aker Family Roots
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
Last summers trip started the middle of May with a trip to the Grand Canyon, we've driving by the area many times but had never visited. The view from the Canyon is amazing, we thoroughly enjoyed our trip. The only down fall was that Kristin was not able to join us, her leave was cancelled. We then decided to visit her in New Mexico before heading east to Memphis and Nashville. Kristin was still having problems with her wrist, (she fracture the scaphoid bone in 2004), since her surgery in December 2004 she has had on-going pain and loss of feeling in her fingers. The Air Force has decided to send her to a medical board to either discharger her or re-classifcation. We spent the summer in New Mexico with her going to medical appointment and finding a hand surgeon to treat her condition. A second surgery was recommended to help control the pain. The doctor did report, unfortunately, that the numbness and lack of feeling in her fingers is going to be permanent.
We were able to leave New Mexico the end of August and spent 3 weeks in Colorado Springs visiting with my mother and brothers. It was nice to have cooler weather, the summer temps in New Mexico weren't as hot as the deserets of California but close. We had a great time and we're looking forward to my mom visiting us in California for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I was finally able to plan some genealogy research this trip and we took off for Salt Lake City the end of September. It was awesome 7 days of research at the Family History Library, I spent 9 plus hours a day looking a microfilms and books. My research focused on the Baker lines in Connecticut especially the Land and Probate records. I found several documents cementing the connection between Benjamin Baker of Fairfield, CT and Benjamin Baker of New London, CT (son of Joshua Baker) I'm currently working to trascribe the old and hard to read handwritting but the connection is there. This is the paper source to back up the DNA results that we are descendants of Alexander Baker of Boston, Massachusetts. I was also able to locate records to help a cousin unlock and brick wall from his ancestor Rufus Baker back to Alexander, boy was he happy to get copies of those wills and deeds.
We arrived back home in late October and began making plans for 2008, our big trip won't be in our RV but rather on a cruise. In the fall we are having a family reunion during a 7 day Alaska Cruise. My mother is going to be able to have all her children, their spouses and 3 of her grandchildren together to celebrate and see Alaska too. We all are excited and looking forward to the trip. For RV travel this year we are going to Salt Lake City the end of May to visit the Family History Center Library and attend the wedding of my best friends oldest son. The happy couple will be sealed in the Bountiful Temple.
My genealogy is still going strong and taking many directions, however I am still focused on DNA genealogy. One day while surfing I ran across the Baker DNA Website. There I found a group of Baker descendants researching their male Y DNA back to their oldest identifiable ancestor. Tony had his Y DNA tested and we are in the process of matching up with several cousins. The group also has a yahoo message group at Baker Ancestors. Here we meet to share information and find out about upcoming DNA tests. I've decided to put together a new webpage with data on the direct Baker lines from Tony back to Benjamin Baker born in 1685 in Connecticut. I'm working to find the link between Benjamin and Alexander Baker who emigrated from London in 1635. The beginnings of this website can be found at Baker Direct Ancestors. I plan to include information on each generation of Baker men along with source data.
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 two lines Ridgeway and Josselyn. Check out our surname page for others including Avery, Baker, Beal and Coley
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
Netherlands to New York "Our Dutch Connection"
The Bodine Family Tree
I think I was on the wrong track with this Bodine family so I've pulled the webpage about them and I'm directing everyone to Dave Bodine's wonderful website. Just click the link above. Mary Ann Bodine Martin is still from New Jersey, but I'm not sure about her parents. This is one puzzle that needs more work.
Our Mayflower Family Lines
WARREN / LITTLE / JONES / BEAL / JACOBS / DAVIS / EMERY / STARKEY / MINER / HUYCK / BAKER
This line begins with Richard Warren of England. He sailed on the Mayflower making landfall 11 November 1620. Richard travel alone but later sent for his wife Elizabeth and his 5 daughters, who arrived on the Queen Anne. Richard and Elizabeth's daughter Anna married Thomas Little in 1633. My husband Tony is Richard and Elizabeth's 11th great grandson.
COOKE / MITCHELL / WASHBURN / LEACH / HOWE / HUYCK / BAKER
Francis Cooke and his son John came to America with the first group of Separatists on the Mayflower in 1620. Previously he had arrived in Holland as early as 1603, and he was or became a member of the congregation of Clyfton/Robinson Separatists who came from Scrooby, England to Leyden, Holland. His daughter Jane came to America with her mother on the Anne in 1623. Jane Cooke married Experience Mitchell and their daughter Elizabeth married John Washburn. My husband Tony is Francis Cooke and Hester Mahieu 11th great grandson.
CHILTON / WINSLOW / LATHAM / WASHBURN / LEACH / HOWE / HUYCK / BAKER
Mary Chilton came on the Mayflower at the young age of 13, and popular legend gives her the distinction of being the first female to step ashore at Plymouth. Her father James Chilton died 18 Dec 1620 aboard the Mayflower in Cape Cod Harbor. This line descends down to Hannah Latham who married Joseph Washburn a descendant of Francis Cooke. My husband Tony is Mary Chilton and John Winslow's 10th great grandson.
Recently I've worked on my mothers German lines. I have a link above to my pages about these Bukovina Germans who in my family came to Ellis, Kansas in the late 1800's. Above on the left are my great grandparents Friedrich Koenig (King) and Bertha Schoenthaler in front of their homestead outside of Ellis. On the right side are my great grandparents John J. Armbruster and Susanne Armbruster, in front of their home near Ellis.
Baker Family Surnames
Link to my surname webpages, here you will find over 600 years of our family tree. Our Tree currently contains 10662 individuals, in 3645 family groups. If you find a connection or a correction, please contact me, I'd love to hear from you
Roots Mailing Lists
In case you haven't heard the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints has placed their family files on the internet! Researching your family just got easier. Check out their online pages at Family Search. From these pages you can check out the IGI (International Genealogical Index and Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource File and also the Family History Library Catalog. Recently they've added a census section including the US 1880 census.
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