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 19, 2019 | Family Stories, Family Trees
The family story passed down through Henry Geesner Jr.goes that, 3 brothers came over from Germany with the last name of Geisner. All alcoholics. Once they came ashore they went and got drunk. They then all got into a fight. One brother, Jacob, said he wanted nothing...
