In respect for their privacy, details regarding living persons are not included in this web presentation. So far, this web presentation displays almost 2800 out of more than 5000 persons in my research project.

I am actively researching these families. If you have a connection to someone in one of the families displayed here, I am interested in hearing from you and would be grateful for any information that you might be able to contribute.

As this presentation is a work in progress, it is continually being updated. When adding stories from family-member interviews, I have presented them here as they were relayed to me; this includes family lore and hearsay. The citations listed at the bottom of each biographical sketch are clickable to more source details and occasionally images. Oftentimes, even more information is available. If you are related and are interested in more detail on a specific citation, feel free to contact me. Although I make every effort to verify the information presented here, when dealing with times gone-bye there's a chance for error. Additions and corrections are welcome.

The earliest events are in our Minger family and are dated to about 1598. So far, my research on this line covers 14 generations.

 


  • A family history
    leads to the satisfaction in really knowing who you are
    and from when you came.

  • "Nor long shall any name resound
    Beyond the grave, unless't be found
    In some clerk's book; it is the pen
    Gives immortality to men."

  • A good life lasts for several generations.

  • In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep,
    to know our heritage, to know who we are
    and where we come from.

    — Alex Haley
  • To forget one's ancestors
    is to be a brook without a source,
    a tree without a root.

    — Chinese Proverb
  • Family faces are magic mirrors.
    Looking at people who belong to us,
    we see the past, present, and future.
    We make discoveries about ourselves.

    — Gail Lumet Buckley
  • In every conceivable manner,
    the family is a link to our past,
    a bridge to our future.

    — Alex Haley
  • What greater thing is there for human souls
    than to feel that they are joined for life – to be with each other
    in silent unspeakable memories.

    — George Eliot
  • Some people come and go in our lives.
    Some stay forever.

  • We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors,
    we borrow it from our children.

    — Native American Proverb
  • The memories we give may a lifetime live in the heart
    of those we hold so close.

    — Unknown
  • Families are like fudge . . .
    mostly sweet with a few nuts.

    — Unknown
  • The family is one of Nature's masterpieces.

    — George Santayana
  • Having a place to go – is a home.
    Having someone to love – is a family.
    Having both – is a blessing.

    — Donna Hedges
  • Every man is his own ancestor,
    and every man is his own heir.
    He devises his own future,
    and he inherits his own past.

    — Fredrick Henry Hedge