My Family Genealogy
December 15, 1997
last upate: March 2, 2001
I recently began to research my family history and genealogy. In the past
year, several online web sites have cropped up that are extremely useful.
The first section provides my specific info and the second section the
general web sites.
Janet Rimlinger
Names in my family:
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Rimlinger (my married name) German; immigrated to US from Germany
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Manuel (my born name)English, possibly Spanish farther back; immigrated
to US from Notre Dame Bay area Newfoundland
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Ricketts UK, unsure where; immigrated to US from Bona Vista Bay area
Newfoundland
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Attwood/Atwood UK, unsure where; known line from Newfoundland
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Yeptman/Yetman unsure where; known line from Newfoundland
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Spurl/Spurrell/? unsure where; known line from Newfoundland
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Calaway/Callaway/Caloway/Calloway UK, unsure where; known line from
Arkansas, Lousiana, Georgia; some family in California, Nevada, Oregon,
Washington State today
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Hogg UK, unsure where; known line from Arkansas, Lousiana, Mississippi
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Wilson UK, unsure where; also some American Indian in this line; known
line from Arkansas, Lousiana, Mississippi
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Hopkins UK, unsure where; known line from Arkansas, Lousiana, Mississippi,
possible Missouri
So it would appear that I am mostly from the UK area. English, Irish, Welsh,
Scottish.
Brief bio: I was born Janet Louise Manuel in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania
USA. I lived in King of Prussia, PA for 2 years in a rented house with
my parents and 3 sisters. We moved to Malvern PA where my parents still
reside today. I am very fortunate to have my family alive and well.
My father, William Chesley Manuel, was born in 1930 and raised in and
around Boston, Mass. His parents were Lucy NMN Ricketts and Harry NMN Manuel
both from Newfoundland, Canada. NMN= No middle name.
My mother was born Syble Elva Calaway in 1930 in Smith, Arkansas. She
now uses the Sybil spelling of her name and over her lifetime has used
several spellings of Calaway including Callaway and Calloway. Her parents
were Loy Elva Hogg and Raymond Doyle Calaway.
Here is an index to my
family database which I have in html form. Email me for a copy of the html files (UNIX compressed tar easiest but may be able to gzip) and/or the gedcom or bk5 files.
What information I have found:
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Newfoundland records from "Newfoundland's Grand Banks" include a census from 1921
for the Notre Dame Bay area. My father's family originated from the Bay
and I have extracted all files from 1921 that contain the name Manuel in them.
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Callaway Family
Association has a site with census data for every state. The census
extractions only contain Callaway family names and any other persons under
the roof with the Callaways. I have found alot of information on my mother's
line here. My grandfather was from Hampton, Calhoun Country, Arkansas and
was born in 1909. His family lived in Calhoun area for 3 generations. The
records show that the male Callaway line originated in Georgia but I do
not know in which county so I cannot search the records there very easily.
Other Useful Genealogy Sites and Tools
General Sites
Tools
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GED2HTML conversion program
for GED standard genealosy format to HTML
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BK5
Brother's Keeper genealogy database program
Family Specific Sites and Queries
Location Specific Sites
Content Specific Sites
Guidelines/Standards/Tools
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