NOTE: In the historical biographies on this web site, all capitals means the individual is a direct ancestor.

Also, I've color-coded my ancestors' names so that

Schmitt is white
Larson is blue
Farr is red
Helgeson is yellow
and indirect relatives are black.

If I'm related to them through more branches than just one, then there will be a mix of colors.

My Family Tree

Welcome to the annals of my family, where you can find old and new stories of some of my family members. I hope you enjoy this site; please let me know if you do!

I will be adding more to this site over the months, so please, come and visit us whenever you want.

Thanks and Details

Unending thanks to Uncle Jim, who researched, provided, and suggested most of my information, and who also researched my mom's family tree. Other family members provided information about my dad's family tree.

My information on subjects in this website (Charlemagne, Alfred the Great, etc.) comes from books, websites, or my Uncle Jim's research, so if you know something to be historically untrue, I probably got it from a website. Please notify me, and tell me your sources on the matter.

The Farr Lineage

researched by Robert Linton Farr

We have photocopies of Robert Farr's typewritten research dated 1955. His genealogy research comes from "History of the Hole family in England and America" by Dr. Charles Elmer Rice, pages sixteen and thirty-one. This document shows the lineage back to Egbert through Anna Martha Hole, my great-great-grandmother, who married Michael Err Farr. My lineage back to William the Conqueror traces back through her great--grandmother, Mary Thomas Hanna, who married Jacob Hole.

The Larson and Helgeson lineage
researched by James M. Larson

Most birth, marriage, and death certificates only go back to around the 1880s. Next, Uncle Jim hired someone in Norway to research our Norwegian genealogical records. Genealogical records for our family dating back to around 1740, can be supported by church records. Individuals living between about 1550 and 1740 were located using land records. Previous to these dates, Uncle Jim relied on historical records.

So are we really related to nobility? The correct answer is, "Yes, research points to our being related to famous individuals, but there is a possibility we aren't."

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