tipperary” post on Rootschat

• “Kavanagh” posts on Rootschat

• “Kavanagh” post on community.ireland.com

Social media groups & societies

• Clan Chaomhánach

• “Kavanagh Family" Facebook page

• “Kavanaugh Family Genealogy” FamilySearch Community Group

• “The Kavenagh and Kavanagh and Cavanagh and Cavanaugh etc group” Facebook group, 2.2.k members

Photographs:

• Dudley Kavanagh, 1870. New York Public Library

• Francis William Kavanagh World War I Military Portraits

• John Kavanagh, poor rate collector for the city of Kelkenny… New York Public Library

• “John Kavanagh; Edward Kavanagh…” New York Public Library

• Joseph Cyril Kavanagh, ca 1918. World War I Military Portraits

• Kavanagh, George, Orchestra Leader, portrait. 1931. Wayne State University Library.

• Kavanagh, J.P., ca. 1920s. Utah Dept of Cultural & Community Engagement

• Louise M. Kavanagh, 1890. Denver High School senior portrait.

• Maude Adella Kavanagh, 1942. East Carolina Teachers College.

• Miss Betty Kavanagh, 1932. Hennepin County Library

• Peter Kavanagh, UM Medical School Class of 1883. University of Michigan

• Virginia Kavanagh, divorce. 1936. Berkeley Library

• William Peter Kavanagh, 1893. Denver High School senior portrait.

Website clippings, blog posts, etc (no paywalls)

• Herson, John. “The Kavanaghs: an elusive transient family” 20 May 2015. Divergent Paths: Irish Families in Victorian Stafford.

• “Kavanagh family genealogy” excerpts from Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, 1892.

• “Kavanagh Family of Carrigeen and Graney, County Kildare” 24 July 2016. Ward Family History and Genealogy.

• “Kavanagh - Sharkey connection?” 15 Jan, 2018. My Children’s Ancestors.

• “Mike Kavanagh’s Grandfather” Michaelfortune.ie

• Spring, John. “The Kavanagh Clan - A History” 21 Nov, 2021. Explore Irish Ancestry

• “Where Did Kavanaugh Come From?” A Letter from Ireland

Artifacts

• Irish Volunteers enlistment form of Patrick J. Kavanagh, 1914, National Museum of Ireland

• Personal Record of George Henry Cavanagh, City of Boston Archives

Correspondence and letters

• Michael Kavanagh, civil war soldier, Chicopee Archives Online

Homes & Historical Markers

• Borris House (ancestral home of the McMorrough Kavanaghs)

• Governor Edward Kavanagh house, Maine

• James Kavanagh House, 35 Pond Road, Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln County, ME. Library of Congress.

• Peter Kavanagh’s pub, Liverpool

• The Kavanagh House, Damariscotta Mills

Oral Histories

• Donal Denis Kavanagh Collection, (audio only) Library of Congress

• James Francis Kavanagh Collection, (audio only) Library of Congress

• James J. Kavanagh Collection, Library of Congress

• John Joseph Kavanagh, Sr, Collection, Library of Congress

• Raymond P. Kavanagh Collection, (audio only) Library of Congress

• Virginia Ransom Kavanagh Collection, (audio only) Library of Congress

Books (Online & In Print)

• Cote, Anne Rideout. “The descendants of William Kavanagh” Grand Falls, New Brunswick. (Not available online - Family History Library only)

• Goff, Del. “Our children’s ancestry, containing Goff - Kavanagh history” 1979. (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Kavanagh, Anna T. Poynter “The Ancient House of Kavanaugh, as represented in Ireland, England, France, Prussia and America” (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Kavanagh, Arthur. “Kavanagh A History of the Kavanaghs (Irish Family Names)” (Not found online)

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Surname Search: "Jones"

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have genealogy information related to this Jones surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Jones genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Jones

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Jone

Notable ancestors include:

• Bobby Jones, golfer

• Charles Cresson Jones, Titanic passenger

• Charles “Chuck” Martin Jones, animator

• David Robert Jones, a.k.a. “David Bowie”, musician

• Davy Jones, The Monkees singer

• Edith Newbold Jones, later known as Edith Wharton, author

• Edward Davis Jones, co-creater of the Dow Jones

• George Jones, country music singer

• Inigo Jones, British architect

• Jim Jones, cult leader of Jonestown Massacre

• John Paul Jones, “Father of the US Navy”

• Mary Harris Jones, “Mother Jones”, activist

• Melvin Jones, founder of the Lions Club International

Genealogy websites

• Descendants of Charles Jones and Elizabeth Teakle (Angelfire)

• Descendants of Ephraim and Phoebe (Harned) Jones. (Rootsweb)

• Descendants of Walter Jones, Jr. (Rootsweb)

• Jones Family History (Wayback Machine link)

• Jones Family Name History, JonesGenealogy.com

• Jones Genealogy surnameguide.com/jones

Message boards

• “Could anyone help me find anything….3x Great Grandma Anna Eliza Jones…” Reddit post

• “Jones Family, Denbighshire” Rootschat

• “Jones” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Jones” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards -

Social media groups & societies

• “Jones Surname - DNA Genealogy” Facebook group, private, 1.5k members

Photographs:

• “Abraham Jones, age 112” Library of Congress

• “Ada Jones” Library of Congress

• “Buck Jones & wife, 1926” Library of Congress

• “Capt. Jones, 1860” Library of Congress

• “Elliott Jones” 1930/1939. Digital Library of George

• “Eunice Jones” Harry S. Truman Library

• “Frances Jones” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Gary Jones and Willard Jones” Southern Utah University

• “Harriet Jones, age 93” Library of Congress

• “Jennie Jones” New York Public Library

• “Jesse Jones, Georgetown, Colorado” Denver Public Library

• “Jones, ca. 1873” Library of Congress

• “Jones, K., 1905” Library of Congress

• “Jones, M.” Library of Congress

• “Jones, Ruth, 1905” Library of Congress

• “Jones, Susie, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Jones, Thaddeus” Library of Congress

• “Jones, Willie, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Mr and Mrs. Jones.” 1938. Utah State History

• “Mrs Jones, Georgetown, Colorado” Denver Public Library

• “Peggy Jones, 1932” Florida State University

• “Raymond Jones, 1910” Park County, Wyoming.

