Thursday, January 13, 2011

Family Research

I've always wanted to know about my New England ancestors. I chose John Woolley Sr. and his family to research, because he served in the Revolutionary War, and I have always had a keen interest in that period of our nation's history.


I began mt research by looking into the origina of the Woolley name. I first looked in the History and Genealogy of the Utah Woolleys from 1700 to 1936, by William George Woolley, which I found a the Family History Library. Woolley wrote that the name could have been drived from a couple of different sources, one being from the "Wools," which is a Saxon name meaning "the meadows." Since some of the early Wooleys were shepherds and tended their flocks on the "wools" of England, it would seem natural to call the family the Woolys.

www.southwickresearch.com
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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2 comments:

  1. Scout CommitteeJanuary 29, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Finding information in England on families with different spellings or finding the "original" spelling can be quite the challenge for your research. Good luck in this adventure.

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  2. Scout CommitteeJanuary 29, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    I posted the comment above. I am learning this process. Sorry for the error. Again, good luck.

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