I've been spending the most time on my paernal lines lately. Updated 4.1.2007:Goodlaw, Hampton, Newton, Rogers, Trotter, Webb, Wheeler, and York from Arkansas.

Then my maternal lines:
Byrne, Cory, Cunningham, Massy/Massey, Packer, Shea who came from Ireland and England by way of Ontario, Canada and upstate New York to Leelanau, MI and then Grand Rapids, MI.

Baker, Gilbert, Gordon, Grove, Johnson / Surfling, Lapham. And Helsel, Holden, Morningstar, Porter, and Skiff, most of which ended up in the four corners of Kent County, MI at Algoma, Cannon, Courtland, and Plainfield Townships.

I have also included a page for my adoptive Great-grandfather's and half-great-uncle's family the Baileys (married a Porter) and their cluster lines (Groner, McCormac, Dunn, King, etc,) from Kent Co. back to Rhode Island. While I have done a great deal of research on many of these lines please contact me for references or further information on the lines herein. While I am very confident in a great deal of the research there are some lines that need more documentation. Also, contact me if you think I have it all wrong. There are reasons I've followed certain routes and I am always intrested in other points of view.

Additionally, due to time constratints I have not continued on some of the maternal lines on the website but have more information in my research--particularly in the case of the families in the Kent area such as the Morningstar/Helsel cluster families (McFall, Hull, Christy, Botruff, Bower, Pope, Post, Davis), or the Hamptons (Black/Mulatto), additional Newtons, Steppes, and Wilfongs of Bradley County, AR

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