• “Rosalie Jones, ca. 1913” Library of Congress

• Sir Roderick Jones & Lady Jones, 1923” Library of Congress

• “The Rev. Samuel P. Jones” New Georgia Encyclopedia

• “Winifred Jones, Denver High School” 1890. Denver Public Library

Website clippings, blog posts, etc (no paywalls)

• “Four Generations of the Jones Family in Illinois” James Jones Literary Society

• “John Jones, The Natick Mapmaker” Natick Historical Society

• “List of Enslaved People Belonging to William Jones (1802 - 1885)” They Had Names: African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

• “The Jones Family” Arlington Historical Society

Artifacts

• “Bible Records from the Jones Family Bible” Indiana State Library

• Diary of Sarah E. Jones, 1867. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Jones Family Papers, collection descriptions. Chester County History Center.

Correspondence and letters

• Samuel Jones Family Letters, New York Heritage Digital Collections

Homes & historical markers

• Alfred Jones House, Historic Spokane

• Charles Pinckney Jones House Monterey, Highland Historical Society

• Elisha Jones House, 1740. National Park Service.

• J.W. Jones Home at Frisco City, AL. Rural SW Alabama.

• John M. Jones House, Galveston, Texas.

• John Paul Jones House, Portsmouth Historical Society

• Jones House Cultural Center Boone, NC

• Jones House, 915 Legion Way SE. Olympia Historical Society

• Jones House, c. 1809. North Carolina.

• Nancy Jones House, North Carolina.

• The Calvin Jones House, Wake Forest Historical Museum

• The Jones House, 314 East Madison Street. Livingston County Historical Society

Oral histories and transcripts

• Andrew B. Jones, 1980, Washington University School of Medicine Oral History Project.

• Oral history with Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones, painter, 1964 April 26. Smithsonian

Books (Online & In Print)

• Adams, Dorothy Spaulding. “The Jones Family, 1764 - 1956”. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Bartlett, Joseph Gardner. “Hugh Jones of Salem, Mass and his descendants” Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1908. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Beale, Ellen M. “Genealogy of David Jones” Parkesburg, PA, 1903. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Beatty, Mary C. Jones. “Our Family, the Jones’s, the family of Thomas Jefferson Jones” Wetzel Publishing Co., Inc. Los Angeles, California, 1950. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Caldwell, Augustine. “Jones Records. Nathaniel and Rachel (Bradford) Jones, Ipswich, Mass., and some of their descendants. A Help to a family history.” 1800. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Clark, Myrtle Brown. “Jones genealogy; being a record of the descendants of Hugh Jones of Salem, Mass., emigrant from Wincanton, England, 1635 - 1931” 1931 (Full view on Internet Archive - requires login and borrow)

• Hinds, Harold E. Jr. “They were thick as fleas; five generations of Jones and allied kin descended from Ambrose Jones (1756-1833) in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and the Pacific Northwest, 1750s - the 20th Century” 2016. (Full view online at ACPL Genealogy Center)

• Jones, Col. Cadwallader. “A Genealogical History” Ye Bryan Printing Company, Columbia, South Carolina. 1900. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Jones, George Farquahar. “Family Record of the Jones Family of Milford, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island, with its connections and descendants, together with ancestry and family of Lorania Carrington Jones, wife of George F. Jones” Philadelphia, 1884. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Jones, George Russell. “Genealogy of the Jones family: first and only book ever written of the descendants of Benjamin Jones who emigrated from South Wales more than 250 years ago” Los Angeles, CA, 1912. (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Jones, Hazel Parker. “The Samuel Jones Family, Kershaw County, S.C., 1756 - 1960” Clinton, S.C., Jacobs Brothers Printers, 1961. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Jones, John Henry. “The Jones family of Long Island: descendants of Major Thomas Jones (1665 - 1726) and allied families” New York, Tobais A. Wright, 1907. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Jones, Merton Edward. “Jones ancestors: being an ascending genealogy from Merton Edward Jones to 150 immigrant ancestors” Baltimore, Gateway Press, Inc., 1976. (Full view on Internet Archive - requires login and borrow)

• Jones, Nathan Henry. “The Ancestors of My Daughters, comprising three Mayflower pilgrims, one colonial governor, over forty colonial, fourteen revolutionary, and three War of 1812 ancestors” Poultney, Vermont, 1914. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Parker, L.N. “History and genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of Captain Israel Jones who removed from Enfield to Barkhamsted, Conn., in the year 1759” 1902. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Simpson, John Eddins. “The Jones Family Papers, 1760 - 1810” Georgia Historical Society. 1976. (Full view on Internet Archive)

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Surname Search: "Clark"

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Clark surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Clark genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Clark

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Clarke; Clarck

Notable ancestors include:

• Abraham Clark, signer of the Declaration of Independence

• Carro Morrell Clark, or C.M. Clark, woman publisher and author

• Charles B. Clark, co-founder of Kimberly-Clark corporation

• David L. Clark, inventor of the Clark bar

• Dick Clark, radio and TV personality

• George Rogers Clark, revolutionary war military officer

• John Clarke, pilot and Master’s mate of the Mayflower

• Jonas Gilman Clark, founder of Clark University

• Mary Higgins Clark, mystery and suspense writer

• Samuel Clarke, metaphysician

• Septima Poinsette Clark, civil rights advocate

• Virginia Estelle Clark, Titanic passenger and survivor

• Walter Miller Clark, Titanic passenger

• William Andrews Clark, copper magnate

• William Clark, frontiersman and explorer (co-led Lewis and Clark expedition)

Genealogy websites

• “Clark and Jones Family: Genealogy of the Maine Clark and the St. Louis Jones Families” ClarkandJones.com

• “Clark Family History” Scottclarke.org

• “Clark family tree” Clarkeology.com

• “Clark Genealogy” Clark-genealogy.com (Wayback Machine link)

• “Foreny and Clark Genealogy” forneyclarkgenealogy.com (Wayback Machine link)

• “Our family story: Clark(e)”

• “The Clark Family Card: Richard A. Clark II” (Rootsweb)

• “The Clark Family History” Linda Benson Cox

• “The Clarks of Clark Road”

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Clark family tree” on Groups.io

• “Clark” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Clark” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards -

• “I am looking for my great-grandfather James H. Clark…” Vermont Northeast Kingdom Genealogy

• “The Clark Family” post on Rootschat

• “Trying to find out information on my great great grandmother Mary Clark…” History Hub Genealogy Forum

Social media groups & societies

• Ezra T. Clark Family Organization. Facebook group, public.

• Clark Family Photo History, Facebook group, public.

• Clark Family Tree, Facebook page, public.

