Surname Search: "Miller"

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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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