My interest in my family's roots began the day my daughter came home from school and - with great excitement - explained that she had learned that the colonists might have lost the Revolutionary War, had some Revolutionary War soldiers not captured a spy who was carrying the plans for West Point to the British. When I told her that one of the three soldiers, Isaac van Wart, was her 5G grandfather, she wanted details which I couldn't provide. I began by asking my mother and my aunt. I then spent some time in our local libraries and the local historical societies. I was soon infected with the 'roots bug.' The rest - as they say - was family history.
I am a hobbyist, not a professional genealogist. I do the best I can to veify what I include in my publicly shared genealogies - but you should not assume that I am correct. Please feel free to let me know of conflicts, errors, or potential additions.
I post my lines in three places:
- GENI
- MyHeritage
- Here on this site, as listed below...
Here is the link to my maternal DUTCHER line with the following MATERNAL SURNAMES:
- Dutcher
- Fuller
- Conklin
- Ayres
- van Wart
- Roth
- Dietz
- Price
- Jaques
- Oliver
- Storm
Here is a link to my paternal ELIAS line with the following PATERNAL SURNAMES:
- Elias
- von Arnim
- Riese
- Kauders
- Frankl
- Wolf
- Beck
- Kretschmar
My current brick wall is the ancestry of my GGG Grandfather Philip Jakob Dietz who was born 1 May 1779 in Willsbach, Heilbronn, Württemburg (Germany), married 14 July 1802 Rosina Barbara Heckenlauble (1782 - 1833), and died 2 December 1853 in Willsbach, Heilbronn, Württemburg (Germany). I believe his father was Johann Martin Die(t)z who married 7 September 1773 Maria Magdelena Kleinknecht in Willsbach, Heilbronn, Württemburg (Germany) and who had 3 siblings: Catharina, Gottfried Matteaus, and Christoph Friedrich. I would love to hear from anyone with information about this line.
Disclaimer: I am NOT a professionahl genealogist. This has been a hobby. My information is definitely incomplete and probably contains many inacccuracies. I would love to hear from people with corrections or additional information.
(For those who are interested, I use Reunion13 for Mac to collect, store, and organize my famil history materials.)