Pardon Tillinghast was born in the early 1620s near Beachy Head in Seven Cliffs, Sussex, England. These are his marriages and children, grandchildren…
Edward Taylor was born in 1642. He is considered by some to be the foremost Colonial poet. He had two wives and 14 children before his death in 1729.
Two trends I'm seeing in genealogy research - history and ChatGPT

February 2023

The known marriages and children of John Aplin.
The Lineage Research Space on Quora has had quite a few questions submitted lately, many of them pertaining to the origins of certain surnames. If you…
One of the lineages in the second volume of My Lineage from the Roots Up, which I am currently finishing, goes back to Margery de Marynes who married…

January 2023

The Arnold Family of Rhode Island and a Revolutionary Traitor
George Rownes (or Ronnes, Roanes, Roans, Rounds, Rownds) was born in or around 1855 in Bilston, Staffordshire, England. He married Ruth Ricketts around…
Examples of how records go missing and why there would be records still available at all. Based on my family lineage in England and historical events…

December 2022

2022 has been a busy and enlightening year. I started this Substack a year ago in December 2021 to highlight family lineages I’ve put together and talk…
I’m finishing up my second volume of My Lineage from the Roots Up (Prater-England), which involves putting together graphic representations of portions…

November 2022

This family is a short branch in my family tree in My Lineage from the Roots Up, vol. 1. All of the references are available in the footnotes of that…