Tammy's Family Ties

Our Families Genealogy Pages By Tamara L. Lewis

This website is dedicated to the memory of my parents, Ray D. Lewis (1937-2002) and Nancy Josephine Criswell Thibodeau (1936-1999). I miss them both.

Nancy & Ray

A Bit Of History

In every country there is but one generation of pioneers. The history of that generation possesses a value and an interest which belong to no subsequent period. Leaving behind them the comforts and influences of a civilized community, the pioneers came to a new country, densely forested, and applied their. sturdy and earnest energies to the destruction of the towering timber, and the rearing upon its ruins of a new civilization, similar to that from which they migrated. The struggles and dangers they must undergo, the habits and customs which their new environment engendered, the gradual approach of their institutions from the inadequacy at their inception to the present stage of efficiency, and the self-denying mode of life they were obliged to adopt, present a phase of life that has now departed from this State forever.
~Author Unknown

My Earliest Ancestors To Arrive In America
George Lewis

Thomas Thayer

What's Behind a Name
Lewes/Lewis

"The Men of Kent"
Early History of Scituate, Massachusetts

Following is a link that tells of just a few of the changes that Barnstable endured over the next two centuries as written by Amos Otis.

Chronological Record of Barnstable, Massachusetts - written by Amos Otis
Barnstable - The First 200 Years

Records of the beginning of the Churches of Scituate and Barnstable which Amos Otis copied from an original manuscript in the autographical hand-writing of Rev John Lothrop, their first pastor.

Barnstable & Scituate Early Church Records

Genealogical Notes

Genealogical Notes - written by Amos Otis
Lewes (Lewis) Family Genealogical Notes

Genealogical Notes - written by Harriet Southworth (Lewis) Barnes
Lewes (Lewis) Family Genealogical Notes

Olds Family of America - Olds Genealogical Notes Olds Family Genealogical Notes

Darling Family of America Darling Family Genealogical Notes

Van Buskirk News
Stephan Donovan, a fellow Van Buskirk descendent started producing an Online Newsletter in 2009 exclusivley for anyone interested in the Van Buskirk family history. I've included the 1st issue of the Van Buskirk News from June of 2009 as a sample. If you are interested in joining the distribution list, email Stephan. His email address is on the front page of the newsletter.
You need a version of Acrobat Reader to be able to open the file that is in PDF Format.

Click on the Van Buskirk News link above.

The story of Elizabeth Lewis Blachford , also known as Liza Tower-Hill, the reputed witch of Barnstable, Massachusetts

Elizabeth is my 6th Great Grand Aunt.

Our Families Settling of the Lower Maumee River Basin ~ The Beginnings of Wood County, Ohio
William Race & Others

Bowling Green, Ohio - *My* Hometown

"Bowling Green is to-day brightest star in the beautiful constellation of cities of the great Northwest. Of the glittering gems that send forth their sparkling rays from the crown of the queen of this domain, she is one of the most brilliant. Wood county is one of the largest, wealthiest and most populous counties in Ohio. It is the garden spot of the world, and Bowling Green is the county seat."
C.S. Van Tassel
The Beautiful "Crystal City," 1895.

Please visit.... Bowling Green, The Crystal City

Panoramic 1888 Bird's-eye view of Bowling Green, Ohio

The panoramic map was a popular cartographic form used to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Known also as bird's-eye views, perspective maps, and aero views, panoramic maps are nonphotographic representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle. Although not generally drawn to scale, they show street patterns, individual buildings, and major landscape features in perspective.

To be able to view the image of the bird's-eye view of Bowling Green I am going to have to direct you away from this website to the website for the Library of Congress Panoramic Maps Collection. Once there, you can either view the Panoramic Map of Bowling Green or download the map to your computer to view at your leisure. I will say this, it is much easier to navigate around the map if you download it. You aren't limited to the small window size of the image like you are on the Library of Congress website. To download the map you will also need to download a software program known as MrSID made available through the Library of Congress. It is well worth the effort!!! You will be able to ZOOM right in on any part of the image you want. It's pretty neat.

Visit Our Family Tree On Ancestry.com

The information I gather for our Family Tree is constantly changing. As much as I try, it is hard to keep the tree that is on this website up to date. The up-to-date version of our Family Tree is online at www.Ancestry.com. With the resources I have available to me at Ancestry.com, I have been able to do a much more thorough documentation of our family lineage. If you are a relative I know and if you are not a member of Ancestry.com all you have to do is let me know and I can invite you to view our family tree through email. You will need to sign up for a free membership once I invite you.

Family Tree

Surnames Census Images Land Patents & Ownership Maps Misc Family Documents Death Certificates Obituaries Tombstones

Those Who Served In America's Armed Forces and Military Documents

Lewis Family Photos Criswell Family Photos

A Heartfelt Thank You..

It would be impossible to thank all the people who like myself, have been researching our families lineages and have shared information making it possible to be able to put together this website. My Aunt Olive, Olive (Lewis) Todd. Aunt Olive has shared pictures with me and gave me enough information that I was able to do all of this. Without her memories, I would never have known where to begin on our Lewis family. Thank you Shirley Dunn and Gary Russell for helping me over one of my hurdles. Both Gary and Shirley are distant cousins from the Van Buskirk family. The same to Harry Biesecker from Gibson, PA for taking the time to go to the Gibson Cemetery and taking pictures of tombstones of family members for me. Also, Kate Johnson who helped steer me in the right direction on my Criswell line. Another shout out and thank you goes to Jim Snow who traveled around ceneteries in Edgerton, Ohio to take pictures of several family tombstones for me... I also have to thank my Uncle Stan and cousins, Marlene (Brown) Turner and Myrna Criswell for sharing pictures with me. The pictures mean so much to me. Most importantly, none of this would have been possible without Hank Priebe, the love of my life. Thanks for processing my pictures, cleaning up my images, retreiving what I've lost and etc., etc., etc.....

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Last Updated: Sunday, 24-May-2015 10:26:58 EDT