Cousin Gail Myers and some other relatives traced Dan Myers’ ancestry back to a certain immigrant Philip Myers, born in Mainz, Germany in 1759. Using LDS sources, I found Philip’s birth record in the German churchbooks, along with several generations before him. More problematic has been Philip and his family’s…
Those Pilgrims just keep on giving! I first found the connection, and those first 70 ancestors, on my last shift at the LDS center before holiday break. Today, I found another 20-30 direct ancestors via the same Colby – New England connection (ancestors of Dan Myers). These include at least…
I scrambled to put the 70 new ancestors I found yesterday(!) into my master file before leaving home for holiday tomorrow. I am threatening to take our laptop along; if I make good, I may update next week, otherwise not. Anyway, the revised “big pedigree” for Dan Myers is now…
Apropos to the holiday season, I just busted open a whole new package of my ancestors. Not Larsons (sorry), but by my maternal grandfather, Dan Myers. Today, I explored for the first time the pedigree of Helen Colby Myers, Dan’s mother. It turns out that the Colby line (along with…