Genealogy The Alden Kin Search Project

Working With the HTML Files

  

The HTML files are generated from our master database. If you are looking for a specific individual, it is recommended that you start with the Surname List and click on the name you are interested in finding. That will take you to the Name Index and display all the people with that Surname. After determining which person you want, click on that name and you will be taken to that name in the Descendants File.

The Surname List. This lists, in alphabetical order, every surname (last name) that appears in the database. Each name provides a link to the first individual of that surname in the Name Index.  Below is the first part of the Surname List.

NOTE: The illustrations below are not live links, but only illustrate how the index pages should be used. To access the actual index, use the link at the bottom of the page.

Descendants of John ALDEN and Priscilla Mullins

Surname List

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Note: It may take several seconds to a minute or so to access the Name List file. Please be patient.

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A. , Abbey , Abbot , Abbott , Abell , Abernathy , Abernethy , Abul , Achilles , Ackeley , Acker , Ackerman , Ackerson , Ackley ,

 

 

The Name Index. This is a single very large file. Because of this it may take several seconds, or even a few minutes, to display on your computer. It is an alphabetical listing (in surname order) of every individual in the Descendants File. Each individual provides a direct link to the location of that person in the Descendants File. Find the name you want (using the birth date is the easiest way to choose among multiple names), click on it and you will go directly to that individual.  Below is a sample of the Name Index for the name "Longfellow".

Longfellow

Alexander Wadsworth b.1814 - Portland, ME
Anne b.1810 - Portland, ME
Elizabeth b.1792 - of Bristol, Lincoln, Maine, US

The Descendants File. This is actually a collection of several hundred files (HTML pages). They contain the genealogical information on each Alden descendant, including name and date and place of birth (and/or christening), marriage and death of that individual, where known. Each page in the Descendants File shows two generations - parents and children. Wherever additional information is available, for instance for the next generation, the name of the individual appears as a link. In a family grouping, the direct descendant of John and Priscilla is shown first with his or her ancestry directly back to John and Priscilla appearing next to the name. Each name in this chain of ancestors is also a link to the next individual in this chain, allowing you to work backwards all the way to John and Priscilla.

If you select the Descendants File as your starting point, you will see the first Descendants Page showing John and Priscilla Alden and their children. You can select any of the eight children with descendants and move forward, generation by generation, towards the eighth generation. Each individual in the Descendants File is assigned a unique ID number. This number appears to the left of the individual's information.

Below is the listing in the Descendants File for the Longfellow family. You can easily follow the lineage back from Zilpha to Elizabeth and to John. If you click on any of these names in the actual file, you will be taken to his or her information. (These links are not active).

Longfellow

Alexander Wadsworth b.1814 - Portland, ME
Anne b.1810 - Portland, ME
Elizabeth b.1792 - of Bristol, Lincoln, Maine, US
Elizabeth Wadsworth b.1808 - Portland, ME
Ellen b.1818 - Portland, ME
Henry Wadsworth b.1807 - Portland, Cumberland Co., ME
Mary b.1816 - Portland, ME
Samuel b.1819 - Portland, ME
Stephen IV b.1776 -
Stephen V b.1805 - Portland, ME

Below is the information for Henry Wadsworth.

11058. Zilpah Wadsworth (Peleg Wadsworth , Peleg Wadsworth , Mercy Wiswall , Priscilla Pabodie , Elizabeth Alden , John ) was born on 6 Jan 1778 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA. She was christened on 26 Apr 1779 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA. She died in 1851.

Zilpah married Stephen Longfellow IV on 1 Jan 1804 in Portland, ME. Stephen was born in 1776. He died in 1849.

They had the following children:

  25053 M i Stephen Longfellow V was born on 14 Aug 1805 in Portland, ME. He died in 1850.
        Stephen married Marianne Preble.
  25054 M ii Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on 27 Feb 1807 in Portland, Cumberland Co., ME. He died on 24 Mar 1882 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. He was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA.
        Henry married (1) Mary Storer on 14 Sep 1831.
        Henry married (2) Frances Elizabeth Appleton on 13 Jul 1843 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. Frances was born on 6 Oct 1817 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.
  25055 F iii Elizabeth Wadsworth Longfellow was born on 24 Aug 1808 in Portland, ME. She died in 1829.
  25056 F iv Anne Longfellow was born on 3 Mar 1810 in Portland, ME. She died in 1901.
        Anne married George Washington Pierce.
  25057 M v Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow was born on 20 May 1814 in Portland, ME. He died in 1901.
  25058 F vi Mary Longfellow was born on 28 Jun 1816 in Portland, ME. She died in 1902.
        Mary married Stephen Greenleaf.
  25059 F vii Ellen Longfellow was born on 12 Jul 1818 in Portland, ME. She died in 1834.
  25060 M viii Samuel Longfellow was born on 18 Jun 1819 in Portland, ME. He died in 1892.

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