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This website has come about in an effort to share with you
the research accomplished by us during the past decade. We are half-brothers who share a common
maternal lineage. We credit our
great interest in researching our family histories to our Mother and Uncle
who maintained the few photographs and written information possessed
regarding our maternal family roots.
It was a difficult task for them to expand upon their knowledge base
in those days before computers and the internet. But they were always seeking information from any appropriate
source such as elder family members.
Fortunately for us, they both were able to instill their interest in
genealogy to the next generation by exposing us to the oral, written, and
visual records they had collected. As we have both “retired” from the human rat race also
known as the “normal work week” we have dedicated our days “working” on the
intricacies of researching and maintaining the records of three distinct
families. Over time we have developed
an impressive amount of information about their paternal ancestors as
well. This website will always be UNDER CONSTRUCTION as we are
now realizing what an awesomely large task we’ve undertaken. It is our foremost desire to make it
interesting as well as educational. |
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ABOUT USING OUR WEBSITE
This website best viewed with Internet Explorer settings
This website is comprised of the following three distinct sub-sites, one each for our separate paternal lines and the other for our common maternal ancestral lineage: Bozarth, Peiffer, Quigley, Rhubart, and
allied families McVicker, Moreland, Pinnell, Scruggs, and
allied families Dellinger, Knecht, Pfeffer, Silar and
allied families These sub-sites are made up of a collection of surname pages for each direct ancestral line. These pages contain a brief family history and links to our database for more specifics regarding every direct grandfather and grandmother in that line. In addition, each page contains information regarding the origins and variations of the particular surname. Links are also provided therein to source documents, photographs, as well as websites useful for further research on the surname.
The Ancestral Locations link will take you to pages that are designed to provide you with information and additional links that you will find useful for researching the countries, states, and counties in which our direct ancestors was born, married, or died. On this page you will also find a link to the table of contents of our Ancestral Location Photos & Images galleries that contain images from many counties and localities. Links to appropriate locations are also found on the web pages dedicated to each of our direct ancestral surnames. We have set up this website on the assumption that you are
researching a particular family surname.
As such we suggest that you begin your research by using the link to
our Surname Locator &
Resources webpage. The alphabetical links on that
page will take you to an updated listing of all surnames as posted at our
three databases on the Rootsweb WorldConnect Project. This page also features five surname
resource links found at Rootsweb.com as well as many resource
to bew found at a wide variety of other websites.
Researching
our War Veterans,
has been designed to provide researchers with information we feel is a must
when looking for ancestors who were veterans of America’s wars. At this web page you will find basic
accounts and supplementary information for of each of the eleven most
important American war periods. In addition there are links to additional U.
S. Military websites of a broad nature can be found in a dedicated section
near the end of this page. There is
also a section that is linked to the U.S. Military Records Research Outline
on the Family Search website. This
outline introduces strategies and records that can help one to learn more
about ancestors who served in the United States military. Immigrant Ancestors: Research & Resources has been designed to
assist you with the tracking of your immigrant ancestors. On this web page you will find information
on search strategies for tracing your immigrant origins. In addition there are lists of informative
websites where one can find facts on immigration and naturalization, records,
as well as ship, passenger & crew lists. During the month of April 2006 we availed
ourselves of an unprecedented opportunity to take a genealogy research trip from
one end of the USA to the other and back.
Over the course of our 30-day journey we visited with friends,
relatives, and gen-cousins while traveling over 8,200 miles through
twenty-seven of the lower forty-eight states. Along the way we sought out countless ancestral locations and
what we refer to as “gen-sites”. By
the end of our journey we had visited six libraries, four historical
societies, two museums, six county courthouses, and many cemeteries. Read about our daily experiences at Our 2006 Coast-to-Coast Genealogy Trip. Our Library of Genealogy Reference Books is dedicated to the
compilation of books that have shown to be of value in the furtherance of research into
the families names identified within the three sub-sites of this
website. The collection is primarily
derived from Google Book Search, and the Family Search Book Collection both FREE
access websites, as well as Ancestry.com a subscription site. The link to Our Genealogy Research Tool-Kit will take you to the pages
dedicated to the purpose of providing you with the some of the important tools needed
for organizing and evaluating your research. In an effort to maintain most of our
research in an “electronic” rather than “paper” system we have designed a
wide variety of electronic forms and logs that you may find useful. Websites We Like will provide you with the
links to a wide variety of websites covering topics such as, cemeteries,
census information, genealogical societies, history, libraries, military,
maps, land records, research and writing aids. We’ve also provided links to some familiar sites such as LDS
Family Search, USGenWeb, Genealogy.com, Ancestry.com, and Cyndi’s List. Historic American Roads and Migration Routes has been
created in an effort to enhance the family historian’s knowledge base of the
network of trails, and routes pioneers traveled as they migrated from the
eastern coast to the interior of the American continent. We believe that this will assist in the
tracing of your own family’s paths back into American history which in turn
can prove crucial in identifying previous generations and eventually,
figuring out where and how they arrived in the New World. All
family historians are faced with ever-growing expectations for genealogical
accuracy and reliability. As such we
believe it appropriate to add a link to the National Genealogical Society (NGS) Standards and
Guidelines. We highly recommend that our visitors read the standards concerning
the sharing of information with others, use of technology in genealogical
research, maintaining sound research practices, and the guidelines for
genealogical self-improvement and growth.
The
complete family trees for each of our three databases have been posted at “WORLDCONNECT
on ROOTSWEB” the following three links have been provided to take you to that
location outside of this particular website: My
Paternal Ancestors: Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart and allied families; Our
Maternal Ancestors: McVicker; Moreland; Pinnell; Scruggs and allied families; My
Paternal Ancestors: Dellinger; Knecht; Pfeffer; Silar and allied families. You may
use this link to review the index of each tree, view citations of our data,
and develop descendant and pedigree charts, as well as post notes regarding
any possible flaws found in our research. These databases are updated about
every three months. |
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Pony Express: Tom |
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Snail mail: Fred
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