I've started a page with my previous introductions to this site, it's kind of a way to record my journey into our family tree. If you are interested in reading them, visit Baker Family Roots Diary

Updated 10-6-2008

We started our summer trip in May with a trip to Kristin's in New Mexico. Her Medical Board was the middle of May in San Antonio, Texas, so we were on the road again, this time with her dog Pandora along for the ride. We arrived 2 days before Kristin flew in for the board. The weather was hot and humid, not my idea of a good time. 2 weeks later we were back in New Mexico. We were able to celebate Kristin's 26th birthday and then were on the road again, this time heading for Salt Lake City and the wedding of my best friends son. It was wonderful for all of us to get to celebrate with the bridal couple.

We had planned to spend a couple weeks in Salt Lake City so I could do research at the Family History Center. Our couple weeks ended up being 6 weeks. We had electrical trouble with the shore power in the Motorhome and it took quite a while to track down what was wrong and get it fixed. I didn't really mind as I was able to go to the Family History Library almost every day. Talk about a researchers dream, I was able to gather tons of data, now I have to sift thru everything I found.

The middle of July we headed for Colorado Spring and spend the next couple weeks relaxing and visiting with my mom in Colorado Springs. We also spent time with Tony's brother and his wife and got to visit my brother's new house in South Denver. Then it was back down to New Mexico to help Kristin get her house ready for the movers. Yeah! She finally got a discharge date from the Air Force. Just in time too, we were scheduled to go an Alaskan Cruise the middle of September.

We made it back to California September 1st with 12 days left until the cruise, it was unpack the summer things and repack for Alaska. Our cruise on Royal Caribbean's Seranade of the Seas was awesome. We had 2 suite cabins with huge balconies and a private concierge lounge. We visited Icy Straights Point and flew down a zip line from the top of a mountain to the beach. Next it was the Hubbard Glacier and a Champange Brunch. Then our next stop was Skagaway with a trip up White Pass into Canada. Our final stop was in the Capital City of Juneau. In between shore excursions we had a great time on the ship with a mystery dinner, trips to the spa and fun and games. The trip was wonderful and I wish it would never end, we'd love to go back someday and tour the interior of Alaska as well as Anchorage and Fairbanks.

Now that I'm back and settled in for the next few months, it's time to review the information from Salt Lake City and get to work on the family tree. I've recently received an email from a cousin who is working to correct errors a well meaning Aunt made on our Davis/Jacobs lines. Sarah Jacobs has been connected to the wrong parents, hopefully we will be able to sort this out. For the time being I've removed data on Sarah Jacobs connection to the Mayflower lines of Richard Warren and to the Joslin family of England.

Also in the works in DNA testing on our Trimbath lines. Many thanks to cousin Charles for his contribution. Earlier in the year I recieved an email from Robert Trimbath who had been told of story of his great-grandfather befriending a young man "Charles" who worked at the mines with him. The great-grandfather took young Charles under his wing since he had no family in the states. Roberts dad said Charles last name was very hard to pronounce, and the paymaster at the mine started calling him Trimbath since the two men were always together. This fits with the family lore that Grandpa Trimbath got his name at the mines when they started calling him Charlie Trimbath. I'm hoping that when the DNA testing comes in we can narrow down a geographic area that the family came from.

Alexander Baker Boston 1635

I've created a page dedicated to our direct Baker Ancestors beginning with Alexander Baker the 1st Baker in our line in America. On this page linked above, I begin with Alexander who came from London in 1635 with his wife and 2 daughters. I'm outlining each generation and including as much souce information as possible. I'm also working to correct a long standing error, for years it had been believed that Alexander's wife was Elizabeth Farrar, Flourney or Flurnoy. This has been proven to be false and you can read more about why on Alexander Baker and Elizabeth Farrar

While searching into the Baker origins I found a DNA group of Baker descendants who are researching their male Y DNA back to their oldest identifiable ancestor. Tony had his Y DNA tested and we have identified several cousins and have linked back to Alexander Baker who came to Boston in 1635. You can find out more about this group at Baker Ancestors. We are a yahoo group and you can read messages on the website or join the group and have messages sent directly to your email account. If you are male Baker who would like to join our DNA group please visit Baker DNA Website, we'd love to have you join us.

Trimbath / Buksar / Hruby / Medleck

Tower Hill #1

My trip to Republic several years ago turned up several new clues into my search for my father's family. I made lots of new memories, visited churches, cemeteries and came home with copies of pictures and documents dating back into the 1930's. I've put together a special page about the families who left their homelands in Austria/Hungary to settle in the coal mining "patches". Life was hard but promised a future to those who survived to come to America for a better life. Please take a minute to visit Patches of Fayette County and learn a little about these hardworking people.

On my grandmothers side, I was able to find out more about her Slovak roots. Then shortly after we returned home I received a letter in the mail from one of the churches my great grandparents attended. We visited them while we were there and spoke with the parish secretaries. Enclosed were four baptism records. Three for my grandmother's brother and his wife's children and 1 for my great grandparents following the birth of their youngest child. This one piece of paper contained the clue I had been waiting for, the birth villages of my great grandparents. They were from Markusovce and Lieskovany, Spis, Slovakia. I've learned a lot about the area and checked out the church records. Please take a look at my web page all about the area, you can reach it at: Markusovce, Spis, Slovakia.

English Roots

My husband's lines are just loaded with English ancestors. Lucky dog, he has tons of colonial roots, me I'm a third generation American on both my mother and fathers lines, makes it a little harder to trace. Check out this new page to find more about how the English settled the United States and perhaps find a English ancestor or two of your own. I have included information on Ridgeway.

Bukovina to America

Click the link above to view my page dedicated to the Bukovina-Germans who left their German homelands to emigrate to Bukovina and then on to the America. It is an honor for me to say that I can claim such a rich heritage.

Bionaz Valle D'Aosta Italy

BIONAZ / BOCHE