FEHLER…
FEHLER… A very simple 6-letter surname. Yet, with a flick of a pen, the educated few in this nations early years, have forever alienated families. They have separated brother from brother and children from parents because "they" knew how it should be spelled. Read the rest of Harry Balls article Here
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Facebook
I have recently started a Falor Genealogy page on facebook. There is not much to see yet, but I hope to us the page to communicate with researchers like you about updates I have made, specific individuals or photographs from past. Become a fan and help solve some of the mysteries!
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Alert:
Around January 23rd, 2009, someone emailed the webmaster with some family tree information. Unfortunately there was a technical glitch and the email was deleted before I had a chance to update the database. I believe the sender had a last name other then Falor, and pointed out that there was an error regarding an individual's name. If you sent this email to me, please resend it!
Thanks, Kenneth Falor
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C. G. Falor Dry Goods and Grocery Store
I found this picture while crawling around on the internet on September the 4th 2007. It is a photo postcard showing the C. G. Falor Dry Goods and Grocery Store, Meat Market and the W. B. Fox Store on Saginaw Street, Breckenridge in Gratiot County, Michigan. It was taken sometime between 1904-18. I am pretty sure that I do not have this Falor is in my database yet, if you have information on who he is please contact the Webmaster. Added 9/21/2007
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Peter Falor's Aeroplane Cloth Raincoats
I recently purchased an interesting postcard advertising waterproof jackets made from "aeroplane cloth" by an as yet unrecorded Peter Falor of the Peter Falor Company in Kansas City MO. The card itself is unused and undated but is in beautiful condition considering its age. It is easily readable and still has vibrant red coloring on it. It is amazing what could be bought for less the $4.50 way back when! If you have any information about where this Falor fits in the tree or have any other interesting Falor related items like this postcard please contact Webmaster. Added 8/6/2006
Here is the front and here is the back of the postcard.
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Tracing Your Ancestors with the 1790-1810 US Census
Most genealogists working in the US have learned what a valuable tool the US Census is. But the ins and outs of each census record are intricate. It seems like each decade something changed about the information included or the way it was recorded. This perception is quite often the case. The history of the US Census Records is important to understand when using it as a resource to trace your ancestors. This article features census searching tips and covers the history of the US Census from 1790 to 1810. Part two in this series covers US Census history from 1820 to 1880, including 1850, a watershed year in census history. The third and last article covers the history of the census from 1890 to the present. Here are our Census Searching Tips
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5 Quick Tips for Getting Better Results from Genealogy Message Boards
If you’ve been researching your family tree for any length of time, you’ve no doubt come across (and perhaps even used) genealogy forums, discussion groups or mailing lists. While these can be a great resource for essentially putting other people to work on your research project, the results can sometimes be, shall we say, “uneven.” But the problem may not be the board, forum or list you’re using.
Read more on how to use the Genealogy Message Boards For Your Ancestry Research project
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15 Resources For Tracing Your Family Ancestry:
If you're like me, when you were young, looking beyond your mother and father to find out where you came from just wasn't important. Well, I've found that the older you get, the more important your ancestry becomes. I'm not sure why. Maybe I have a broader perspective on things now. Maybe I'm just curious as to whether there was nobility in my family. Perhaps I'm looking for some closet skeletons.
Whatever my reasons, I do find tracing my ancestry fascinating. It is so interesting to learn about other people--how they lived, what they did, who they knew. But I've also learned along the way that most people haven't a clue what resources are available to them beyond the usual - interviewing family, checking birth certificates and newspapers, etc. I've compiled a list of 25 resources you should take advantage of if you're really serious about finding out "where you came from."
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Find Out the Origin of Your Surname:
Researching your family tree can be time consuming or costly. A way to short-cut the process is to examine your surname (or your father's surname if you have taken your spouse's name). The surname is like a time-machine that can transport you back thousands of years.
The Chinese have had surnames for nearly three thousand years (their surname comes first, before the personal name). In Europe however, surnames only began to catch on around the time of the middle ages. Surnames have been handed down through generations to the present day. In the U.S., early settlers already had surnames. Read more on how to find your surname's origins
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