Photographs:

• “Artilissa Dorland Clark and Charles Clark” Online Archive of California

• “Beth Clark, 1925 - 1999” Mountain West Digital Library

• “Carte d’ visite: Clark, Daniel, 1809-1891” Library of Congress

• “Cassius Clark & Annabelle Clark” Monrovia Public Library

• “Chief Russell Clark and Ferdinand Clark” Smithsonian

• “Clark Baby (Robert Clark), in highchair” Wyoming State Archives

• “Clark Family” Septima Poinsette Clark, LCDL

• “Clark, Dee” 1900 high school graduation picture. Golden History Museum & Park.

• “Clark, J.C.” ca 1915. The State Historical Society of Missouri

• “Daniel C. Clark, ca. 1863” Maine Memory Network

• “Della Clark” Mountain West Digital Library

• “Emma Clark and Queenie, Second Street, Hallowell, ca. 1932” Maine Memory Network

• “Emma Clark, mother of Ruth Clark” New York Public Library Digital Collections

• “Family portrait from the Kenneth B. Clark papers” 1920. Library of Congress

• “Frank Clark, 1888” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “Genevieve Clark” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Gladys Clark” Monarch Digital Collection

• “Henry Thurston Clark, ca. 1880” Maine Memory Network

• “Hilda Clark, 1890” The New York Public Library Digital Collections

• “Items re emigration of Clark family from Liverpool to Canada, 1926” National Museums Liverpool

• “Lillie Rodgers Clark (1866-1943)” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “Marguerite Clark” The New York Public Library Digital Collections

• “Mervin and Antoinette Clark, Portland, ca. 1898” Maine Memory Network

• “Mrs and Mrs. Frank E. Clark (Lillian Rodgers) with daughter Rose, ca. 1895” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “Nerie Clark III and Matilda Clark” South Carolina Digital Library

• “Nora Metz Clark holding June Rose Clark (1918-1991) as a baby at 6 weeks” Louisville Historical Museum

• “Siblings Wilbur Clark and June Clark” 1923. Louisville Historical Museum

• “W.C. Clark of the 18th Maine, 1861” Maine Memory Network

• “William C. Clark, Portland, ca. 1900” Maine Memory Network

Website clippings, blog posts, etc (no paywalls)

• “Clark families: Jefferson County, NY Pioneers” NyGenWeb

• “Clark Family History” ithacalansing.wordpress.com

• “Clark House Historian: The Jonathan Clark House Museum Historian’s Blog”

• “Empty Mansions and the Clark Family in Los Angeles” La-explorer.com

• “Family Archives: The Clark Family” Alfred Gillett Trust

• “The Clark Family and the Kentucky Derby” James J. Holmberg, The Filson Historical Society

• “The Scottish Clarks of Granville Township” Annapolis Heritage Society

• “Tom Clark Genealogy” Blog

• “William A. Clark and the Birth of Clarkdale, Arizona: A Legacy etched in Stone” Experience Clarkdale

Artifacts & mixed media

• Clarke Family Tree, 1914, Library of Congress

• Bull, William Perkins. “Clark family file, first family” (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Bull, William Perkins. “Clark family file, second family” (Full view on Internet Archive)

Correspondence & letters

• “1863 Oct 18 letter from Hiram Clark” Fair Haven History

• Clara Barton letter to niece Ada I. Clark, 1901 - 1903” Library of Congress

• Clark Family Correspondence, Online Archive of California

• Grace Julian Clarke correspondence and papers, 1900 - 1905. Indiana State Library

• Letter from Ellen Clark to husband, Edwin Clark, January 15, 1865, Bridgewater, New Hampshire. Minnesota Digital Library

• Letter from William Clark to George Sibley, December 15, 1813. Lindenwood University

• Thaddeus Clark letter on King Philip’s War, Portland, 1676. Maine Memory Network

Homes & Historical Markers

• “Clark House (1894)” Montclair History

• “Clark House Museum” Pewaukee, Wisconsin

• “Frank Clark house on Glenwood & Oklahoma, Knoxville, TN” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “Home of Mervin W. Clark, 1898” Maine Memory Network

• “Jonathan Clark House” Wisconsin

• “Nathan Clark Cottage, 1890.” Maine Memory Network

• “Osmond Clark house, East Surry, ca. 1888” Maine Memory Network

• “Peter Clark, Jr. house” Maine Memory Network

• “Photograph of home of Clark Family, DeKalb County, Georgia” Digital Library of Georgia

• “The Clark House” Valley Center History Museum

• “The George Clark House” Mansfield Historical Society

• “The Silas Clark House” Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County

• “The William A. Clark House, Clark’s Folly” New York. Historical Homes of America

• “Thomas Clark House” Lowell Historical Architectural Inventory

• “William A. Clark House / Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home” Los Angeles

Oral Histories

• “Archie Clark (b. 1886)” Latah County Oral History Collection

• “Artie Clark Collection” Library of Congress

• “Dr. Albert Clark (Class of 1923) oral history.” Poly Alumni Association, San Francisco.

• “Frances Clark Collection” Library of Congress

• “Interview with Septima Poinsette Clark, July 25, 1976.” Documenting the American South

• “Oral History interview with Adele Clark, February 28, 1964.” Documenting the American South

• “Oral history interview with Don E. Clark” The Oregon Historical Society

• “Oral history interview with Georgie Clark, November 7, 1991” Northern Arizona University

• “Robert Clark Collection” (audio only) Library of Congress

• “Thomas D. Clark Oral History Project” University of Kentucky

• “Tom Clark Collection” Library of Congress

Books (Online & In Print)

• Bauman, William. “George Clark Family History: Including the Research of Wendy Ricker” 2015. (Full PDF view)

