Sep 23, 2020 | Family Trees
I was approached to trace the origins of a family story that involved a man who traveled from Norway with his parents, and upon arriving to America they changed their last names to reflect a more Americanized version of naming. They allegedly chose Hoff to reflect...
Sep 23, 2020 | Family Trees
I was hired by a son who wanted to present his mother with a birthday gift of family history by searching out the origins of the Autotte family that was believed to be from France. My Goal was to find the town/region they emigrated from and where they landed in the...
Feb 25, 2019 | Family Stories, Family Trees
For over a century there has been a legend about 3 Lyon Brothers, and it goes like this. “Henry Lyon and his two brothers, Thomas and Richard Lyon of Perthshire, Scotland were in Oliver Cromwell’s army, a part of the guard who witnessed the execution of King...
Feb 20, 2019 | Unknown Relatives
The Hamilton family always wondered who their dad’s father was. Kenneth Hamilton was never told by his mother when growing up and unfortunately he went to his grave never knowing. It was somewhat muddied because on the birth certificate the name Herbert...
Feb 20, 2019 | Family Stories
The Kitchell Family owned a large farm in Lebanon, Ohio and heard that the original land deed for the farm had Thomas Jefferson’s signature on it but had never seen it. They contacted HamGeni to track down the document and get a certified copy of it. It took...
