I was amazed to find we could trace our roots back to the Mayflower! The family geneaology is available from this link. You can use the index to search for a particular name. But the easiest way to see the progression through time is to go to the family pages and click on the names which are highlighted. That will take you to their ancestors. For example, the Altekruse family begins here, with Freiderick Nicolas. To see the Edward Fuller family, start here.

There was an ancestor named Captain John Avery who was among the first colonists in Maryland. Here is a story about the family,

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