Heather Olsen's Genealogy Page

My Family Tree

Master Index

Ancestors

of my great-grandfather

Raymond Morrison Diggs

Includes 19th century immigrants from Württemberg, Germany; the Myers and Morrison families of Philadelphia; pioneer settlers of Randolph Co., Indiana; and Quaker families from Nantucket, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina. 

Ahnentafel

Index

Ancestors

of my great-grandmother

Marion Elizabeth Strange

Includes 19th century immigrants from Nova Scotia and from Buckinghamshire, England; as well as families from colonial Connecticut and Massachusetts,  many of whom arrived in the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies during the great migration. 

Ahnentafel

Index

Ancestors of my great-grandfather 

Frank Corns

Includes the Markee family of Maryland and Ohio; the Corns family of Ohio; and a number of French Canadian families whose descendants migrated to Michigan. 

Ahnentafel Index 

Another family I am researching is that of Jakob Martin Olsen (1871-1913) and Augusta Jakobsen (1874-1925). They both arrived in Brooklyn, New York from Aust Agder, Norway in the 1880s. I plan to add more information on their ancestry to this page soon.

I am also researching the families of several 19th century German immigrants to Toledo, Ohio. These include Julius Paul Behrendt, 1864-1935, from West Prussia; Elisabeth Behrens, 1828-1903, from Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Hulda Heiden 1872-1953, from Damsdorf, Pommerania; Friedrich Köhne, 1830-1895, from Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Paulina Krüger, 1863-1945, from West Prussia; Martin Johan Reekwald 1866-1949, from Klawsdorf, East Prussia; and Lorenz J. Schenck 1854-1924, from Hesse.

Shalstone, Buckinghamshire, England

My Strange family lived in Shalstone in northwest Buckinghamshire in the 18th century. I have created a webpage with information on Shalstone genealogy, including gravestones in the parish churchyard.
 

Lucas County, Ohio

Because of my interest in genealogy in that area, from 1997-2001 I served as the County Coordinator for Lucas County, Ohio for the USGenweb Project. The current  County Coordinator is Bonnie Walsh, who now maintains the Lucas County Genweb Page.

Mecklenburg, Germany

I serve as the list owner for Mecklenburg-l, a listserv list devoted to genealogy in Mecklenburg, Germany. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the list, visit the subscription page.

Prince George's County, Maryland

I am the Immediate Past President and the Program Chair of the Prince George's Co., Maryland Geneological Society.
 

Medieval Genealogy

The ancestors of Marion Elizabeth Strange (see above) include Jane Deighton (bap. 5 Apr 1609), who migrated from Gloucester, England to Boston, Mass. Her maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Lygon, through whom I descend from much of the nobility of medieval England, and most of the royal families of medieval Europe. I have more information on her ancestry than is practical to include here, but if you contact me by email, I will be happy to share my research.

National Institute on Genealogical Research

I serve as the webmaster for the National Institute on Genealogical Research (NIGR), one of the leading genealogical education programs in the U.S. I also serve as webmaster for the National Institute on Genealogical Research Alumni Association (NIGRAA).

Other Researchers' Pages:

I have met many distant cousins online who are researching the same families as I am. Here are some of their pages:

Linda Starr has a page on the Clark and Moorman Families

Elizabeth Harris's page also has information on the Clark Family

Cheska Wheatly has a page on the Clayton Family and many other Quaker families

Ken McEvoy has a page on the Knowlton Family There is also a Knowlton family discussion list. To subscribe, send a message to majordomo@benetech.com containing the text subscribe knowlton

Virginia Peterson has a page on the Tubbs Family.

Mike Strange has a page with a great deal of information about the Strange Surname.
 

Searchable Databases of Records:

Here are some online databases that I have found useful in my research:

The Ohio Historical Society has an index of Ohio deaths 1913-37.

The Indiana State library has an Index of Indiana marriages to 1850. (Caution: I have discovered that the dates given for some Quaker marriages are in fact the date the couple was reported married to the monthly meeting).

The Bureau of Land Management has a searchable index of land patent records from the General Land Office.

The British Public Record Office has a searchable database of Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills. You can search the database for free, but downloading a will costs £3.50.

If you are interested in any of the families I am researching, please contact me. In many cases I have a good deal more information than what is listed here, and I am happy to share that, as well as my sources, upon request.