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Hello and welcome to my web site. I have been dabbling in genealogy since high school when my Aunt showed me a book that she received on our Willson ancestry. Of course at that time I was far too busy finishing school, getting married, and having a family . Well, the youngest has his own family now, so I guess that I have the time. I am attempting to be of some help to others trying to find their families and have included what I hope are some helpful and useful links. On this site you will find a link to the Index of surnames that are in the Willson Book that first called my attention to genealogy and a link to my Great-grandmother's scrapbook of newspaper articles that contain the surnames of many Antrim County, Michigan families, although I highly recommend using the search engine provided above to more quickly find the names that you are looking for. Good luck and let me know if I can be of any help to you. And, please sign my guestbook.
The Johnson Family from Cambridgeshire, England to Flowerfeld, St. Joseph County, Michigan. My Johnson family next settled in Banks Township, Antrim County, Michigan.
"LINK TO THE JOHNSON FAMILY"
"LINK TO GRACE RUSHTON'S SCRAPBOOK"
Email: "Join the RUSHTON-L Mailing List"
Just type in the word subscribe in the body of the email.
Grace Blanch Smith married A. Roy Rushton in 1904 and shortly thereafter she started clipping newspaper articles that she pasted into a hardbound jewelers catalog. Most of these articles were from THE TORCH, a local newspaper for Central Lake, Antrim County, Michigan. There is a wealth of information contained in these articles, including birth & wedding announcements and obituaries. This scrapbook contains a wealth of information for anybody researching Antrim County, Michigan. Grace Smith Rushton is my Great-grandmother. Her scrapbook was passed down to my Grandmother, Corene Rushton Johnson Empey and after her death was passed on to my Aunts: Esther Johnson Dewey Novotney of Eastport, Michigan and Ardith Johnson Spoelman of Muskegon, Michigan.
"LINK TO POEM"
written by my cousin Nancy L. Slabosz about our Grandmother, Corene Pauline Rushton who married Duane Porter Johnson and 10 years after his death married Percy Empey.
"LINK TO THE INDEX OF THE BOOK" "WILLSON LOYALIST FROM SUSSEX CO. NEW JERSEY TO ONTARIO CANADA" Compiled and edited by Thomas B. Wilson, 1964
This is the index for loyalist to Ontario Canada. Many, many names of loyalist and their families. Many of these people migrated back to the US in later years.
Some names with multiple listings are: BONNER, BRAY, CRANE, De YOUNG, DOBSON, DRENTH, EMPEY, GIBBARD, GIFFORD, HAUN, HOLDITCH, JOHNON, KING, LARSON, LATHER, McCREDIE, McDONALD, MITTON, MOSSMAN, NELSON, PETRIE, REAVLEY,RUSSELL, SPENCE, STEWART, WHITSELL, and WILSON/WILLSON.
This version of the book was not intended for public distribution, but rather sent to members of the family allowing them to know what research has been done and what research remains to be done.
I am researching: SCAFE, MITTON, WILLSON/WILSON, RUSHTON, BLENKHORN, SMITH, SAGEMAN/SEDGEMAN, THIER, MORSE, PALMER, PARKE, CLEVELAND, BROWN, HOPKINS, JOHNSON, and lots more.
Some of My Favorite Links
"ANGELFIRE" - Easiest Free Home Pages
Trace your roots at Ancestry.com!
"FAMILY TREE MAKER", more good free search engines
"Ancestors of Carla Johnson Sumner" on the "Family Tree Maker" Site
"CHAIN 'O LAKES" Michigan Link
The ancestors of Benjamin Montgomery Sumner III, Northern and Southern lines. "SUMNER and CARTER" genealogy on the Family Tree Maker Site
"GENSERV: HOMEPAGE" Family History, GEDCOM Dat..."
"ROOTSWEB" Genealogical Data Cooperative Link. Help support this site by subscribing, as low as $12 per year
"I FOUND IT" Searchable databases
"ANTRIM COUNTY MICHIGAN" Antrim County Michigan Genealogy GenWeb Page
"WORLDCONNECT PROJECT" A new resource from Rootsweb. My entire gedcom is searchable and downloadable at this site. A great site!
I intend to continue to add links, resources and other information to better share our family histories.
OTHER RESOURCES IN MY LIBRARY
Small but growing.
Email me and I will be happy to do any lookups in these records for you.
The following are from THE LIBRARY OF CAPE COD, HISTORY AND GENEALOGY, by Everton Publishers
The Edward Bangs Descendants
Early Settlers of Eastham
Homer, Captain John Homer
Nicholas Snow of Eastham
Paine or Payne--Truro
The Crowell Family of Yarmouth
An Index to Map of St. Joseph Co., Michigan
"FTM CD #204 - GENEALOGICAL RECORDS: THE ONTARIO REIGISTER, 1780s-1870s"
The Ontario Register, Thomas Wilson, Hunterdon House.
"FTM CD - THE COMPLETE BOOK OF EMIGRANTS, 1607-1776"
This CD contains BRITISH Records and therefore, all records cannot be complete.
FTM World Familiy Tree: Vol 1-5, Vol. 38-42, Vol. 17
Copyright laws prevent me from entering any of the information on these CDs in a public forum, but communicating by private email is acceptable under the terms of the copyright of these products. I am happy to help you in your search.
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Email: carlajsumn@aol.com
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