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My genealogy research started back in 1974 and the
first RBBS opened in 1988. In 1991 the site moved onto the internet. The family site
became strictly genealogy orientated in 1996.
Each year brings many new changes, additions &
exciting discoveries. Little did we realize how fast and how big our site would grow. The
momentum has been continuing since! We would like to thank everyone who have helped us to
us achieve our goals.
We are proud to kick off 2014 with a new desire to improve this site further. New changes will come
about as time permits, but we think your going to like them.
We enjoy receiving emails and letters from everyone
and at times receive hundreds of emails a week. This is a non-commercial site, and our
response to your many questions may take some time to answer. I'm just busy cutting the
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About Our
Background |
Carmichael Family OnLine is a non-commercial,
family maintained, reference site for information about our family from: Scotland, Canada,
England, Ireland, United States, Germany, Italy, and Denmark. This site is dedicated
to my father John Carmichael and Linda's mom, Nancy DeSantis.
We firmly believe that family history is the glue that holds family's
together. This site is providing so much MORE than a reference, its building a bond
between families. - Tim Carmichael 1998
Our
family consists of many nationalities, and we are proud of all of them. This site does not
promote one nation over any other. We are tracing our Family heritage, not religious or
political affiliations.
There
is an old Scottish saying: "Every man dies three times. The first time is when the
heart beats for the last time, His second death comes on the day of his final resting. The
third and final time comes the day his name is spoken for the last time." We are
proud of all our ancestors that have come before us, and wish to keep their memory alive. |
OnLine GED Database |
Our family tree has many branches, each as strong as the next. As time
permits we will expanded on our current histories, and will add more featured families.
Take a look at our Online Database to see all of the familes we are currently researching. There are 7144 individuals and 2463 families representing 1665
surnames in this database. We do have a
lot more information that is currently not online and may be able to provide you further
information.
We have purged from our Main Database, and the
databases of the ten featured families of information pertaining to living persons. We
wish to share our data and protect the privacy of living relatives. "Living
Individual, details withheld" will now be posted. |
Passenger List |
We have
come across many sites containing ship records and "Passenger
List" while searching the Internet. They cover ships sailing between the early
1600's through early 1900's.
The information provided will vary from simply
the passengers name to age, relationship, cargo, city of origin and destination location..
When a researcher finds their relative and or
family listed as passengers on one of these ships, they should contact the owner of the
web site. Most of the time the web site owner has relatives on the same ship, and can
share additional information. The passenger list can be a valuable addition to any
researcher's collection |
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Status
of our current Research - 2014-2015
Welcome
to our new server location. With additional web space now available, we will be able to
provide researchers with plenty of new content.
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Matt's Featured Families |
Linda's Featured Families |
The
Carmichael Family
Renfrewshire Scotland, Erin Township Wellington County, Ontario Canada, and United States
The Kryger Family
Denmark, Germany, Michigan, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa and United States in general.
The MacMurchy, McMurchy Family
Scotland, Erin Township Wellington County, Ontario Canada, and United States
The Routly, Routley Family
Ireland, Perth County, Ontario Canada and United States
The Holzapfel Family
Hamburg, Frankfurt Germany and Michigan
The Diehl Family (coming soon)
Hamburg, Frankfurt Germany and Michigan |
The Firmstone
Family
England, Westmorland, Fayette, Somerset, Pennsylvania and Michigan
The DeSantis Family
Italy, Westmorland, Fayette, Somerset, Pennsylvania and Michigan
The Gioia Family
Italy, Westmorland, Fayette, Somerset, Pennsylvania and Michigan
The Logan Family
Scotland, Ireland, Westmorland, Fayette, Somerset PA
The Boutemont, Buttman, Putman Family
France, Germany, and United States
The Lenhart Family (coming soon)
Germany, Pennsylvania and United States |
Contributors to our Research: We have started to put
together a list of everyone who have contributed to our research. Our success would not
have been realized without the support, kindness, and efforts of others. This is just a
small token of appreciation and we refer to it as our "Wall of Honor". Many
individuals have taken the time to share their knowledge of our ancestors in the form of
short stories, names, dates, documentation, and photographs. Others have spent days,
months, and in some cases years doing research for us.
As with any
list you may produce, we realize some names may have been missed or not added yet. Please
forgive any oversight on our part. Visit our Contributors
page.
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Areas where we have
Researched: Tracing our ancestors foot steps have taken us
in many directions. While back tracking the paths that led to us, we have uncovered some
excellent resources available to you on the Internet. If your journey takes you along the
same road, maybe these links will speed up your travels. Even the non-genealogist will
enjoy some of the information provided within these web sites. Visit our "Area of Research" page.
United States of America
MICHIGAN - Both Matt and Linda originate from
this area, so we are very familiar with locations, organizations, and methods to obtain
vital information. We have covered Wayne, Monroe, Oakland, Macomb, St. Clair, St. Joseph,
and Kalkaska Counties.
PENNSYLVANIA - This part of the country is
rich with historical, and family information. Linda is the expert and is quickly making
her rounds in the southwest corner of the state hitting on: Westmoreland, Fayette,
Somerset, Allegheny Counties. In the Southeast corner of the state: Bucks, Lehigh, and
Berks Counties
OHIO, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, IOWA, MISSOURI,
MARYLAND, IDAHO, OREGON and CALIFORNIA are other states we have spent a good deal of time
and may be able to provide additional help.
Canada
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO - Our main focus has been
in and around the County of Wellington, more specific Erin Township. Other County and
District we have conducted extensive research are: Halton, Peel, York (King, Vaughan and
York townships), Waterloo, Perth (St. Marys, Blanshard Township), Middlesex, and Lambton
(Warwick Township).
We have touched on other providence's, such as
NOVA SCOTIA, PEI, NEW BRUNSWICK and QUEBEC, but not as in-depth.
Scotland
Area's we are working on are Argyll, Ayrshire,
Inverness-shire, Renfrewshire (Greenock), and Lanarkshire. The country has many records
available online, but at a cost.
England
To make the list short: Berkshire, Cheshire,
Cornwall, Devon, Essex, Gloucestershire, Middlesex, Shropshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire and
Worcestershire.
Other Locations
Ireland, Italy, Denmark, Germany and Western
Europe in general.
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