TDP Genealogy Blog by Terry D. Prall

My Genealogy: My Adopted Family - Prall, McHugh, Faucett, Crail & Allied Families [pre-September 2020] & My Birth Families - Everhart, Arbuckle, George, Hogue & Allied Families [beginning September 2020]

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Revisiting William Hogue and Barbara Hume

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Sometime ago I addressed the family legend that William Hogue [born 1660] and Barbara Hume [born 1670] sailed to America on the ship Caledo...

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Colonial Immigration: Adopted vs. Birth Families

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Working on two separate family groups, adopted and birth, have made for some interesting comparisons. For the most part, my adopted familie...

Monday, May 22, 2023

Family Origins

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ILLIG: arrived 1733 - Adelshoffen, Heilbronn, Baden-Wurtenberg [Germany] STEFFY: arrived by 1745 - Bern, Switzerland STIEFF: arrived 1753 -...

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Family Origins

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a trio of mystery names: GEORGE: 6 generations - English [maybe Welsh] PARKER: 2 generations - English DUNNING: 2 generations - Scottish

Saturday, May 20, 2023

Family Origins

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BALL: arrived before 1678 - England PHILLIPPI: arrived 1747 - Volksberg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace [France] EICHELBERGER: 1733 - Argau, Switzerland

Friday, May 19, 2023

Family Origins

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HOGUE: arrived about 1685 - Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland HUME: arrived about 1685 - Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland HARRELL: arrived b...

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Family Origins

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As mentioned in the previous post, there are families of "yet to be determined origin." Akers: 2 generations - possibly English, ...

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About Me

Terry Prall: I began researching back in 1990. The insane adventure has taken me to 14 states and Scotland. I branched out a few years ago to include speaking on genealogy topics. I have also done a little acting on the side. I am president of the Prall Family Associationrecently past- .I recently took a DNA test and learned I was adopted. That has taken my research in a whole new direction! In the past few years, I have become involved in building with LEGOs [a western display: town, fort, mine & Indian village & the Battle of the Alamo

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