“From These Roots We Came”

Today, I officially opened up a new group for genealogical sites on Squidoo.Com.

Squidoo is a site designed for one page web sites on any and all subjects. I have been publishing numerous sites related to my travel interests over the last few months — another reason for my infrequent posts lately to this blog. […]

I am adding a new page on our ancestors who first settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania in the late 1600’s and early 1700’s. It has the basic information, but will be fined-tuned with some minor revisions in the next few days. I just wanted to get it posted as early as possible so family […]

Today I added a page to the site entitled: “Johann Jacob Zimmerman: Reformation, Pietism, and The Apocalypse“. He is found on the Ross side of my ancestry in the 11th Generation of ancestors.
He was an astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, Lutheran clergyman, and most significant historically, one of the leaders of the German “Pietist” movement. […]

This posting is to provide a background for a new page I added today on our Huguenot and Walloon Ancestors. The migration of the Huguenots and Walloons to American might not have occurred had it not been for the persecution of the French Protestants by the Catholic Church and the government of France. […]

Every ancestor in our pedigree tree was necessary for us to be here today. Whatever their trade, religion, race, language; if they had not existed, neither would we. Whether the ancestors were good or bad is irrelevant. Whether they were rich or poor is irrelevant. Whether they were educated or […]

This site treats all the direct ancestors of me; my father Elmer M Ross (Ahn 2), his parents, James McClellan Ross (Ahn 4), and Esther Lou Owens (Ahn 5); and my mother Mary Ruth Long (Ahn 3), and her parents John Bertie Long (Ahn 6) and Nannie Grace Lewis (Ahn 7).
The history which I have […]