Genealogy is my hobby and my passion. Television is ignored, novels go unread, I haven't been to a movie in years, and my social life is a shambles, all because of genealogy. The tool that I consult almost daily in my genealogy research is the Internet. The Internet today is a wonderful resource for genealogists. It's packed with seemingly endless information on myriads of families. Thousands on thousands of armchair genealogists are currently cruising the web, finding out all kinds of goodies about dear Aunt Edna and poor cousin Fred. Sadly, the Internet doesn't seem to have much good information on the families in which I'm particularly interested. I've created this web page to snare any passing cousins and wring all possible family information out of them before allowing them to go on their way. If you are one of those cousins, WELCOME! Please drop me a line. Tell me about yourself and our ancestors!

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My paternal ancestral families include ZEBE, FREITAG, KLOSE, WEINITSCHKE, NEUGEBAUER, ABEL, WEIGMAN, and FELS from the former Kreis Grottkau in Oberschlesien (Upper Silesia), and EGGERS, KOTH, PÖHLS/PÖLITZ, SCHILD(T), FUNCK, TRULSEN/TRUDEL, KOTH, KOOPMANN/KAUFMANN, RIECKHOFF, HÖPFNER, JAHNCKE, GOSSELCK, ROXIEN, KABEL, ROBRAHN/ROBRAN, MUCHOW, HARFFTS, OTTE, KÖHLER, HOLST, GÖSCHE, OLLROGGE, (VON DER) WETTERING, SCHMITT, PRÜSSE, WISSEMANN, LÜTKE, AREND, MÖLLER, HEIDEBEY, and KAVEN from western and northern Mecklenburg, Lübeck, and eastern and southern Holstein, all in Germany.

The following table provides links to information on some of my paternal ancestral families. I have information on additional families, which I would be happy to share.

The Ancestors of Mathilde Marie Elisabeth EGGERS (Information about the ancestors of my paternal grandmother)

An Eggers Family of Schleswig-Holstein (Information about my Eggers kin)

The Robrahn Family of Northwestern Mecklenburg (Information about my Robrahn kin)

A Koopmann Family of Northern Mecklenburg (Information about my Koopmann kin)

The Abel Family of Gläsendorf, Kreis Grottkau, Silesia (Information about my Abel kin)

The Weigman Family of Kühschmalz, Kreis Grottkau, Schlesien (Silesia) (Information about my Weigman kin)

The Weinitschke Family of Kreis Grottkau, Schlesien (Silesia) (Information about my Weinitschke kin)

The Freitag Family of Rogau, Kreis Grottkau, Schlesien (Silesia) (Information about my Freitag kin)

The Zebe Family of Kreis Grottkau, Schlesien (Silesia) (Information about my Zebe kin)

The Descendants of a Danish PÖHLS Family (Information about my Danish kin)

My maternal ancestral families include CANOTE, MCMAHAN, SANDERS, WYATT, JONES, HAMPTON, MILES, SIMS, STEVENS, RUDD, RENNISON, HUFF, GWINN, DODSON, CREIGHTON, EVANS, COLEMAN, LEA, HAWKINS, HALL, IRWIN, JOHNS(T)ON, MULLENS, ADAMS, BOSTICK, NEW, GRIZZELL, FAMBROUGH, BOYD, ROSE, WALKER, PLEASANT, LEAKE, MASK, CHRISTIAN, TOLBERT, WHITAKER, HARDWICK, DURHAM, JEFFERIES, NELMES, BROWNE, ROWLAND, and ARMSBY. These families are known to have lived in one or more of the following: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, as well as the former county of Cumberland in northern England.

The following table provides links to information on some of my maternal ancestral families. I have information on additional families, which I would be happy to share.

Overview of the Ancestors of Eunice Verna MCMAHAN (Information on the ancestors of my maternal grandmother)

Details about Eunice Verna MCMAHAN About her parents About her grandparents About her great grandparents About her 2-great grandparents About her 3-great grandparents About her 4-great grandparents About her 5-great grandparents About her 6-great grandparents About her 7-great grandparents About her 8-great grandparents About her 9-great grandparents

Descendants of John CANOTE and his wife Rosanna (nee HUNSE) (Information about my Canote kin)

Descendants of John McMAHAN, Jr. (Information on one of my two McMAHAN ancestral lines)

Descendants of Elisha EVANS and Betsy LEA of Caswell County, North Carolina (Information about my Evans kin)

An ADAMS Family of Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky (Information about my Adams kin)

A McMAHAN Family of Saline County, Missouri (Information about some of my McMahan kin)

Early Timeline: The HAMPTON Family of Amelia and Halifax Counties, Virginia (Information about some of my Hampton kin)

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Joachim's Familienseite (The ancestors Joachim Eggers of Hamburg, a distant cousin)

Communities, Parishes and Registry Offices [Standesamt] of Kreis Grottkau, Schlesien (Silesia) (Places in former Kreis Grottkau, the Protestant and Catholic parishes to which they belonged, and the Registry Offices that served them)

"Memories of Olbendorf" by Alfred Supply (A charming ramble through Olbendorf, Kreis Strehlen, an ancestral village of the Zebe family)

Dorfbeschreibung nach Angaben von Richard Matzel und Kurt Erber und zusammengefaßt von (warhsch.) Adolf Sternagel: Olbendorf Kreis Strehlen in Schlesien (A description in German of Olbendorf as it was just before World War II)

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Some Descendants of Christian and Rosina Schick and Their Allied Families (Includes a list of the descendants of George Sheeks and his wife Elizabeth Canote, a daugther of my ancestors John and Rosanna Canote. Their house is now preserved at Spring Mill State Park in Mitchell, Indiana)

Peter Shirley (Includes a list of descendants of Christian Shirley and his wife Roseanna Canote, a daughter of my ancestors John and Rosanna Canote.)

The Ancestors of Berry Towles Canote (The Canote and Towles ancestors of my cousin Berry Canote)

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