Let Me Introduce Myself...

Hello family and fellow genealogy fanatics,

This blog will serve as an outlet for my genealogy research. It will also provide a way for me to share my finds with family.

Here are the family names I am researching (more to be added as I get further along in my research):

My family names

  • Blue/Blau (Dutch origin)
  • Connolly (Irish origin)
  • Dillman
  • Guschke (German origin)
  • Helenius (Finnish origin)
  • Herbert (Irish origin)
  • Holland/Helland (Norwegian origin)
  • Huferd/Hofert (French origin)
  • Keefe (Irish origin)
  • Lindvald (Finnish origin)
  • Mau
  • Maxfield
  • McGlynn (Scottish origin) 
  • Sullivan (Irish origin)
  • Vaughn (Irish origin)
  • Walker
  • Weichbrodt (German origin)
  • Ziech

My husband's family names

  • Dawley (Irish origin)
  • Everett
  • Koch 
  • Maquet (French origin)
  • Weisenberger (German origin)
  • Siegler/Ziegler (German origin)
  • Sweet (English origin)
  • Tassart (French origin)

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