• Clark, Almon W. “1541-1907. The Clark family genealogy in the United States, a genealogical record showing sources of the English ancestors” Stamford, N.Y., Press of the Mirror-recorder, 1907. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Clark, Charles. “Some of the ancestors of Joseph Clarke, who was born in Suffolk, England, about A.D. 1600” Detroit, W.C. Heath, 1904. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Clark, David Sanders. “Notes on the Clark family and related families” Washington, 1961. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Clarke, George Kuhn. “Genealogy of the descendants of Nathaniel Clarke of Newbury, Mass.” Boston, Press of T.R. Marvin & son, 1883. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Clarke, George Kuhn. “The descendants of Nathaniel Clarke and his wife Elizabeth Somerby of Newbury, Massachusetts. A history of ten generations, 1642-1902” Boston, 1902. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Clark, George Washington. “The history and genealogy of our branch of the Clark family and its connections” 1898. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Clark, Henry Spencer. “A record of the land and descendants of Henry and Anne Clark: who settled on the headbranches of Whippany River, Roxiticus, Old Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in the year 1728” Paterson, N.J., C. Kamer Jr., 1909. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Clark, Henry William. “A genealogy of the Clark family” Montgomery, Ala., 1905. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Clark, John. “Records of the descendants of Hugh Clark, of Watertown, Mass. 1640 - 1866” Boston, 1866. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Clark, Rev. Edgar Warner. “History and genealogy of Samuel Clark, Sr., and his descendants from 1636 - 1897 - 261 years.” St. Louis, Nixon-Jones Printing Co., 1892. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Clark, Salter S. “A few genealogical items connected with the family descended from William Clark, one of the original settlers of Haddam, Conn.: especially in the line of Ebenezer Clark, who from 1753 to 1800 lived in Washington, Conn.” New York, 1880. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Clark, Simeon. “A Record of some of the branches of the family of Simeon Clark of Amherst, Mass.” 1883. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Gray, L. W. “Genealogy of the Clark family of America, descended from Major Stephen Clark of Kittery, Maine” 1889. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Hart, Ann Clark. “Abraham Clark; signer of the Declaration of Independence” San Francisco, CA., Pioneer Press, 1923. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Hoots, Ada M. “History of the Clark Family, Madison County, Iowa” Winterest, Iowa. 1937. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Hume, Karl R. “Clark” (Full view on FamilySearch)

• Johnson, Rev. William W. “Clarke-Clark genealogy: records of the descendants of Thomas Clarke, Plymouth, 1623-1697” North Greenfield, Wis., W.W.Johnson, 1884. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Jones, Henry A. “The Clark Genealogy, embracing a full account of the Clark reunion” Southington, Conn., 1890. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Sheetz, Genevie W. “William Clark, 1771-1850, and Clark Descendants: A genealogy with historical sketches of some of our ancestors allied families” Monterey Park, Calif., 1964. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Walton, Emma Lee. “The Clark Genealogy, some descendants of Daniel Clark, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639 -1913.” Frank Allaben Genealogical Company, New York, 1913. (Full view on Internet Archive).

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Surname Search: "Brown"

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in the “Brown” surname and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Brown surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Brown genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Brown

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Browne; Braun

Notable ancestors include:

• James Brown, “Godfather of Soul”, singer and dancer

• John Brown, abolitionist

• Margaret Wise Brown, children’s book author

• Peter Brown, Mayflower passenger

Genealogy websites

• “Brown Family History and Documents” Maybole.org

• “Brown Family Photograph Album” (Rootsweb)

• “Brown Family Tree” DorothyStewart.net

• “Brown family: Family and Descendents of Patrick Henry & Bridget Burke Brown” (Rootsweb)

• “Brown Genealogy” (Rootsweb)

• “History of the Brown Family” thebrownfamilyhistory.co.uk

• “Morgan A. Brown: Family History and Genealogy: The ancestors and descendants of Morgan A. Brown (1788 - 1845) Noted Citizen of Washington County, Georgia” Robertwilbanks.com

• “Our Maternal Brown Family Ancestors” (Rootsweb)

• “Overview: Our Browns of Early Warren County, Tennessee” by James A. Brown, Jr. and James E. Hargraves (Rootsweb)

• “The Brown Family in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA: The History and Genealogy of the Brown Family in Luzerne, Wyoming, and Berks Counties in Pennsylvania, USA” Rykbrown.net

• “The Genealogy of the Brown Family: Descendants of Richard Brown” The Seibel Family Stories

• “The Patrick H. Brown Family” (Rootsweb)

Message boards

• “Brown” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Brown” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards -

• “Brown family, east belfast” thread on Belfast forum

• “Brown family” thread on Rootschat

• “Thomas Brown (1750-1816” thread on British-Genealogy forum

Photographs:

• “Albert, Les and Stanley Brown” Rescued photo, The Cousin Collector

• “Alonzo J. Brown” National Portrait Gallery

• “Aycock Brown Family - Annette Brown Backdoor” North Carolina Digital Collections

• “Blanche Brown and Sylvester Brown” 1907. Online Archive of California

• “Brown Family Group” Oklahoma Historical Society

• “Brown family: Silas Allen Brown, Eugene R. Brown, Lucy Brown Olson” Cottonwood County Historical Society

• “Brown, Horace.” Digital Library of Tennessee

• “Brown, Sophie” 1880. History San Jose.

• “Carlson Brown Family” Minnesota, Big Stone County Historical Society Museum

• “Clara Brown” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Clyde Brown - Member of the Fort Collins, Colorado Voluntary Fire Department” 1913. Fort Collins History Connection

• “Eleanor Brown in New York, July 1957” UCLA Library Digital Collections

• “Emma Volle Brown” ca 1890. California State Library

• “Helen Brown” 1900. History Colorado Online Collection

• “Horace Brown Family, Tulare, Calif., 1914.” Online Archive of California

• “Kathleen Bartle Brown” Monrovia Legacy Project

• “Lorena Genevieve Brown” ca 1890 - 1900. California State Library.

• “Mary Brown” ca 1900. California State Library.

• “Minnie Brown, 1883” California State University.

• “Minnie Ruth Brown and Augusta Brown” 1919. Valdosta State University.

• “Mr. and Mrs. Clinton T. Brown” 1905. Online Archive of California

• “Orin Brown” ca 1900. California State Library.

• “Portrait of Edna Brown” circa 1880s. Oakland Public Library.

• “Portrait of Kathleen Elise Brown, Petaluma, California, 1888” Sonoma County Library

• “Studio portrait of Daisy Brown” ca 1875. Center for Sacramento History

• “Studio portrait of Henry W. Brown” ca 1873. California State University.

