by Marc | Mar 5, 2023 | ARC, WAW
On a hot summer day, near the steaming banks of the Susquehanna River, Michael Gutman Sr. and his wife, Catherine Brown, welcomed a son. The Goodman and the Brown families, originally Gutman and Braun, were of Germanic backgrounds. Son Michael Goodman, born on June...
by Marc | Feb 6, 2023 | ARC
One result of genealogical studies is to answer the question “where are we from?” Which may a pointless, obtuse or, at best, indeterminate and subjective. To cloud the issue, it also depends on if one is referring to their regional or their ethnic homeland. A few...
by Marc | Feb 6, 2023 | ARC
American Pioneer Chronicles: Colonial Women: the heart, sweat, soul—the foundation of our Nation Please support our research and view our books for purchase at Genealogy: Books & Blog An exodus is a decisive act to leave one place for another. But to leave an...
by Marc | Feb 6, 2023 | ARC, WAW
A chill October wind mixed salt air with ash from the smokestacks of Edinburgh and carried it up to the farmlands south of the city as the Thompson family gathered to wait for a seventh child to join the clan. Robert Thompson, born June 1771 in Edgehead, and Janet...
by Marc | Nov 1, 2022 | ARC, WAW
For the millions of Americans linked to ancestors in the Chronnies, although there is connection to at least eleven European countries and five African, the heritage is greatly from along the shores of the Rhine River in Central Europe [See the Introduction that...
by Marc | Nov 1, 2022 | ARC, WAW
For the Lutheran Andersson family, embarking on the insufferable four-month voyage from Sweden to the Delaware River area was no light undertaking. Ships of the 1650’s were cramped, filthy breeding grounds for disease and death; families often lost members and arrived...
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