Doug Murphy's Genealogy Home Page

Welcome to my Genealogy Home Page. I believe that content is of greater import to the researcher than unnecessary glitz, so graphics, clip-art, and fancy techniques have been held to the absolute minimum until I get a significant amount of content up on this page. My main research interests are threefold:

Early settlers of Orleans County, NY, USA
I descend from Moses ROOT, who was the second settler of Orleans County in 1804.

Orleans County, NY immigrants from County Norfolk, England.
About 1850, a sizable number of people migrated from eastern Norfolk to Orleans County. I also descend from several of these families, including the PLATTEN, DYBALL, RUDD, SALMON, TURNER, and allied families.

The GLENWRIGHT families of Counties Durham and Northumberland, England, and their descendants in North America.

My secondary interests include:

Colonial settlers of Connecticut, USA.
Several of my lines lead through Connecticut, including several of the first settlers of Hartford and Wethersfield. Through these, I am directly related to 11 US presidents and by marriage to 2 more. Of special interest is:

John Howard's LOVELAND web pages
These pages contain many gems regarding the family of John LOVELAND, Lord Mayor of Norwich, Norfolk, England. Thomas LOVELAND, John's son and my ancestor, embarked for Connecticut, but died in passage. His widow, the former Elizabeth Busfield, and their children arrived in Hartford in 1638. From this family descend many of the Loveland families in the USA. Mr. Howard, who decends from a different Loveland family, has accumulated a significant body of work on the John Loveland family. With his help, I rescued these pages before his his website in England expired.

The KOEHLER, HEPLER, and HAUPT families of Schuylkill County, PA.; and their ancestors in Germany.

The HIRT and BARTH families of Canton Aargau, Switzerland.

My MURPHY ancestors from Ireland. Many genealogists spend a great portion of their research on their paternal lineage. On the other hand, my paternal line seems nearly impossible to trace because we have no idea which of many John Murphy's who immigrated from Ireland at the peak of the potato famine was my great-great-grandfather. So I have concentrated on the other sides of my family.

You can also access a GEDCOM database of my family in WorldConnect at RootsWeb and peruse an old family photo album.

Meet our family.

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