The Genealogical History of The Wood, Waldspurger, Kolek, Davis and Extended Families
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WEBSITE IS UNDER CONSTANT CONSTRUCTION!
WELCOME TO THE GENEALOGY OF THE WOOD, WALDSPURGER, KOLEK AND EXTENDED FAMILIES! I have been working on genealogy research off and on since the summer of 1999, when my mother's first cousin (an amateur genealogist herself) got me hooked onto the idea by giving me a simple little list of ancestors she had made. Since then, I have gathered many hundreds of relatives and ancestors, as well as some history behind them and the places that they have been. I am now venturing into my husband's genealogy as well and am helping others who have started to do their own research.
There are no living individuals to my knowledge in this website nor in the databases listed below (unless I have received permission from that individual). If you find that your name is one of those places (other than saying "LIVING") and you want it removed, please contact me and I will try to remove it immediately.
My Family Tree Research
I have information on these surnames and localities in these pages - TO ACCESS MY WORLDCONNECT DATABASES, CLICK HERE
- BUPP - from York County and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- COX - from Philadelphia County and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (and possibly Lackawanna County as well)
- CYRUS - from various counties in West Virginia and Virginia
- DAVIS - from Kanawha and Putnam Counties, West Virginia and Cumberland County, Virginia
- HANS - from Wibolshiem, Alsace, France and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- GURETSE - from Westphalia, Germany, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- KOLEK - from Poland and Chicago, Illinois
- HAGER - from Bucks County, Lehigh County and Montgomery County,Pennsylvania
- HUMPHREYS - from New Jersey and Maryland
- MILLER - from Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- PFEIFFER - from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and Wurttemberg, Germany
- ROBBINS - from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- SPERRY - from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- TATEM - from Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties, Pennsylvania
- VAUTIER - From Muese and Paris, France and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- WALDSPURGER - from Erstein, Alsace, France, and Philadelphia County and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania
- WOOD - from Cumberland and Salem Counties, New Jersey and Allegheny and Fayette Counties, Pennsylvania - this is the ABINAH WOOD FAMILY
Links on this site:
- EASTERN PENNSYLVANIAN HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
- The history collected here has to do mainly with the area of Montgomery, Bucks, Lehigh, and Philadelphia Counties. Of particular interest is the Hatfield Train Wreck of September, 1900, tombstone photos from a few cemeteries, and old photographs from Lansdale and its surrounding areas.
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- WESTERN PENNSYLVANIAN HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
- The history collected here has mainly to do with Allegheny county, particularly the area surrounding Pittsburgh. Of particular interest is the Civil War Battlefield Tour of battles in which two local Civil War regiments saw action.
- VETERANS AND SOLDIERS IN THE WOOD, WALDSPURGER, KOLEK AND EXTENDED FAMILIES
- A listing of those members of the family who have served the United States in some capacity. Photographs are also included for some members.
- PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE WOOD, WALDSPURGER, KOLEK AND EXTENDED FAMILIES
- I have posted photographs for a number of people listed in my data base at this link. There are family photograph pages for BUPP, KOLEK, GURETSE (ADDED 01/2012), VAUTIER, WALDSPURGER, and WOOD currently.
- BIOGRAPHIES OF VARIOUS NOTABLE ANCESTORS OF THE WOOD, WALDSPURGER, KOLEK AND EXTENDED FAMILIES
- A listing of some of the biographies I have written for some of my more notable ancestors. Surnames included so far: BUPP, CHAPMAN, HUMPHREYS (ADDED 01/2012), SHEETS, VAUTIER, WALDSPURGER, and WOOD
Blog posts I have done on genealogy:
How to get started researching your family tree - a good reference point to help you get started if you are at a lost where to begin researching your genealogical history
Sourcing Genealogical Information - helpful hints and tips on sourcing information that is used in family tree research
Old family photographs can be a treasure trove of wealth - Tips on how to use old photographs in your research
Brick walls are an inevitable part of any research - tips on how to overcome some of the brick walls in genealogy
Finding the Family Skeletons - a discussion on the black sheep in the family tree
Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker 2012 - a semi-review on these two products
The Big Project: The Abinah Wood Descendant Project - my big genealogy project that I am working on.
This page and its contents belong to the site owner, Kelley Wood-Davis, unless otherwise noted. To contact her, please email her at k e l i t a w o o d @ g m a i l . c o m but remove the spaces (this is to cut down on spam). To find out more about her, visit her blog.
This website is the property of the site owner, Kelley Wood-Davis - the information itself, however, does not belong to one person in particular. All of its contents are a compilation of research done by the site owner with help from various family members and other researchers. If you have a family to add to this site or any information to offer, please contact the site owner. If you would like more information on a family, please contact the site owner as well. (NOTE: There is no more information past what is already posted on this site for some individuals!)
Last updated 03 February 2012 by Kelley Wood-Davis - Site created December 2003