After years of research, writing, and editing, the first volume of my family history is complete.
While having provided technical assistance to my mother when she was
working on the Landers family history, I was more focused on work and social
life to have taken up the cause. That changed when I attended a memorial
service for my uncle, Jim Taylor. I realized that I had very little
knowledge of my family's past, and that my children knew even less. I
was also unhappy with some works produce on my maternal side. I decided
that a well-researched survey was needed. This book is the beginning of
that effort. The original plan was for a simple referential-style work
that consisted of one page per person, with just basic facts about that
person, their spouse, and children. Given the richness of the stories I
was reading, I soon realized that format would not adequately portray
our past. The book grew and developed along the way into its current
form which is more narrative, and includes additional sections on
"Further Research" and "Name Origins."
Additional contributions were made by Pat Taylor, Paul Hargrove, Paul Pomerleau, and Sydney Lohman.
From the back cover:
A History of Us: The Hargrove, Wright, Dalton, and Stroud Families documents the ancestry of Lynn Paul Hargrove dating back to 1474. Coverage includes 126 families from as far away as Fifeshire in Scotland, Yorkshire in England, The Palatinate, northern Switzerland, France, and Italy. Prominent surnames in the family include Basse/Bass, Cox, Hargrave/Hargrove, Lawrence, Seibert/Sibert, Stäffen/Stephens, Vasser, and Wright. In addition to family histories, the book describes general cultural notes and key historical events that shaped how the different families worked their way through history to the present day. Specifically, attention is given to the rise of the merchant class in England, various wars fought in the Palatinate, the Powhatan Uprising, the Fort Seybert Massacre, and the Flood of 1937.
The contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pedigree
FOREIGN ANCESTORS
English Ancestors
Swiss & German Ancestors
Scottish & Irish Ancestors
French & Italian Ancestors
THE IMMIGRANTS
The Journey
English Immigrants
German Immigrants
Scottish & Irish Immigrants
French Immigrants
AMERICAN ANCESTORS
Hargrave & Harrell
Cox
Basse/Bass, Griffin, & Harris
McGehee, Watkins, & Wright
Scarborough, Stewart, & Hobbs
Carr, Kirby, Murphey, Perkins, & Vasser
Stephens
Sibert, Wright, Hobbs, & Stephens
Dalton & Stroud
Hargrove & Elmore
The Contemporaries
Name Origins
Further Research
Name Index
A History of Us is available on Lulu.com, amazon.com, and bn.com.
