User:BobC

Introduction

Quiet moment with my great-grandfather

Hello! My name is Bob. Having researched my family roots for more than 30 years, I would say I am addicted to the hobby. (Some might call it an unpaid vocation at this point...)

In those years my degree of success has ranged from absolutely impressive to barely scratching the surface on various ancestral lines. I have traced elements of my mother's ancestry back to the mid-1500s Reformation movement in Switzerland. I recently made probable connections on my father's side to the Cherokee chiefs of the 17th and 18th centuries, and through them, if certain seemingly speculative genealogies can be believed, possibly back to the English royalty of the 10th & 11th centuries. Quite exciting stuff! (My own five-generation ancestry chart is attached.)

But this site is not only about my family and ancestry. Newly remarried in 2006, I have endeavored to research my wife's ancestry as well. I am hoping the collaborative nature of this WeRelate site may be an effective way to garner the interest and contribution of near and distant relatives (distant both geographically as well as relationship-wise) to help break the brick wall of my wife's not-too-distant past ancestral connections for which we have been running out of research leads.

Any collaborative assistance is appreciated, on all our ancestral lines. For new users of this service, please be aware that WeRelate, by design because of its public exposure and stringent privacy policy, and despite it's professed Pando proclamation, presently limits detailed identifying information to deceased ancestors, so any identifying information on living relatives here is abbreviated but can be submitted directly to me by email for full, private inclusion into my genealogical records at home.

--BobC 23:58, 6 January 2010 (EST)

Contributions

In order to better identify, consolidate and reference my contributions to WeRelate, I’ve divided them into four distinct subject areas.

• My Wife’s Hispanic Ancestry
• My Father’s Cherokee Ancestry
• My Mother’s German Ancestry
• My Own General Genealogical Research Interests

My Wife's Hispanic Ancestry (Marquez, Villarreal, Elizondo, Ramirez & Related Surnames)

My Father’s Cherokee Ancestry (Cole, Spears, Harrison, Ward & Related Surnames)

My Mother’s German Ancestry (Schoennauer, Schlichting, Welk, Kunz & Related Surnames)

My Own General Genealogical Research Interests

Photo Gallery

Family

On vacation in Hawaii!

Need to Attach - Cole Family

Great-Uncle Joe Cole & Annie Cox (1955)

Need to Attach - Schoennauer Family

Wernersville grammer school program article (1914)

Wernersville sleighing party article (1914)

Notice of disbursement of Schannauer estate (1937)

Personal Interest Pages

These are some of the pages I am watching for easy reference.

• WeRelate Wiki Cheat Sheet
• Source Page Titles Help Page
• Resources for German Genealogy on the Internet
• Libary of Congress Civil War Maps
• Newspaper ARCHIVE
• Guidelines for use of Wikipedia
• Advanced Editing Commands
• Formatting WeRelate Pages