The Bellsburg Mitchells

The Bellsburg Mitchells tells the story of a search for ancestors among the settlers of Tennessee’s Dickson Robertson and Cheatham Counties and also among their predecessors in the American colonies and Western Europe. The search was begun by the author’s father in 1986 and has been furthered by the author in this century with the aid of the Internet and the latest DNA technology with surprising results. While focusing on the author’s Mitchell forebears the story includes names dates details and trees for nearly ninety of the author’s father’s ancestors both paternal and maternal. These ancestors connect the author to the Pilgrims who sailed with the Mayflower in 1620; to five of the original thirteen colonies—Massachusetts Pennsylvania Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina; to England Scotland Wales Ireland France Germany and Switzerland; and to one U.S. President Richard Nixon. Thoroughly researched and expertly written The Bellsburg Mitchells makes a complicated investigation comprehensible and enjoyable entertaining readers on every page with interesting details of life long ago. Readers will learn a lot about American and European history and culture as well as about the methods and pitfalls of genealogical research. Family names: Absten Baxter Bell Binckele Binggeli Binkley Bonney Burri Compton Dauge Deane Doane Dozier Durrant Etheridge Frey Fry Gibbs Gregory Haile Harris Hogan Hon Keuhlin Meyer Mitchell Morris Munden Oberdorfer Page Penquite Petree Ralston Rawlston Ring Rolestone Rollestone Rolston Rolstone Roulston Schall Schaub Schmidt Sharpe Simmons Simpkins Smith Speight Spring Stewart Twenynge Twining Weissenbach Zbindon Zimmerman.