This site is currently under construction and contains an everyname index for The Sias Family in America by Azariah Boody Sias as well as information from other branches of my family.
I am currently working on expanding the website and working on rebuilding my lost genealogy files. Please check my orphaned site for additional information I have online.
Also note I am using a very old software program to create these pages. If you find problems with the pages, please let me know.
Book jacket from The Sias Family in America
Inside front cover map from The Sias Family in America
This website is the result of an
extraordinary bit of luck that brought me a copy of the book, The
Sias Family in America, by Azariah Boody Sias, many hours of
painstaking work, and a deep desire to contribute in some small
way to the vision A. B. Sias had of sharing with all family
members the story of the Sias families in America. It is also a
result of Ancestry.com's policy of making Family
Tree Maker uploaded information only viewable by invited
individuals or deluxe membership subscribers. Shame on
them. If you wish to view my Ancestry.com tree with its
many source links please contact me and I will email you an invite.
The story of the Sias families is very much the story of America.
"They came to America during the latter half of the
seventeenth century to gain both political and religious freedom,
They were determined, hard working, patriotic citizens. They did
their daily work well and minded their own business. They were,
as a rule, quiet and unassuming; more anxious to get the job done
than to get the credit for doing it. But if anyone started to
interfere with their liberty, they were ready to fight. You will
find them doing their duty to their chosen country from the
Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 to World War II."
(Introduction)
The purpose of this website is to make a place where the
information found by various researchers can be contributed and
shared. In this age of electronic information it is easy for
misinformation to be perpetuated over and over, while true gems
of information are kept quietly waiting to shine in a box of old
letters and photographs. An electronic repository of work, living
and growing, seems a natural continuation of Azariah Boody Sias'
work. He himself saw his book as unfinished acknowledging that
"Many names have been omitted and much valuable family
history is lacking, not intentionally, but because the material
could not be found. Many errors in spelling will be discovered,
many dates will be wrong, family relationships and ancestral
lines, in some cases, may be incorrect. . . .If you can report
new names, whole families, or valuable history, please send the
material immediately. Much valuable material is being lost to us
every year because the older people who know, are leaving us. . .
. The reason this incomplete work, with all its errors and
omissions, is being rushed to the printer now, is that the
compiler fears that even now something may happen before the
material now available can be preserved in book form and sent to
members of the family and to libraries for permanent
record." (p. 647) This site is dedicated to sharing family
resources and information for the many fine families with the
Sias surname whether they are directly related to each other or
not.
The Everyname Index contains every person listed in The Sias Family in America by Azariah Boody Sias (Vol. I) as well as individuals not listed in the book. Names with page numbers are from the book and may or may not be related. Some birth years, locations, and spouses are included in the index to make it easier to find your person. This index differs from the book index in that it lists each individual separately while the book lists each name separately with no indication there are 3 people with that name.
Some names are linked to family pages that include information about the individuals and their families. Pictures, additional information, and census records that are not in The Sias Family in America (TSFIA) are included on the family page. Facts on the family page with no source listed come from TSFIA. Information that may pertain to individuals still living will not be put on the family pages.
Contributions are always welcome. If you are related to one of these families and have additional information, letters, photos, family stories or facts please consider sharing. Contributers are acknowledged next to the items they share unless they ask to remain anonymous. Please remember--no information about living individuals.
Corrections to any information I have posted are very welcome.
Please send sources for all facts and family stories. Great-aunt Tillie's letter to Great-gram, and Uncle Harold's reminisces do count as sources, just let me know that is where you got your info.
If you have webpages you would like linked to this site I would be happy to link to them.
Please send all correspondence to Susan Bradley
© 2008 Susan Bradley, site and background
image. All contributed material copyrighted by original authors,
owners, contributors.