• “Studio portrait of Jessie Brown” ca 1875. Center for Sacramento History

• “Studio portrait of W.B.C. Brown family members” 1880. Center for Sacramento History

• “Wesley Brown, Martha Ann Brown Meacham, and Tom Brown” The Portal to Texas History

• “William Daley Brown, San Jose Police Department Chief” History San Jose

Website clippings, blog posts, and more (no paywalls)

• “A little Brown family history” Lucas Countyan Blog

• “Brown Family: Dr. John Powell Brown” Fairmont History

• Gordon, John Steele. “The White Sheep of the Brown Family: A descendant examines her ancestry from philanthopists to slave traders” Summer 2018. PhilanthropyRoundtable.org

• “John Brown Resources” Hudson Memory

• Marshall, Brenda Sodt. “The Brown Family” Apr 1, 2013. LifeinMichigan.com

• “The Brown Family” GU272 Memory Project, American Ancestors

• “The Brown Family” Liberty Hall Historic Site

Artifacts & Mixed Media

• Brown, Samuel. “A Genealogical Table: Showing the Names, Time of birth, marriages and deaths, of the Descendants of William and Elizabeth Brown, in the male line, or those only who perpetuate the name of Brown” 1852. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Brown Family Collections, American Antiquarian Society

• Brown Family Genealogical Society (newsletter), partially available on FamilySearch

• Charlotte Browne diary, 1754-1757; 1763 - 1766, New York Heritage Digital Collections

• Portraits (The Brown Family), 1869, Eastman John

• Theo Brown Diaries, Digital WPI

Correspondence and Letters

• “Letter from John Brown to Mary E. Stearns, 1859 November 29” Tufts

• “Letter from Peter Brown to Sarah Brown, 25 June 1775” Massachusetts Historical Society

• “The John Brown Letter” CSUN University Library

Homes & Historical Markers

• “Antebellum Home: The Thomas Brown House” Old Town Franklin, TN

• “F.W. Brown House” Lead Historic Preservation

• “Historic L.B. Brown House Museum” National Trust for Historic Preservation

• “John Brown Farm State Historic Site” New York State: Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

• “Sylvanus Brown House” National Park Service

• “The Brown House Museum” The Washington County Historical Society, Sandersville, Georgia

• “The Captain David Brown House Site” National Park Service

• The John Brown Birthplace, Torrington Historical Society

• The John Brown House, The Summit County Historical Society of Akron, Ohio

• “The John Brown House Museum” The Rhode Island Historical Society

Oral Histories

• “Frances Brown Collection” Alabama. Library of Congress.

• “Lloyd Brown Collection” Library of Congress

• “Oral history interview with Jean P. Black” 1980. (audio only). The Oregon Historical Collection.

• “Vernon Alfred Brown Collection” Library of Congress

• “Vivian G. Brown Collection” Library of Congress

Books (Online & In Print)

• Brown, Cyrus Henry. “Brown Genealogy: of the Many Descendants of Thomas, John, and Eleazer Brown, sons of Thomas and Mary (Newhall) Brown of Lynn, Mass. 1628 - 1907” Boston, The Everett Press Company, 1907. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Brown, Cyrus Henry. “Vol II. Brown Genealogy: Part 1: Many of the descendants of Thomas, John, and Eleazer Brown, sons of Thomas and Mary (Newhall) Brown of Lynn, Mass (1628 - 1915); and Part II: Many of the Descendants of Charles Browne of Rowley, Mass 1647 - 1915” Boston, The Everett Press, Inc., 1915. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Brown, George Williams. “Historical Genealogy Relating to a branch of the Brown Family, Including brief history of other families” Philadelphia, 1885. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Brown, James Comly. “The Brown and Comly Families Genealogy” The American Tribune, Newark, Ohio, 1912. (Full view on Google Books)

• Brown, James Edgar. “Genealogy of the Brown Family of Prince William County, Virginia; Being a history of William Brown and seven generations of his descendants” Chicago; Press of Geo E. Brown & Co., 1898/ (Full PDF view)

• Brown, John Jordan. “The Descendants of James Brown, 1716 1922” Bloomsburg, PA, 1922. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Brown, Leon R. “300 American Ancestors of Leon R. Brown” Rochester, NY. 1952. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Brown, Rev. Richard L. “A history of the Michael Brown family of Rowan County, North Carolina, tracing its line of posterity from the original Michael Brown to the present generation..” Granite Quarry, N.C., 1921 (Full view on HathiDigital Trust)

• Brown, Thomas S., M.D. “Brown ancestors and kinsfolk: being a genealogical and historical record of his immediate and related families, from colonial days to the present” Burlington, VT., 1940. (Full view on HathiDigital Trust)

• Brown, Walter LeRoy and M. Theta Hakes Brown. “Ancestors of Florence Julia Brown and some of their Descendants” Albion, NY, 1940. (Full view on Internet Archive).

• Bryant, Blanche Brown. “The Progenitors and Descendants of Thomas Page Brown and Sarah (Sally) Parker” Springfield, Vermont. 1938. (Full view on Internet Archive).

• Burns, Annie Walker. “Cherokee Indian family history records by the name of Brown, back to 1835, in the United States”. Washington, D.C. abt. 1964. (Full view on Library of Congress)

• Daughters of the American Revolution, California Linares Chapter (San Diego). “Genealogy of Elizabeth Caroline Seymour Brown” San Diego, California. 1954. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• McAllister, Ruth Brown. “A Brown Genealogy” Denver, Colorado; 1961. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Penrose, George Hoffman, M.D. “A Genealogical record of the Brown Family” Salt Lake City, Utah, 1896. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Spooner, Ella Brown Jackson. “Brown family history, tracing the Clark Brown line” The Laurel Outlook, Laurel, Montana. 1929. (Full view on Internet Archive).

• Taylor, William Harrison. “Our family records; a genealogical record of William Brown and descendants, of America.” Pittsburgh, PA., Dermitt printing company, 1905. (Full view on HathiDigital Trust)

• Tenney, Samuel and Wallace Fay Tenney. “Genealogical Date concerning the family of Captain Edward Brown of Newbury, Massachusetts…from the Manuscript Autobiography of Samuel Tenney” Harvard University, 1913 (Full view on Google Books)

• Whitney, Charles Carrell. “Some Brown genealogy: being some of the descendants of John Brown, one of the early settlers of Reading, Mass” New York, 1897. (Full view on Internet Archive)

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Surname Search: "Davis"

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Davis surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Davis genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Davis

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Davies; David

Notable ancestors include:

• Bette Davis, actress

• Gene Davis, abstract painter

• Isaac Davis, advisor to Kamehameha I, helped form of Hawaii

• Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate

• Mildred Davis, silent film actress

• Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter

• Nancy Davis Reagan, wife of Ronald Reagan

• Virginia Davis, child actress

• Sammy Davis Jr., singer and comedian

Genealogy & family websites

• “Continuing the Saga of the Davis Siblings, Early Union Settlers” (Rootsweb)

