Wednesday, April 28, 2010

2nd try...

It's been almost exactly 4 years since the last genealogy post here, but I've become interested in it again and want to give the site another try.  I've driven past Suel's land grant property a few times and noticed some ruins of a house there, for example, and I've been seeing these "family crest" sites pop up around the web that try to sell you information about your surname and try to sell you coffee mugs and keychains with what they think your family coat of arms looks like.  Then, Google digitized a copy of the Hovey Book and put their corporate watermark on every page, so I wanted to make sure the download link here is working and that anyone can get a Google-advertisment-free PDF of the Hovey Book here.  More on these topics later, and of course, if you have information you'd like to share, send it in and we can post it here.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Matt,

Looks like we are cousins. I just made contact last week with my cousin who informed me of the Hovey Book, and well as the book Genealogy of Benjamin Cleveland. Both of us share the same Great Grandmother who is Caroline Ella Hovey. She was married to Elwin Bostic. I would be very interested to speak with you and exchange information.
Deb

Unknown said...

Would either of you know how I might verify that John Fairfield Hovey had a son, Samuel Benjamin Hovey(born Sept 21 1818)? John Fairfield Hovey was the son of Revolution War Patriot Rev. (Elder) Samuel Hovey.

Rev. Samuel Hovey (born Feb 24 1742) was the son of Benjamin Cleveland. Thank you. Tim

Anonymous said...

I hope someone is still checking these posts. I am descended from Alonzo Hovey who I believe is the son of Gurdon Hovey, son of Josiah Hovey. Alonzo also settled in Romeo, married Susan Fenner and had my great grandmother Nellie Hovey. He died in the Old Soldiers Home in Grand Rapids around 1895. I would like to confirm that he is the son of Gurdon Hovey. Can anyone help me?

Justin O. Parkhurst said...

HI. I just saw this website. From our family records, Josiah Hovey is my great, great, great, great Grandfather

The Hovey Book PDF doesn't seem to be working though. Can you check it or possibly email me a copy? joparkhurst@gmail.com

Thanks

Justin