Treaty of Paris (1783) American Revolutionary War

A lot of our current research is in family lines in existence before and at the time of the War of Independence. All the real relocation of families into new and expanding areas took place after the completion of the conflict. We often have to remind ourselves that this begins really some 7 plus years after what we celebrate as our Independence day that real opportunity took place.

The conclusion was the Treaty of Paris that was signed at the Hôtel de York in Paris on September 3, 1783, 7 years, 1 month and 30 days after the official date of the Declaration of Independence. Even then it took another 7 months until on April 9, 1784 ratification process was complete between all the parties. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_%281783%29 & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War for a start on details on the war and the treaty.

Using the 1783 treaty date as a baseline you begin to see how quickly expansion and changes took place. We saw our own family movement into new areas as happening very fast following the completion of the conflict. Within 3 years (1786) the Rountree’s had been grated property in Carolina and the Munday’s in Ohio based on their service during the war. From there the property trading and resettlement that took place once move rapidly.

We suggest you re-look at your particular heritage with new baseline dates. You may see your ancestors’ activity with a new prospective and appreciation for their creation of a new country. Also you may find greater warmth for the French without whom we most likely would not have won the conflict.

Munday related Surnames

These are a few of the surnames that we are interested in for research on the Munday family line. If you have any common linage links we would be glad to hear from you directly.
Primary Surnames:
BILOVA-TETKALOVA, BRAUNER, CERMOKAOVA, FIALOVA, GOODRICK, HARVEY, HORSMAN, JERDE, JOHNSON, KREJCI, MATOUSEK, MATTOCKS, MILLER, MUNDAY, NOVOYNO-MACHATY, PALEK, PETRU, PRIBIL, PRIBYL, PROCHASKA, PROCHAZKOVA, SHEID, SINCLAIR, STEELE, THOMPSON, VAVERKA, WARD and WYNKOOP

Rountree related Surnames

These are a few of the surnames that we are interested in for research on the Rountree family line. If you have any common linage links we would be glad to hear from you directly.
Primary Surnames:
ARENDT, BARTH, BOYD, CATOR, COMMES, COVELLI, DION, DOSSETT, EHLY, FINCH, FINNEY, FIX, GARTNER, GASTALDI, HEIZ, HRONISH, JASMANN, JURGENS, KELLY, KIRKPATRICK, KRANTZ, LARSON, MAGELKY, NORSTRUM, OSBORNE, ROUNTREE, ROUNDTREE, ROWANTREE, SCHAFF, STONE, WILSON, WOOD and ZURFLUH

Family History, Resources and Documentation

Family history research is both fun and challenging. It is a real live investigation of people you share your DNA with. Way better that a T.V. drama or novel or P.O.P 'news' article.
Our family had done some research many years ago and there where a lot of holes unfilled. In fact, in a 100-page history written up by one of them he said, "If I didn't have a name or particulars I made one up to make it read better." Great for a novel for someone who knew Zane Grey while growing up. Not to good for source documentation.
When we started doing more serious investigating into our ancestry we discovered that the facts where more exciting than any created to fill in a story. Revolutionary War veterans, Civil War veterans, founders of frontier cities, real pioneers, friends to the famous and infamous. And that's just on this continent.
We believe every family has stories that need to be told and recorded for their posterity to include the tales that where less talked about. You know, the ones that your parents and elders didn't mention when you where in the room. These stories bring your family to life so you can know who they where and enjoy the results.
But it must be real. Documentation is extremely important. Record you sources clearly. Sometimes it takes longer to record the source information that it did to find the person, but just do it.
Based on our personal experience if you don't all you have is a really good 'fish story' and something that won't be of any benefit to help you or anyone else find the missing people in your family. There are many examples, ours is believing that the maiden surname of a grandmother was Stone for more that 50 years because it was created to make the story read well. It wasn't. It is Wood, found through a chance research result after spending years looking for a relationship to a surname that wasn’t' in that line
The great part of this is that the right name was found, extensive family relationships added, and extreme elation that a mystery was solved. Just enjoy the process, the results are worth it.
Let us know if you have resouces or other things that we should add here. Especially let us know if you have common ancestry where we might share data.

A Beginning

Choosing a name for a blog or other forums seems to become a protracted process. Simple? Cute? Long or short?

Repeatedly you go over your list and end up pretty much where you started. (Besides something about ‘Moose & Squirrel’ was taken.)

The goal is to get started and sort out details latter. So that's what we are doing! We’ll start with actual content soon while we become comfortable with this commuicatons format.

As stated in our introduction a lot of content may be on Family History and research. Some will be about things we find interesting or just humorous. Let us know what you find helpful or worthwhile. Please contribute when possible.