week one Fresh Start........

This is a FRESH START for me. I was so excited about the idea of beginning again.  I wrote posts  for a several years but then stopped for several years UNKNOWN REASON WHY.... but I would like to begin again, to continue to explore my family roots on paper as well as with DNA. I have done extensive research in the generally accepted reseach ways- traveling, libraries, archives, cemetaries, conferencewsm workshops, classes, talking to all relatives that I have come in contact with, trying to find the stories and facts about all my family lines, not just the direct line of GARDNER's, but all the lines. Now I am heavily invested in my DNA line. I have tested with Ancestry, FamilyDNA, MyHeritage, 23&me, and LivingDNA (after several years the only one that has nothing for me yet) and I find each one totally different and the same. So this time around I will have my paper trails of my family tree and my DNA family . Same, yes and no.

So I will start with all the known surnames and go from there............ And as you will see that there is a big difference in the lists. I have traced a lot of my mothers family way back into the 1500 and 1600's but my fathers line seems to go cold in the early 1800's - big difference

Paternal Side

GARDNER

BRANFIELD

DIETZ

JAMES

SMITH

NOLL

NOBLE

JONES

LISKE

RICH

JENKINS

Maternal side.........

LITTLE

BRISTOL

BROWNRIGG

SHEERAR

MOUNSEY 2X

TOMPKINS

WOOD

HUDSON

HARRIS 2X

HODGSON

ALLEN

MERCHANT

HAMILTON

STEPHENS

KENTFIELD

DAVIS

BAILE 2X

TROWBRIDGE

HEWITSON 2X

PECK

BLAKSLEY

BROWNE

SPERRY

BEARDSELY

KIMBERLY

WATTER

SCAMMEL

GOODYEAR

WINTER

LAMBERTON

CLARK

POTTER

TYNCHER

CALDWELL

MARSHALL

LEWEN

EDWIN

PROUSE

BEVYS

DENIS

SAGE

LAWRENCE

COLLACK

OWESLEY

PROUZ

DEIGHTON

READ

PAKINGTON

LACEY

Anyone recognize any of the surnames? Yes I know the Smiths, Jones, & James. 

Basic locations are Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Great Britain, & Germany (Bavaria & Hesse Darnstadt)