• “Davis Family Genealogy” IrelandDavis.com

• “Davis Family History” (Rootsweb)

• “Davis Family Letters and Memorabilia” Maplebrookdavises.com

• “Davis Family Pioneers: Davis Lineage - The Amazing Story of Our Ancestral History”

• “Margaret Davis Family Website (established 10-29-00)” (Wayback Machine Link)

• “Our Family Tree” Davis-family.org.uk

• “The Davis Family History Pages” (Rootsweb)

• “The Davis Family in the Carolinas, James P. Davis”

• “The DAVIS Family of Greene County, Tennessee” Oldplaces.org

• “The Davis Family Story” (Rootsweb)

Message boards

• “Assistance with ancestor search; David Davis” History Hub Genealogy Forum

• “Davis Family from Bath” thread on British-Genealogy.com Forum

• “Davis family” thread on Rootschat

• “Davis posts” on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Davis posts” on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “George Davis/Davies” thread on Who When Where

• “Posts tagged Davis” on WikiTree

• “The Hawaii “Davis” Family” post on Genealogy.com

Social Media Groups & Societies

• “Davis Family History” Facebook group, public, 101+ members.

• “Davis Family Page” Facebook group, public, 379+ members.

• “Earl and Gladys Davis Family Group” Facebok group, public, 170+ members.

Photographs:

• “Belle R. Davis, and J.H.P. Davis, 1904” The Portal to Texas History

• “Campbell Davis, Age 85, 1936” Library of Congress

• “Captain Samuel Francis Davis and his wife Salome Eldred Davis” Connecticut Digital Archive

• “Carte d’visite: Davis, Garrett, 1801 - 1872” Library of Congress

• “Carte d’visite: Davis, Henry Winter, 1817 - 1865” Library of Congress

• “C.B. Davis” Library of Congress

• “Charles L. Davis, 1889” Library of Congress

• “Charles L. Davis family, portraits” Boulder Public Library

• “Charlotte and Ocha Davis at Shively Park Camp, 1920” Middletown Women’s History

• “Cleon Davis, circa 1920” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Darius A. Davis, 1915” Library of Congress

• “Davis, Dr., 23 June 1902” Portrait of Dr. Llewellyn F. Davis, dentist, Library of Congress

• “Davis Family: Marianne Frances Davis, Thomas Smith Davis, Mattie Davis, William White Davis” Amelia Island Museum of History

• “Davis Family Picnic, Woodlake, California, 1920’s” Online Archive of California

• “Davis, Hon. John., betw. 1891 - 1894” Library of Congress

• “Davis, Phila. Am., c 1911” Library of Congress

• “Donald D. Davis and Peggy Davis” 1939. Hennepin County Library

• “Dr. Katherine Davis, 1910” Library of Congress

• “D.W. Davis & family, 1923” Library of Congress

• “D.W. Davis, Governor of Idaho, 1918” Library of Congress

• “Earl J. Davis, Sr., Woodlake, Calif., 1920s” Online Archive of California

• “J.J. Davis, 1920” U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, Library of Congress

• “John W. Davis of West Virginia and family, 1921” Library of Congress

• “Henry G. Davis, 1904” Library of Congress

• “Home of Jefferson Davis. Three generations, 1884” Library of Congress.

• “Isaac Young Davis”, wikimedia

• “Jackson Davis, Corinne Davis” University of Virginia

• J.G. Davis, 1920” James Cox Davis, Library of Congress

• “Josh Davis family, Colfax, Washington, circa 1910” Washington Rural Heritage

• “Lucy Conant Davis and J.B. Davis, 1886” Oklahoma Historical Society

• “Maj. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis” Library of Congress

• “Mate Samuel Davis of U.S. Navy, 1865” Library of Congress

• “Mildred Davis, 1921” Library of Congress

• “Paulina W. Davis / photo by Manchester Bros.; engraved by J.C. Buttre, N.Y.” Library of Congress

• “Photograph of A.J. Davis, wife, and two children. Presumed to be a copy of “A.J. Davis with Robert & Delamater” 1888. VT Special Collections and University Archives Online.

• “Salome Eldred Davis, wife of Capt Samuel Davis, 1860” Connecticut Digital Archive

• “Theodore R. Davis, 1867” Library of Congress

• “Theo, Lucille, Ed Davis (Captain Davis’ children), ca. 1900” Amelia Island Museum of History

• “Van Davis, taken in Marblemount, Feb 29, 1907” National Park Service

• “Wedding portrait, Fletcher Davis and Roberta Hopp Davis, 1900” Texas Digital Library

Website clippings, blog posts, etc. (no paywalls)

• “Captain James Davis / Davies Genealogy” Blog

• Gaslamp Foundation “William Heath Davis - Hawaiian Heritage” 7 July 2020,

• Goodwin, Juliana. “A family’s stories: King Davis family subject of photo exhibit” Springfield News-Leader, 8 Feb 2018

• “Medal of Honor, Major George Andrew Davis, Jr., United States Air Force” Thisdayinaviation.com

• “My Davis family ancestors” 8 Aug 2022

Artifacts & Mixed Media

• Bane, Evelyn. “Wm Davis Notes”, as found on Internet Archive

• Davis, John Clement and Helen Davis Johnson. “Early Genealogy of the Davis Family” Clark University, 1950.

• “John S. Davis: Life Story” Library of Congres

• “Lucinda Davis, diary, 1874” National Park Service

• “Lucinda Davis, diary, 1896 - 97” National Park Service

• “Mrs. Margaret Davis: Original and Unedited Continuity (Life History)” 1938. Library of Congress.

• “Old Timers Stories: Mrs. Anna Potter Davis (Husband; Charles F. Davis) Interview: July 13, 1937” Interview transcript. Library of Congress.

• “Stuart Davis’s Diary, 1920 - 1922” The Morgan Library & Museum

• “The Davis Children (Eliza Cheever Davis and John Derby Davis), 1795” Painting by Edward Savage, The Smithsonian

Correspondence and Letters

• “Collection of Davis Family Letters” Henderson County TNGenWeb

• “From J.B. Davis to J. Nat Davis, September 28, 1890” Texas Tech University

• “Oliver L. Davis letter to Abraham Lincoln, dated January 30, 1865…” New York Historical Society

• “Thomas J. Davis Letter: September 1, 1862” MSU Libraries Digital Repository

Homes & Historical Markers

• “Benjamin Davis house, Davis Ave” Brookline, Massachusetts, Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• “Davis House, 3rd Street ca. 1900” Amelia Island Museum of History

• Site of the Jerome C. and Mary Chiles Davis family homestead

• “The Davis Family Historical Marker” Family of Rev. Abner Davis.

