Resources

Welcome to my Resource Page
Here you will find additional information and links. I began my own family research almost 20 years ago but only got serious about around 2010. I have now compiled a substantial data base of information on many of the lines of my family. I will just be displaying a sampling of that information. If you want more, I am happy to share, just leave me a comment on one of my posts or click on the contact button below.



For insight into my philosophy on family history and my approach to this blog read these posts:
Ancestral Gleanings
Some of the significant ancestral names in my family are: Bilse, Bliss, Buell, Bunnell, Chapin, Dibble, Ebersold, Field, Goldner, Goth, Grandt, Griffin, Hayes, Hermann, Holcomb(e), Hollister, Jarvis, Kahl, Meyer, Moe, Morse, Nevin, O'Neil, Ostenberg, Oswald, Pazel, Penny, Peterson, Roth, Scott, Wheaton, Wilcockson, Wilderman, and Zweifel.

My ancestors lived in Dorchester (Boston), Massachusetts Bay Colony; Hartford County at Windsor, Poquonock, Salmon Brook and Granby in the Colony of Connecticut; western New York in the towns of Bloomfield and Hartland; Eastern Michigan in Macomb, Lapeer and Monroe Counties; Southern Wisconsin in Green County (in the towns and villages of Adams, Monroe, New Glarus and  Washington) and Dane County (in the towns and villages of Blue Mounds, Middleton, Mount Horeb and Verona).

My ancestor, Thomas Holcombe of Windsor, Connecticut had a son named Nathaniel, who also had a son named Nathaniel, who also had a son named Nathaniel.

Ancestral Records
Census reports, vital records, family histories, county histories, genealogy reports, personal family stories, photographs, maps, and other information. I am happy to share. To contact me, use the "Contact us" button at the top of this page.
  • As of July 2024: 3300 Documents.
Some Good Links

The Big Websites
Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org continue to add information and over the last 10 years and have become vast databases with a wealth of information. Ancestry is subscription based so will pay for that access but Family Search is free. I highly recommend both of them. 
  • Find-A-Grave is now part of Ancestry but it is still free (hopefully forever). This site has also expended thanks to hundreds of volunteers that document the burial sites, take photos, and add other valuable information to the record. Keep in mind, that the information sometime contains errors. I recently looked at one of my Great Grandfather's information and found it in error. The good news is you can propose corrections. In my case, the folks that are assigned that record were very responsive and made corrections for me. You can also add information such as photographs and connections. 
  • At Family Search, keep on mind that the 'Family Trees' are often created by individual members (some are private but many or public and open to all). While most of the information found on these trees is accurate and often includes source information, I have found some errors so be sure to verify with other sources before you take that information as fact. 
  • GeneolgyBank is a site I recently discovered that has a lot of good information. They have a data base of newspaper articles and obituaries as well as other stuff. This is another pay site but reasonably priced and I have found some useful information. I expect that they will continue to add to their database and be even more useful in the future.

Researching your family on the Internet, read more about that topic here . . .















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