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John Jacob Holtzclaw , who immigrated from Prussia to Virginia. is my 7th great grandfather. There is a lot of clean up work to do in this area, and I'd love help from any interested parties.= About Holtclaw =The HOLTZCLAWs were among the GERMANNA Colonists of Virginia. Branches later went into KY and beyond, a common migration pattern. For an overview of the Germanna colonies and the settlers,...
Conecuh County was established by Alabama on February 13, 1818. Some of its territory was taken in 1868 by the Republican state legislature during the Reconstruction era to establish Escambia County. Located in the coastal plain, 19th century Conecuh County was an area of plantations and cotton cultivation, and it is still quite rural today. Thousands of African American residents left in the 1...
Image right - Boy ploughing at Dr. Barnardo's Industrial Farm, Russell, Manitoba, 1900. In 2010, the photo was reproduced on a Canadian postage stamp commemorating Home Children emigration. ===== Image right - Collections Canada Public Domain, Wiki Commons Child emigration was undertaken by religious and charitable organisations. One of the earliest of these being The Children's Friend Society ...
Who are the Ulster Scots? The Ulster Scots are an ethnic group in Ireland, descended from Lowland Scots and English from the border of those two countries, many from the "Border Reivers" culture. These people first began to occupy Ireland in large numbers with the Plantation of Ulster, a planned process of colonisation which took place under the auspices of James VI of Scotland and I of Engla...
Abandoning America Abandoning America Abandoning America is a project focusing on the history of those Great Migration immigrants to New England who returned permanently to England. As a starting point we refer to the research of Susan Hardman Moore, Abandoning America: Life-stories from early New England (Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: The Boydell Press, 2013) and integrate it into the GENI world tr...
New England Planters : those who responded to British Empire calls to populate Nova Scotia and New Brunswick starting circa 1765. Timeline: '1755 - The Acadian Deportation begins. 12 October 1758 - The first proclamation is sent out by Lieutenant General Lawrence calling for New England immigrants to send settlement inquiries for the available Acadian lands of Nova Scotia. 11 January 1759 - The...
The purpose of this project is to help identify the profiles of Eliot and related families whose portions of the tree need to be fixed. There are several family trees and genealogies who have used erroneous sources based on some visitations.For a point of reference I have uploaded the article, Ancestry of Bennet Eliot of Nazeing, Essex, Father of Seven Great Immigrants to Massachusetts , writte...
Chinese and Asian settlement in AustraliaThe history of Chinese Australians provides a unique chapter in the history of Australia. The country has a long history of contact with China, some of which may even predate Captain Cook's arrival in the 18th century. Chinese peoples are now considered to be the oldest continuous immigrants to Australia outside of those from Great Britain. However it wa...
Old Van Cortlandtville Cemetery resides in Van Cortlandtville, Westchester County, New York. Also known as Old VanCortlandtville Cemetery and Saint Peters Cemetery, this historic cemetery's earliest burials date from the 1730s. The cemetery is active. "This cemetery is located at the intersection of Locust Ave and Oregon Road in Cortlandt Manor. There are several historic roadside markers arou...
Royal Ancestry of Thomas Hussey of MD and Elizabeth (Hussey) Scott of MA ==The following notes were presented by Nathan W. Murphy, MA, AG, FASG The latest issues of The American Genealogist establish two new gateways: Elizabeth (Hussey) Scott of Boston, Massachusetts and Thomas Hussey of Charles County, Maryland. They were first cousins. Their paternal grandparents are listed in Douglas's Royal...
Welcome to the "special" Clan Donalds with lines connected to Egypt (date of haplo around 500 to 1100 years- ybp) with links to the British Isles. Revised- E-FT405608. STR links to ESK1733 (dated around 5000 ybp) - Orkney and Collins family names- also connected to the British Isles. As to ESK 1733 - see belowTerminal SNPs SK1733,Y131307,BY3571Origin North AfricaThis haplotype either entered Gr...
This project is for the Koenig family originating in Central Europe.The frame of this project is take from the House of Names website section on Koenig Surname History .==Koenig Surname History==* Koenig Family History Koenig, King, Konnig, de Koenig==Koenig Early Origins====Koenig Early History====Koenig Early Notables====The Great Migration====Surname Notables: some noteworthy people of the K...
