Joan Foster

Female

Newberg, OR

United States

Profile Information:

What surnames are you interested in researching?
CALLIN anywhere, any time; USA, Ireland, poss. Isle of Man
HOLZGRAFE: anywhere, any time: Indiana, Germany
MURDOCH: NY & CT, 1700s
KETCHAM: NY, 1800s
DAVENPORT: NY, OH, 1800s
HICKS, HIX: VT, 1800s
lots in colonial New England, Long Island
many more....
What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?
Acadia, Ireland, British Isles, Germany
What is your level of genealogy knowledge?
Intermediate Family History Researcher

Comment Wall:

  • Casidy Andersen

    Joan,

    I saw your post about looking for the parents of Ferdinand HOLZGRAFE b. 1854 in Indiana. Do you happen have a more specific place? Have you tried looking to see if there are any church records?

    Jul 8, 2009

  • Barbara Bradley Petura

    Hello Joan, thank for joining the Haplogroup U group. Your relative who is U5a1a will likely find her/his maternal link tracing to Northwest or Northcenter Europe. See brief description here. Hope you'll share when you learn more.

    Jul 12, 2009

  • Casidy Andersen

    Joan,

    Have you heard of the German Immigrants in American Church Records project? It's a project where trained researchers at Brigham Young University go through and extract information from German church records. We are going through state by state and publishing books with the information we extract. The Indiana book has already been completed. If you are able to find a copy, perhaps at a library, there is an every name index that might be really helpful. Here is the website for the project: www.germanimmigrants.org

    Jul 15, 2009

  • Nivard Ovington

    Thanks Joan, still trying to get to grips with this site, I posted a comment on the Ovington page which obviously crossed over with yours coming in.
    I would be very pleased if you could post whatever inforation you may have as a new discussion on the Ovington group, as this will enable anyone searching for Ovington interests to pick it up in the future, the comments drop off after a period of time I am told
    Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

    Jul 18, 2009

  • Victoria Davis

    Hi Joan :)

    I am the great-great grandaughter of Jane Eleanor Ovington, daughter of Benjamin. While we're not on the paternal side of the Ovington family, that name has been used as a middle name forall the men in the family: my Dad, my Grandfathers brother and their father are all known as Arthur Ovington.

    Jul 25, 2009

  • Alan Martin Long

    Joan; Do you have any idea were in Ireland Margaret was born c 1864. I have come across 3 margaret melia born in Ireland c1865 c1866 .

    Alan

    Jul 30, 2009

  • Alan Martin Long

    Hi Joan; What I am checking is the Irish Index Birth Registrations. I have a Margaret Melia Born in Co Kildare Or Wicklow. in 1865 and also 1869.
    I also have a James born in 1868 in the same Area.
    Catherine in 1872 in the same area.
    Mary in 1875 in the same area.
    Michael in 1879 in the same area. It is under the Naas Registration, Covering Co Kildare and Co Wicklow. Which are both just a little outside Dublin.

    What do you think.
    Regards Alan

    Jul 30, 2009