"In 1865 Johann Friedrich Ernst Kohlhagen, known as 'Fritz', left Mecklenburg Schwerin, Germany for America, along with his wife, Dorothea Christina Elisabeth (nee Koppelmann) and their four sons.... They settled in the agricultural area of Will County, Illinois"-- Pref.

Thomas Sheriff/Shreve was born before 1620 in England and died in 1675 in Rhode Island. His wife, Martha died after 1691. One descendant, Thomas Curtis Shreve (1800-1878), was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and was married in 1828 in Stark County, Ohio to Ann Gilbert Coates. They moved to White Cloud, Kansas in 1857. Descendants lived in Kansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and elsewhere.

The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main sections. FAMILY HISTORIES-cites American and international single and multifamily genealogies, listed alphabetically by major surnames included in each book. GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS-includes reference and how-to books for doing research on specific record groups or areas of the U.S. or the world. GENEALOGICAL SOURCES BY STATE-consists of entries for genealogical data, organized alphabetically by state and then by city or county. The Genealogy Annual, the core reference book of published local histories and genealogies, makes finding the latest information easy. Because the information is compiled annually, it is always up to date. No other book offers as many citations as The Genealogy Annual; all works are included. You can be assured that fees were not required to be listed.

Charles H. Hendrickson (1810-1849), the son of Lere and Margery Henderson, was christened in the Parish of Sutton in Holderness, Yorkshire, England. He married Anna Marie Hormel (1820-1883), a native of Naburn/Wetglar, Germany, before 1841 in St. Clair County, Missouri or Monroe County, Illinois. They had four children, 1841-1849, born at New Design, Monroe County, Illinois. Descendants of their daughters, Mary Anna Hendrickson (1841-1924), who married Amos Frederick Foster Gardner (1813-1884) in 1868; and Isabella Rebecca Hendrickson (1846-1936), whose children used the surname Hendrickson, lived in Illinois, Missouri, New York and elsewhere.

This directory of family associations, based largely on data received in response to questionnaires sent to family associations, reunion committees, and one-name societies, offers contact information on some 6,000 family associations in the US. The directory is useful for those engaging in genealogical research or planning family reunions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

A biographical dictionary of notable living women in the United States of America.