Particularly in the years after 1630, Puritans left for New England, supporting the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and other settlements. The large-scale Puritan emigration to New England then ceased, by 1641, with around 21,000 having moved across the Atlantic. This English-speaking population in America did not all consist of colonists, since many returned, but produced more than 16...
This project is a portal to U.S. migration projects that focus on the movement West and the trails they used. Do not add individual profiles to the project. Add them to the appropriate sub-project.== Historic Trails ==Historic trails include:* Bozeman Trail* California Trail, 5,665 miles* El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail, 404 miles* El Camino Real de los Tejas National H...
Poles are the second largest ethnic group in Michigan (Detroit and Grand Rapids area) and have been a significant part of the history of Detroit and the state of Michigan. The first Polish mass migration took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries following years of aggression and occupation by its neighbors. During that time about 2.5 million ethnic Poles came to the United States in ...
My Autosomal DNA Matches My mtDNA matches Table of Contents DNA Proven Genealogy Raymond D. Parker Edith McBride Triangulation Marsha Parker Morrow Eva Goodwin Sarah McKim (Webster) Goodwin Private Carter
Yli miljoona suomalaista on muuttanut ulkomaille pysyvästi. Osa siirtolaisista on myös palannut takaisin. Suurimmat siirtolaisuuden kohdemaat ovat Ruotsi, Yhdysvallat, Kanada ja Australia. Tämän projektin tarkoituksena on koota yhteen suomalaisten siirtolaisten profiilit Genissä. Olethan tarkkana, ettet lisää siirtolaisten jälkeläisiä projektiprofiileiksi – projekti on vain Suomesta lähteneiden...
Please add your Scots Ancestors that also immigrated from Scotland to the US. Add all Scots-Irish and Irish ancestors so we can track their migration and work together and research their migration through America, Canada, and Novia Scotia. You’re welcome to add and edit our page as well. Scots-Irish is the American term referring to settlers who were born in or resided in Ireland, they have a...
Burke County is an original county of Georgia, created February 5, 1777, and named for English political writer, Right Hon. Edmund Burke , a Member of Parliament in the Whig Party who favored conciliation with the colonies. In 1779, Col. John Twiggs and brothers Col. William Few and Benjamin Few, along with 250 men, defeated British in the Battle of Burke Jail. Burke County is located within t...
WORK IN PROGRESS=======Hyperlinks refer to Wikipedia pages where more information can be found=====.==Motives==* Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a Cultural History) From Library Journal This cultural history explains the European settlement of the United States as voluntary migrations from four English cultural centers. Families of zealous, literate Puritan yeomen and ...
Clan Maclean is a Highland Scottish clan. They are one of the oldest clans in the Highlands and owned large tracts of land in Argyll as well as the Inner Hebrides. Many early MacLean’s became famous for their honor, strength and courage in battle. They were involved in many clan skirmishes with the MacKinnons, Camerons, MacDonalds and Campbells. They were fierce Jacobites fighting in all of the...
Edward Riggs and his family were part of the Great Migration and were among the very early settlers in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts . A number of other families, all from Nazeig, Essexwere County, England had settled there, and were collectively called the Nazeing Christians . Roxbury, which was a separate township on the outskirts of Boston, is now part of the city of Boston. Notable...
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . =The state of Maine is the northernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Maine is the 39th most extensive and the 41st most populous of the U.S. states and territories. It is bordered by New Hampshire to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the north. Maine...
Hello,In this project You are welcome to for participate, co-operate and helping in researching.If you are interested in participating or want to become part of this project - just join this project (select ACTIONS (upper right) and click 'Join Project' )This is the subproject of the* Culic project, Related to Family Culic (Čulić) from Split, Kaštel Sućurac, Croatia* Migration Portal * Surname ...
WORK IN PROGRESS==========< BACK =====* Immigration into Africa * Immigration into Asia * Immigration into Australasia * Immigration into the Americas .In the period 1600-1800, immigratory flows followed a logical sequence of events:* Discovery* Exploration* Settlement* Colonization This process was usually characterized with the subduement of native peoples.Many factors have influenced the cho...