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Our Moulder/Mohlar/Mohler/Molar Family was Swiss-German
The Internet is an amazing place to do research these days! I was revisiting my Great-Great Grandmother Amanda Melvina Moulder’s ancestry this morning and found some sites that have connected me to...
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No man is an island…especially when it comes to family history!
(Roork) “No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.” – John Donne It is also true that a family historian does not operate as an isolated researcher,...
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Get a Free Digital Copy of a Moulder Genealogy
(Roork) Fredric Z. Saunders, of the Mohler-Moler-Moulder DNA Project shared a link (on Facebook) to a FREE digital copy of a handwritten genealogy by George Chester Moulder. It appears to me to be a...
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18th Century PA German Naming Customs
18th Century PA German Naming Customs You must read this information if you have German ancestry! It is too important to skip! I really learned something NEW here! It explains so much when it comes to...
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24 June 2014 is the 700th Anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn!
Robert the Bruce, I, King of Scotland (11 Jul 1274-7 Jun 1329, reigned 1306-1329) is my 21st great-grandfather…at least according to the paper trail. My Great-Grandmother Delia Bridget JACKSON, is a...
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John and Sarah (Carey) Jenney
(Hamilton/Pepper) My 10th great-grandparents were Separatists and were some of the first Pilgrims to immigrate to the New World. I will be sharing more about them in the future, but until I get to that...
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Been Soule Searchin’ Today!
(Bishop) George Soule to be exact! George Soule was a servant to Edward Winslow and came to Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower. He is my 10th great-grandfather through my Grandmother Reita Bishop. So if...
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They shot his arm off!
I have several Civil War ancestors whose bodies and general health were never the same after their time in the Civil War. I started creating a page at my blog today to remember my Civil War...
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Grandpa Roork would have been 102 today!
If my grandfather Claud Franklin Roork was still alive today, he would have been 102 years old! Grandpa was born in Grandfield, Tillman, Oklahoma on May 15, 1911. He married my Grandmother Rachel Fay...
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Are you sure your ancestor came on the Mayflower? :)
Did you know that of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower only 26 heads of families have been recognized by the Mayflower Society as having descendants? Here is an excellent article all about this at...
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Bishop Family UPDATE
(BISHOP) I have been spending some time today going through my BISHOP page. I have made corrections and lots of additions. I have a lot more to add but the page is beginning to get more complete....
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Updated my Irish Roork page
I have just updated my Irish Roork surname page. Filed under: Irish, ROORK: Tagged: ROORK:
View ArticleBiographical Sketch of John Prouty Pepper (1833-1904)
I’ve added a new page today. It is the beginning of the updated version of the biographical sketch of our great-great grandfather. Please take a look. A Biographical Sketch of John Prouty...
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I’ve got Irish bragging rights!
Today is the day to brag about your Irish ancestry and I’ve got that covered! Teresa’s Irish Immigrant Ancestors: Michael Dougherty, was born at Lifford, Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland in 1714 and...
View ArticleThe Courage of Sarah Noble
When my children were little I read this story to them, The Courage of Sarah Noble, by Alice Dalgliesh, I had no idea at the time that I and my children were related to Sarah and her father, John...
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Today is the 99th Anniversary of the Birth of My Grandma Rachel!
Rachel Faye (Sammon) Roork (1918 – 1993) Ninety-nine years ago today, on 3 May 1918, in Iola, Grimes County, Texas, a baby girl was born. Her name was Rachel Faye Sammon and she was to become my...
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