User:Historyhermann

About Me

I, Historyhermann, am a "green" genealogist but with a lot of spirit and determination. I was first interested in genealogy in 2007 when I created a family history chart (a ship listing all my ancestors along with a map showing where they came across the Atlantic) and was firmly plangted in 2016 when I wrote a family history of my dad's family. Hence, I became the family historian for my dad's and mom's family! And wasn't even trying to do that!

Anyway, I am pleased with this site and aim to add many pages and update those that currently exist.

My ancestors came from all over! I even created a blog for some of them, called Packed with Packards! since I have ties, through my mom, to the well-known Packard family. Specifically, Samuel Packard (1612-1684) is one of my ancestors. The family came from Norfolk and Suffolk counties.

What about my other ancestors? Well, they came from Albania, Germany, France, Transylvania (then Austro-Hungary), northern Italy, Ireland (specifically Cashel and Ballysheehan from what I currently know) and England of course (the Packard line). The surnames I am tied to through my family lineage include: There are other ancestor surnames but these are the major ones. All of them ultimately settled in the US between the 1630s (Packard) to the later 20th century (Efthim).
 * Packard (Norfolk, Suffolk, England)
 * Mills (Ballysheehan, Ireland)
 * Bibby (Cashel, Ireland)
 * Baccarini (northern Italy)
 * LanFranchi/Franci (Casola, northern Italy)
 * Hermann (Johannisdorf, Transylvania)
 * Graff/Graf (Sercia, Brasov, Transylvania)
 * Weber (France)
 * Efthim/Efthimou (Albania)
 * Schaefer (Germany)

I look forward to your comments.

Historyhermann (talk) 00:39, November 15, 2017 (UTC)