America is an immigrant nation. Everyone who is living on this continent today is descended from someone who came from somewhere else, whether it is the first immigrants who walked across the bed of what is now the Bering Sea, or the later immigrants who came by sea and air from all the other parts of the world. Ultimately, everyone came from somewhere else. There are no true native Americans.

     This is the story of two fairly recent immigrants who came from the Netherlands in the middle of the nineteenth century, met, married, built a home, and raised a family, and the story of all their descendents, in so far as they can be traced, up to the 150th anniversary of their marriage. As such, it is the story of just one family but, as you will see, it is also the story of America.

1. The Immigrant Pioneers

2. The First Generation: Citizen Farmers

3. The Second Generation: Twentieth-century Americans

4. The Third Generation: Children of the Depression

5. The Fourth Generation: Children of the Boom

6. The Fifth Generation: 21st-century Americans

7. Overview: The Immigrant Experience in America

A. Table of Borr Descendents (available as a MSWord file on request from the Borr Family History)

B. Documents Relating to the Borr Family History

C. Index of Families in the Borr Lineage (not yet available)

D. Annotated Bibliography (coming soon)

Note to the reader:

This is a work in progress. If you have any corrections, additions, or comments please send them to the Borr Family History, borrfamily@angelfire.com.

Family dates, photos, stories, memoirs, and reminiscences are all welcome.