“Sub Sole, Sub Umbra, Virens”

“Flourishing both in sunshine and shade"

Who were our ancestors? Where did our forefathers come from and what circumstances brought them to this continent? What kind of people were they and what were their lives like. We have all studied history in school and whether or not you liked studying history the subject matter can be much more compelling when you learn your forefathers participated in these historic events, or at least lived through them. Through studying our family’s history we can learn a lot about our ancestors and maybe even learn a little about ourselves. Through death records we can trace our family’s medical history. We will learn about some of our heroic or adventurous forbearers and who knows maybe even find some family skeletons. In the brief period that I have been researching our genealogy I have already found records of several ancestors whom we can all take great pride in. Click on the “family history” link for more information on our more famous relatives.

I hope through this web site to reach out to known relatives and share this information with them and add any information they have researched and maybe find some new “cousins” out there. It is also my hope by developing this web site to find information on some of the dead ends or brick walls we have come up against; the first and foremost being William John Irving, my great grandfather.

See the Family Tree Here