Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Geddes families who came mainly from Ireland and Scotland. Focus is on the descendants of William Geddes (born ca. 1840), a young Scottish coal miner who was converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of 14. After arriving in America, and at the age of 22, he drove the ox team carrying the seven orphaned children of Archibald and Esther Stewart across...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and family history of the Barron (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Austria, Bagni, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Russia, Scotland, and Wales. Some descend from the Barons of Barnchurch and Lord Gerald of Offaby, Kilkenny County, Ireland. The patronymic name of the Barons of that church was Fitzgerald, through Maurice Fitzgerald, a lineal descendant of Lord Gerald,...

Charles Maclay (1703-1753), of Scottish lineage, married twice and in 1734 immigrated from County Antrim, Ireland to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. John Maclay, a son by the second marriage, was with him. They later moved to Lurgan, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and elsewhere. Includes ancestors and genealogical data in Ireland, Scotland, England and elsewhere.

William Comish (1805-1877) and Elizabeth Kegg (1805-1885) where married in 1831. William joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints in 1841. William and his oldest sister Jane, left for America and the remainder of the family stayed in the Isle of Man. Two years later William sent for his family in 1851 to come to America.

John Chadwick (1644-1710), son of John Chadwick and Mary Shepard, in 1670 emigrated from England to Watertown, Massachusetts, and married Sarah Taylor in 1672. Descendants lived in New England, New York and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in England.

John Carver (1822-1912), a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, immigrated in 1850 from England to St. Louis, Missouri (he married Mary Ann Eames while still at sea). They moved to Kaysville, Utah in 1853, and later moved to Plains City, Utah. Descendants and relatives lived in Utah, Idaho, California and elsewhere. Includes ancestors in England, Scotland and elsewhere.

William Webster (1816-1904), John Webster (1818-1912), and Alexander Webster (1824-1905), brothers and sons of Andrew Webster and Jane Croom, emigrated from Scotland to New Zealand and/or Australia. William immigrated in 1839 to Wairere, Hokianga, New Zealand. John immigrated in 1838 to Australia, and later joined William in New Zealand. Alexander immigrated to Australia, and after his wife's death immigrated in 1865 with his only son to Devonport,...

Moses Wilkerson (ca.1760-1830) moved to Burke County, North Carolina and married Rebecca Sellars about 1792. Descendants lived in North Carolina and elsewhere.

Sydney Willis was born at Wedmore, Somerset, England, in 1836, the son of Elijah and Pheobe Brown Willis. He married Anne Will (1833-1906), daughter of Benjamin Will, in 1856 at Theale, parish of Wedmore. The immigrated to Canada that year, settling first at Blenheim, Ontario. They had nine children. He died at Hanover, Ontario, in 1906. His grandson, George Willis (1883-1951) was born in Normanby Township, Grey County, Ontario, the son of David Willis...