If you are interested in only one or two branches of this family tree, see Branches of the Family Tree in the sidebar on the right. Click on Thaden if you descend from Herman and Angelina Thaden. Click on Hahn if you descend from Sam and Hazel Hahn. Click on Romeo if you descend from Joe and Carmelina Romeo. Click on Bright if you descend from Fred and Nan Bright.
My children descend from a variety of cultures.
The BRIGHT family relocated from Pennsylvania to the booming riverfront town of Wyandotte, Kansas, shortly after the Civil War.
The MOORE family, of Scots-Irish descent, lived in the upcountry of South Carolina for a hundred years or more.
The THADEN family came from German immigrants and Tennessee Scots-Irish clans.
The NICHOLAS family originated in Tripoli and Beirut, Syria, and lived among a Syrian colony in Jacksonville, Florida.
The HAHN and LUTES families raced for land in the Oklahoma Land Run of 1893 and had been ever on the frontier prior to that time.
The ROMEO and MOTTA families immigrated to this country at the turn of the century from Sicily.
This short footage has deep meaning for us as we think of our immigrant ancestors walking the same path from the ferry to customs house. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island
Scroll to the bottom to find the video.
