Family History Research by Jody Lutter

How did my 5th great grandparents, Jonas Long and Elizabeth Merrell, meet before marrying in 1816 on Staten Island, New York? I do not know ...

Jonas Long was my my fifth great grandfather. His parents are a mystery. Family tree of Jonas Long (died 1837) and Elizabeth Merrell (1800-1...

Thank you to the person who sent me this marriage book from 1901. (She found me through this blog. She was cleaning out an old desk.) The ma...

Research Question Was Deborah Vanderhoof (1805-1832) a daughter of Jacob Vanderhoof (1772-1847) and Ann Hopler (1772-1841) ? Online family...

How do you properly record a county when the location and the information on the record do not align? I am not sure. When reviewing the deat...

In the previous article , I mentioned that I was unsure about the life of Jacob Vanderhoof, born about 1843 to Elizabeth Cook (1803-1882) an...

In the ongoing effort to sort the Vanderhoofs of Morris County, New Jersey, we have the related family of Cook.  My fourth great grandpare...