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  • Genealogia Sursilliana

    Genealogia Sursilliana Genealogia Sursilliana is an ancient genealogy project, stemming from the 1500’s. It concerns Erik Ångerman and his family, later known as Sursill, from Teg (now Umeå) Sweden. The history and the study of the family has reached almost legendary proportions. According to some current research the name Sursill was first adopted by those members of the family who moved ov...

  • Genealogia Juusteniana

    Genealogia Juusteniana====Genealogia Juusteniana is a project focusing on bourgeois Peter Juusten of Viipuri, and his descendants. Historically, family Juusten is considered as one of the most significant families in ancient Viipuri as well as on of the earliest pious families in Finland and Sweden. The known origins of the family are introduced in three generations below.======All the descenda...

  • Barnes Family

    Scope of Project To build a single, validated and documented shared family tree for the Barnes families, from earliest origins to near modern times. How to Participate Send a request to collaborate on this project and I'll add you as a collaborator. If the profile is a public profile you have edit rights to, then navigate to the profile and under "More Actions" choose "Add to project" or cl...

  • Berners Family

    The Berners Family seems to be largely descended from the Norman lord Hugh de Berners , an Anglicised version of Hugo de Bernières. There are a number of locations with that name , but this is believed to be Bernières-d'Ailly near Caen.===Aims===To track the main Berners line and try and figure out where the other Berners lines fit in and to track down the various Barnes lines that are also des...

  • Williams Family Surname Origin

    Welcome to the Williams Ancestors Family surname page. The surname Williams is a patronymic name, given usually to the 'son of William' (also Wilhelm, or Guillaume). Although with no single family to trace this name back to, Williams is thought to originate in both England and Wales, and is the second most common surname in New Zealand, third in both Wales and the United States, and fourth ...

  • Comerford Family

    Scope and aims ==Father Patrick Comerford has done a lot of research into the Comerford surname , registering it at the Guild of One Name Studies and posting his findings on his blog. He has cut through a lot of the unsubstantiated older family history and has pinpointed two origins for the name and its variants - Comberford in Staffordshire and Quemerford in Wiltshire near Calne. The Irish Com...

  • Gilbert Family

    Welcome to the Gilbert Ancestors Family surname page. English (of Norman origin) French and German: from the personal name Giselbert composed of the ancient Germanic elements gīsil ‘pledge hostage noble youth’ (see Giesel ) + berht ‘bright famous’. This personal name enjoyed considerable popularity in England during the Middle Ages partly as a result of the fame of Saint Gilbert of Sempring...

  • Doran Family

    Doran is an Irish surname that derives from Ua Deoráin ( Ó Deorain ), a shortened version of Ua Deoradháin ( Ó Deoradhain ). " Deoradh " is a Gaelic word that means "exile", "wanderer" or "stranger". The O'Doran family are known as the chief Brehon (law-makers) of Leinster. They are said to be one of the Seven Septs of Loígis, an off-shoot of the Red Branch who travelled South to defeat a Muns...

  • Doyle Family

    The Doyle surname comes from the Gaelic name O Dubhghail , which means son ("O") of the dark ("dubh") stranger ("ghall"). The Doyles in Ireland are mainly found in Wexford, Wicklow, Waterford and Carlow. ==Resources==* Doyle at House of Names* Doyle at the Surname Database* Doyle at Irish Central* Doyle on the Ancestry.co.uk forums* The Doyle Clan , for descendants of Daniel Doyle and Anne Carb...

  • Lawton Family Surname Origin

    Lawton Name Meaning habitational name, common in Lancashire and Yorkshire, from Buglawton or Church Lawton in Cheshire, or Lawton in Herefordshire, named in Old English as ‘settlement on or near a hill’, or ‘settlement by a burial mound’, from hlaw ‘hill’, ‘burial mound’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.variant spelling of Laughton.Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford Univer...

  • Meehan Family

    Scope == The surname Meehan is from the Irish Gaelic name Uí Miadhachain (oh mee-ach-awn) that derives from Miadhach , which means "honourable".There seem to be three major branches:* Uí Miadhachain - the original Meehan family that is said to be a branch of the McCarthys from Munster that settled in Country Leitrim, at Ballymeehan (then Ballaghameighan/Ballagh Meighan) and spread to the surrou...