• “W.A. Davis house, ca. 1910” Digital Library of Tennessee

Oral Histories

• “Henry K. Davis Collection” Library of Congress

• “Marie Davis Oral History Interview” Oregon State Library

Offline Collections

• “The William H. Davis family film collection, 1928 - 1982” Finding aid on The Library of Congress

Books (Online & In Print)

• American Genealogical Research Institute. “Davis Family History” Washington, D.C., 1972. (Full view on)

• BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy. “The Histories & Mission Diaries of William George Davis; Histories of Esther Harrison Davis & Emily Nix Davis” (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Clark, Henry William. “A Genealogy of the Davis Family”. Montgomery, Ala., 1905. (Full view on Internet Archive).

• Davis, Captain Charles H. “Life of Charles Henry Davis, rear admiral, 1807-1877” Boston and New York. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1899. (Full view on the Library of Congress)

• Davis, Charles Henry Stanley. “The Davis family record: a monthly journal devoted to the history and genealogy of the Davis family” Multiple volumes. Meriden, Conn. 1867. (Full view on Internet Archive).

• Davis, George Henry. “Genealogy of Thomas Davis (1782 - 1846) and his Descendants” NY, Scarborough Press, 1949. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Davis, Harry Alexander. “The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America; genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania” Washington, D.C., 1927. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Davis, J.O. “The Davis Family History” Pleasant Hill, OH; 1935. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Joseph, Edna Harvey. “Davis genealogy” 1950. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Seaver, J. Montgomery and Ella L. Davis. “Davis Family History” American Historical-Genealogical Society. Philadelphia, PA. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Whitsitt, William Heth. “Genealogy of Jefferson Davis” 1908. (Full view on Internet Archive)

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Surname Search: "Johnson"

The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Johnson surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Johnson genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Johnson

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Jonson, Johnston, Janssen

Notable ancestors include:

• Andrew Johnson, vice president under Lincoln, then 17th U.S. President

• Arthur John “Jack” Johnson, first black heavyweight boxing champion

• Ben “Son” Johnson Jr, champion rodeo cowboy, stuntman, actor

• Blind Willie Johnson, Blues musician

• Claudia Alta Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson, First Lady, wife of Lyndon B. Johnson

• Dr. Samuel Johnson, English writer

• Griffith Johnson; William Johnson - possible qualifying ancestors for First Families of Maryland

• Hiram Warren Johnson, 23rd California governor, senator

• J.J. Johnson, jazz trombonist

• Lonnie Johnson, Blues musician

• Lyndon B. Johnson. 36th U.S. President

• Nicholas Johnson; Henry Johnson - possible 1587 Colonists at Roanoke

• Robert Johnson, Blues musician

• Russell David Johnson, Professor Hinkley on Gilligan’s Island

Genealogy websites

• Johnson - NY genealogy Information Page (rootsweb - still active)

• “John Johnson and Other Johnsons meet Robert Gray and His Descendants” (rootsweb)

• “Johnson Family History - Story Map”

• “Johnson Family History” (rootsweb - still active)

• “Johnson Family” Carols House (with family photos)

• “Johnson Genealogy”

• “Johnson” (rootsweb - still active)

• “Origins of the Johnston / Johnson Family” (rootsweb)

• “Our American Family” John Henry Johnson, Johnson Ancestors

• “The Johnson Genealogy” Jared L. Olarm (rootsweb - still active)

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Johnson” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Jennie Amalie Johnson” thread on History Hub Genealogy Forum

• “Johnson” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards -

• “Johnson” tagged questions on WikiTree

• “Johnson” surname on GenealogyWise

Social media groups & societies

• “Johnson Family” Facebook group, public, 551+ members.

• “Johnson Family Reunion 2024”, Facebook group, public, 302+ members.

• “The Johnson Family Reunion” Facebook group, public, 102+ members.

Photographs:

• “Daniel A. Johnson family” TESSA Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library

• “George Goodham Johnson, 1875” Online Archive of California

• “George Theodore Johnson, confirmation, 1880 - 1920” History San Jose

• “Grove L. Johnson, attorney, 1906” Center for Sacramento History

• “Johnson, Archibald, Mr., and Mr. Hiram Johnson, Jr., portrait photograph” Library of Congress

• “Johnson, Rev. J.A.” Library of Congress

• “Leontine Johnson signing court papers, Los Angeles, 1928 - 1932” UCLA Digital Library

• “Magnus Johnson & Family, 1923” Library of Congress

• “Margaret Johnson, 1932” Calisphere

• “Member of Johnson family churning butter in her home near Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1937” Library of Congress

• “Miss Mabel Johnson, 1896” Center for Sacramento History

• “Montgomery, Alabama. Marvin Johnson, truck driver, with his family.” 1943. Library of Congress

• “Mr and Mrs. Julian Johnson” UCLA Digital Library

• “Mrs. Jack Johnson, ca. 1911” California State Library

• “Mrs. Nelson Johnson in Lyon Family Album” Daviess County Historical Society & Museum

• “Nelson Johnson in Lyon Family Album” Daviess County Historical Society & Museum

• “Noble M. Johnson” UCLA Digital Library

• “Ollie Johnson and family. Anniston, Alabama, 1914.” Library of Congress

• “Peter and Ida Johnson” Online Archive of California

• “Portrait of Annie Johnson” Online Archive of California

• “Portrait of Ida W. Johnson and S.C. Johnson, ca. 1900” CSU Chico Digital Collections

• “Portrait of Nancy Maria Donaldson Johnson” Library of Congress

• “Portrait of Samuel Johnson” Online Archive of California

• “Portrait of Walter W. Johnson” Library of Congress

• “Shirley Marie Johnson and Donna Lee Johnson sit on their mother’s lap, upset over the loss of their father, Los Angeles, 1935” UCLA Digital Library

• “Walter Johnson and family, 1927” Library of Congress

Local historical or genealogical society website clippings

• Christian, John, Hayward Area Historical Society. “Hayward’s Salty History: John Johnson”

• Mapes, Ginny. “William Johnson (1784 - 1848)” Oregon Encyclopedia

• Robins, Ruby M. “The Johnson Family, pioneers in Ozark County before Civil War” White River Valley Historical Quarterly. Vol. 2, Number 5, Fall 1965.

