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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:
I descend from Moses ROOT,
who was the second settler of Orleans County in 1804.
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.
My secondary interests include:
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.
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:
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.