  • Barry Family

    Notable Barrys==See also: Barry on Wikipedia* Sir Redmond Barry, KCMG, QC (1813-1880)==External links==* Barry project on FTDNA

  • Βάτος

    Ο Βάτος είναι ένα χωριό στη δυτική ακτή της Κέρκυρας κοντά σε μερικές από τις ωραιότερες παραλίες του νησιού: τους Έρμονες, τη Μυρτιώτισσα, τη Γλυφάδα και τον Κοντογιαλό. Ο Βάτος είναι χτισμένος σε μια πτυχή του βουνού του Αϊ Γιώργη, κρυμμένος από τη θάλασσα εξαιτίας του αλλοτινού φόβου των πειρατών. Αν και δεν ιστορικά ο Βάτος δεν αναφέρεται σε κάποιο επίσημο έγγραφο πριν από τον 16ο αιώνα, γύ...

  • Barry Families of South Africa

    About this project This project is designed to place all the Barry families in South Africa together to see under which progenitor they belong and to collect research information, discussions, and queries etc. There is also a Barry DNA project that can be found at www.familytreedna.com How to Participate If you have an ancestor who was a Barry Get yourself added as a collaborator Navig...

  • Gildea Family

    Scope== Gildea is an Irish surname coming from the Gaelic Mac Giolla Dhe - son ( mac ) of the servant ( giolla ) of God ( dhe ).The surname is concentrated in Donegal and Mayo, but is also commonly found down the west coast in Galway and Clare. There is a Ballykilladea in Galway and a Ballykildea in Clare.There have been suggestions that the name ultimately has its origins in the English Beniso...

  • Family History and Family Historian

    Hi all Relatives,Hope all good with you all.>>>> New Project Concerning a WEBSITE to be Created and LINKED to the Family Tree and related to the Family History, Work Status_Career-Path, Events, Photos of all Elders_Ancestors as well as Recent Photos of Family_Relatives_Friends_Acquaintances, Get-Togethers, Situations, Circumstances_Conditions and FORUM Discussions with a Separate Section Page d...

  • Brown Family Tree

    Descendants of Jimmie 'Jim' Brown & Angeline 'Angie' Brown (Ramstad)Living Brown Family Members on Facebook:

  • Dittes Family Tree

    Dittes Family Memorials: Dittes Family Members: Hanson Family Members:

  • Malbon Family

    The Malbon Family are descendants of William Malbank, First Baron of Nantwich . He arrived in Britain with Hugh Lupus in 1069 and was made one of the eight barons of the palatine county of Cheshire, gaining lands across southern Cheshire and northern Shropshire. Specifically, as the Third Baron of Nantwich had no male heirs, the Malbons descend from Philip Malbank , the younger son of the Secon...

  • Schueler Family Tree

    Descendants of Johannes Schüler (born 1672 in Neukirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland)Living Schueler Family Members Facebook Group: Family Memorials on FindAGrave:

  • Healy project

    About the Healy project==There are currently 6723 profiles with the Healy name,and 549 members who have the name in the tree.The aim of this project is to find collaborators and build the tree together.==What can you do here?==*Ask questions.*Collaborate on your research.*Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own research in a specific area.* Problem finding an ancestors , open a ...

  • Johnson Family Surname Origin

    Welcome to the Johnson Ancestors Family surname page. ==Johnson Name MeaningEnglish and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name John. As an American family name, Johnson has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University PressFrom is a ...

  • Brown Family Surname Origin

    Welcome to the Brown Ancestors Family surname page. ==

  • Jones Family Surname Origin

    Welcome to the Jones Ancestors Family surname page. ==Jones is a surname of Medieval English origins, derived from the given name John which in turn is derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan (Johanan). It is especially common in Wales and south central England.[1][2] In Ireland the surname has been Gaelicized as MacSeoin.(Source Wikipedia)All Jones Surname Families.

  • The Massey Family of England

    Source: Note:General History of the Massey's of AmericaIn 1674 a treaty was to be made with the Susquehanna tribes in Virginia and Maryland. Maryland militia was sent to aid the Virginia militia. In Virginia, governor Berkley assigned Col. John Washington (Great Grandfather of George Washington) and Major Isaac Allerton to represent Virginia. These men attacked and killed the peace party of Ind...

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