• “The Man Himself: LBJ’s Ancestors” LBJ Presidential Library

Online news clippings or blog posts (no paywalls)

• “The Johnson Family Legacy: The Gift that Transformed a School” SC Johnson College of Business

Artifacts

• 1868 Deed from Thomas and Laura Johnson, Daviess County Historical Society

• “Johnson family Bible Records” Indiana State Library Digital Collections

• “Wallingford (Conn.) Johnsons” reprint from New-England historical and genealogical register, Oct., 1901, Library of Congress

Correspondence and Letters

• “Harlan W. Johnson letter to his mother, August 23, 1918” World War I in Ohio collection

• “Johnson Family Papers, 1858; 1862 - 1865” Virginia Military Institute

• “Letter from William Parker Johnson to Julia Johnson, November 5, 1863” Ohio University Libraries Digital Archival Collections

• “Letter to Mrs. William Sumner Johnson, 1849” National Museum of American History

Homes & Historical Markers

• Fort Johnson

• Johnson House Historic Site

• “Oliver Johnson House, 1862”

• “The Johnson House” Philadelphia

Oral Histories

• “Allan Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Bernice Johnson Oral History Interview, 1993” Oregon State University

• “Carl T. Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Desmond Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Oral history interview with Sam Johnson, 1980” audio only, Oregon Historical Society

• “Wilbur E. Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Herb Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Richard Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Clair Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Geraldine Johnson Collection” audio only. Library of Congress.

• “James Johnson Collection” Library of Congress.

• “Charles Johnson Collection” Library of Congress.

• Garlon Johnson Collection” Library of Congress.

• “Lamar Johnson Collection” audio only. Library of Congress.

• “Donald Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Paul Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Rhenard Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Richard Johnson Collection” audio only. Library of Congress

• “Richard Johnson Collection, 1936” Library of Congress

• “Martha Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Howard Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Ray Johnson Collection” audio only. Library of Congress

• “Raymond Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

• “Mace Johnson Collection” Library of Congress

Books (Online & In Print)

• Barewald, Ina Marjorie Reid. “A genealogy of the Johnson family” Tipton, Iowa. 1961. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Johnson, Abraham Malone. “Genealogy of a Branch of the Johnson Family and Connections” 1893. (Full view on Google Books)

• Johnson, Anna. “Living Record of the Olaus Johnson Family” 1927. (Full view on Google Books)

• Johnson, Alfred. “History and genealogy of one line of descent from Captain Edward Johnson: together with his English ancestry, 1500 - 1914” Salem, Mass. Higginson Book Co., 1990. (Full view on Hathidigital Trust)

• “Johnson, Edmund Roe. “Genealogy of the descendants of Captain Edmund Johnson, circa 1741 - 1812, by Edmund Roe Johnson with the collaboration of Laurence Ayres Johnson” Lyons, NY. 1954. (Full view on Hathidigital Trust)

• Johnson, George D. “Johnson Genealogy”, Leavenworth, Kansas. 1915. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Johnson, George Munn. “The genealogy of John and Ruth Johnson” Binghampton, N.Y. Barnes, Smith & Co., 1909. (Full view on Hathidigital Trust)

• Johnson, James Bowen. “The Johnson Memorial, Jeremiah Johnson and Thomazin Blanchard Johnson, his wife. An Account of their Lineage from John Alden, Thomas Blanchard, Samuel Bass, Thomas Thayer, Isaac Johnson, and James Gibbon” Washington, D.C., Howard University Print, 1895. (Full view on Google Books)

• Johnson, Frederick C. “Rev. Jacob Johnson of Wallingford, (Conn.) and Wilkes-Barre (PA)” 1904. (Full view on Library of Congress)

• Johnson, Lorand V. “The descendants of William and John Johnson, colonial Friends of Virginia” Cleveland, 1940 (Full view on Internet Archive - requires login and borrow)

• Johnson, Robert Leland. “The Ancestry of Anthony Morris Johnson, Volume VIII”. 1989. (Full view on Internet Archive - requires login and borrow)

• Johnson, Robert Winder. Sr. “The Johnson family and allied families of Lincolnshire, England; being the ancestry and posterity of Lawrence Johnson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania” Philadelpha, The Dolphin Press, 1934. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Johnson, Samuel W. “History and genealogy of the Johnson family, from Charlemagne to the present time”. Denver, Big Mountain Press, 1956. (Full view on Hathidigital Trust)

• Johnson, Shirley Ross. “Andrew Johnson of Vermont and some of his descendants” Fitchburg, Mass, 1952. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Johnson, Milas Edgar. “The Johnson pioneers of the West, Records and Histories of Ezekiel - Julia Hills Johnson” 1984. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Johnson, William W. “Johnson Genealogy: records of the Descendnats of John Johnson, of Ipswich and Andover, Mass., 1635 - 1892: with an appendix containing records of descendants of Timothy Johnson, of Andover, and poems of Johnson descendants” North Greenfield, Wisconsin, 1892. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Knobe, Damaris. “The ancestry of Grafton Johnson, with its four branches, the Johnson, the Holman, the Keen, the Morris…” 1924. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Farrand, Max. American Antiquarian Society. “The papers of the Johnson family of Connecticut” Worcester, Mass., The Society, 1913. (Full view on the Library of Congress)

• Felton, Cyrus. “The Johnson family: a brief account of some of the descendants of Wm. Johnson, who settled in Charlestown in 1634, and of his son, Jonathan Johnson, who settled in Marlborough, Mass., as early as 1662, including about all the Johnsons that have resided at Southborough” Marlboro, Stillman B. Pratt, 1879 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Paxson, Ann J. Johnson. “Memoirs of the Johnson Family: with an autobiography”, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1885. (Full view on Google Books)

• Pearson, Hilma Johnson. “John I. Johnson family, the Ola I. Levin family and related families” Svea, Minnesota. The Hart Press, 1960.

• Shepard, James. “The New Haven and Wallingford (Conn.) Johnsons” Boston, Press of D. Clapp & son, 1902. (Full view on Library of Congress).

• Stivers, Mabel P. “Lineage of Albert L. Johnson” Ansonia, Conn. 1926. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Temple, J.H. “Johnson, sketch of the Johnson family gathering: held at Southboro, Mass., June 26, 1878, and the historical address by Rev. J.H. Temple.” 1878 (Full view on Internet Archive)

Leave a note below if you would like to share relevant links to the Johnson / Johnston surname search, or get in touch with other researchers. Again, do not share any private information of your own, or belonging to anyone living. Thank you!

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