Newsletter for the interchange and collection of genealogical and family history data about Landers individuals and families within the United States. Includes transcripts and abstracts from local, county, state and federal sources (passenger lists, vital records, cemeteries, probates, census, etc.).

Jan Gerritsen Decker was born in 1640 in Heerden, Gelderland, Holland. He married Greitjen Hendricks Westercamp (1642-1701), daughter of Hendrick Westercamp and Fennetje Albertse, in 1664 in Kingston, New York. He died in 1717 in Port Jervis, New York. They had six children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New York.

Herman Utterback (Hermann Otterbach) was born ca. 1663 at Trupback, Near Siegen, Germany, the son of Joahnnes Otterbach (1622-1696). He married Elizabeth Heimback, daughter of Philip and Maria Margaret Heimback, at Siegen, Westphalia, Germany, in 1685. They had nine children, ca. 1685-1705. She died in Germany. The family immigrated to America, probably in 1714. He died after 1748 in old Germantown, Prince William County, Virginia. Descendants lived...

George John Quick (1859-1945) married Martha Helen Winans (1868-1945) in 1891 in Union City, Michigan. Traces their ancestors and descendants. The original North American ancestor on the Quick line was Joseph Quick (1790-1872) of Devonshire (England), Ontario (Canada), and Michigan (United States). The original Winans ancestor in America was John (Jan) Winans (ca. 1640-1694) of the Netherlands?, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

John Quick (1781-1853), a twin, was the only son of John Quick and Mary George. He was born near Baltimore, Maryland, his father never re-appeared after soldiering in the Revolutionary War, and his mother died shortly after his birth. He and his twin sister were placed with the William Fry family, and later with the Henry Eads family. The Eads family moved to Pennsylvania, then Kentucky and Ohio, and finally to Franklin County, Indiana. In 1783, John...

Dorothy Emma Cornell (1910-1984), daughter of James Patrick Cornell and Albertina Frei, was born in Canandaiqua, Ontario, N.Y.. She was married to Fridtjof Torgerson (1897-1973), son of Hagen Magnus Torgersen of Stubberud, Norway and Marie Alice Kundsdatter, 1931 in Auburn, Cayuga Co., New York. The immgrant ancestor of the Cornell family was Thomas Cornell (1595-1655), who was born in County Essex, England, and came to America ca. 1638. He died in...

Abijah Martin (b.ca.1805) married Julie McKee and lived in Catteragus County, New York. Rupert Newmam Martin (1873-1966), a grandson, moved from New York (via several midwestern states) to Los Angeles, California in 1891/1893, and married Neva Pearl Chase in 1895. Descendants and relatives lived in California and elsewhere.