Database & Photos updated June 7, 2010So.... you've been wondering about your ancestors? Who they are - where & how they lived.... in what way did they affect history - how did history affect them? You've come to the right place if your ancestors lived in or near Colchester County, Nova Scotia! The Colchester Families Database contains over 204,000 names of folks who descend from the earliest settlers of Colchester County or are connected to these families in some way.... many of these connecting families lived in the neighboring counties of Halifax, Hants, Pictou and Cumberland. 30+ years of accumulated research has been compiled into one database revealing the many interconnections between the hundreds of families who settled here in the early 1760's and afterwards. First going online in May 1998, GeneJane's has helped thousands of folks discover the names of their ancestors and connect with family they never knew they had. Are you a cousin of Canadian Prime Ministers Sir Charles Tupper or Stephen Harper or perhaps instead to Britians most famous of Prime Ministers Sir Winston Churchill ? Or perhaps Enos Collins - the wealthiest man in North America by 1871. How about United States Presidents John Adams, his son John Quincy Adams, Zachary Taylor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Herbert Bush & his son George Walker Bush ? Are you a fan & cousin of Richard Gere, Marilyn Monroe or Orson Welles? And then there's James Butler Hickok - better known as Wild Bill Hickock..... all these folks are cousins to thousands of folks living in Colchester County today! Read about Deborah Sampson who impersonated a man and served as a soldier in the American Revolution for over a year! and how the accusations of 12 year old Ann Putnam, led to the Salem Witch Hunts of the 1690's and as a result Margaret (Stephenson) Scott and Rebecca (Towne) Nurse died at Gallows Hill after being found guilty of witchcraft in 1692 - thousands of Colchester natives are descended from these good women. Peggy Louise Snyder was very well known entertainer - we knew her better as Harriet of the Ozzie & Harriet Show. She and her famous son Ricky Nelson were descended from Colchester born ancestors and have cousins living here still..... Name dropping? Sure am!! |
