Hi my name is John Rigby my family originate from the Preston area of Lancs.I am researching because I am the oldest liveing family member & I am trying to put it all down before I forget!!
Regards John

I don't really know anything about my family's origins and am hoping this site can help me find out.

Hi

I have been looking for my grandma family for years with no luck at all . I was searching the net and I found a lady in Michigan and I called her she gave me an email address to a lady in Germany who had a lot of information on the family .

My grandma last name was : Leerkamp from Suddendorf , Germany

Her Father name was Hermann Leerkamp 02-03-1877 and he married
Mother Ebba Escherhausen ( Ufen ) 04-01-1895 .

Hermann immigrated to the U.S. in Sept 15 , 1903 at Ellis Island . ( He was 27 years old at the time )

Hermann had 3 brothers
*24.07.1870 Bernd

*16.11.1872 Gerhard

Hi,
My name is George and I have just started to research my family tree. My family was in Ireland in the early 19th century. They came to Canada in the 1820's.

I don't know much more about the early days in Canada, except that they were hardworking farmers in central Ontario.

I'm looking forward to learning more about their lives and times and even tracing the family back to Ireland and their lives there.

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