Footprints of our past : the American progenitor series : our ancestors and their descendants
(Periodical)

Quarterly

Quarterly.

Vol. 1 no. 1 (Jan/Mar 1992) - vol. 10 no. 4 Winter (Oct/Dec 2001)

Subtitle in this series varies on covers and title pages. Some issues have no subtitles, and some include one or both of the following subtitles: The American progenitor series, and Our ancestors and their descendants.

Editor: Don P. Wright.

Publication of this newsletter ceased with vol. 10 no. 4 Winter (Oct/Dec 2001), but continued shared research on their web site.

Indexed in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) under CAFP.

Numbering errors: Vol. 4 no. 4 (Oct/Dec 1995) was misnumbered on cover page as Vol. 4 no. 3.

Periodical for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Wright, Wait, and Wryght families who are related to the editor, Don Perry Wright. Don is the son of Thelma Fay "Dollie" Harvey and Carl Wallace Wright. He was born in Kennewick, Benton County, Washington in 1931. He married Chizu "Suzie" Kawashiri in 1952. Chizu was born in 1931, in Redondo Beach, California to Chiyoko Yoshiazaki and Jiro Kawashiri. The Wrights and their allied families came mainly from England, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Scotland, Switzerland, and Wales. Allied families include (but are not limited to) Cook, Cook, Johnson, Johnston, Moreman, Moorman, More, Moor, Moran, Reiff, Reyff, Ryff, Sabin, Scidmore, Scudamore, Skidmore, Skydmore, Wait, Young(s), Yonges, and many others. Ancestors first settled in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Virginia in the 1600's. In the 1700's, some settled in Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Vermont. During the 1800's, some moved to Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec (Canada), Alabama, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin. Later descendants also lived in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and elsewhere. Additonal information is found on the web site.