I'm a retired legal administrative assistant with 38 years of experience as a genealogist. My maiden name is Lynn, spelled in some generations as Linn. My direct paternal ancestors were Ulster Scots who came to the U.S. in 1788 and helped to found the village of Concord, Pennsylvania.

My forebears came from Germany, England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. In the U.S., they lived in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. Known ancestral surnames include:
Bess/Boesse - New York Ohio
Bloodgood/Bloetgoet - Netherlands New York
Bowne (Boone?) - England New York New Jersey
Brooks - West Virginia
Bryan/O'Bryan - Virginia
Carlisle/Carlyle - County Monaghan, Ireland
Carr/Karr - Ohio
Carl/Coyle - Pennsylvania
Danner/Tanner - Maryland
Donaldson - Counties Tyrone & Monaghan, Ireland
Erhardt - Germany Pennsylvania
Erisman - Germany Pennsylvania
Flower (Flohr?) - Pennsylvania Virginia
Garrison - New Jersey
Geisler/Gisler - Switzerland
Gray - Maryland West Virginia
Hahn/Hawn - West Virginia
Hiestand/Highstand - Pennsylvania
Huffer/Hofer - Switzerland Maryland
Holmes - New York
Jans/Janse - Netherlands New York
Jones - England Massachusetts
Keever - Pennsylvania Ohio
Keller - Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia
Kidwell - Maryland Virginia West Virginia
Kroesen/Krusen - Netherlands New York Pennsylvania
Lifford/Lyford - Ireland Massachusetts
Lincoln - England Massachusetts Pennsylvania Virginia
Line - Maryland
Lynn/Linn - Scotland Ireland Pennsylvania Maryland
Mansberger/Mannsperger - Germany Pennsylvania
McCoy - West Virginia Ohio
McDaniel/McDonald - Ireland Virginia West Virginia Ohio
Messenger - England Connecticut Vermont
Oakley - England Massachusetts
Pieters - Netherlands New York
Richey - Ireland New Jersey New York
Rife/Reiff - Virginia Ohio
Rohrer - Maryland
Salter - New Jersey Pennsylvania
Saylor/Seiler - Germany Pennsylvania
Scyoc/Van Scyoc - Netherlands New York Pennsylvania
Sener - Pennsylvania
Smith - Maryland
Staats - Netherlands New York
Swain - Maryland West Virginia
Thomas - Maryland New Jersey
Udney/Udnie/Udny/Widney - Scotland Ireland Pennsylvania
Vleit/Van Vleit - New Jersey
Weast/Wiest - Maryland
Whitman - England Massachusetts
Widney - See Udney
Williams - Virginia West Virginia Ohio
Wilson - County Monaghan, Ireland
Young - Pennsylvania

I'm a retired legal administrative assistant with 38 years of experience as a genealogist. My maiden name is Lynn, spelled in some generations as Linn. My direct paternal ancestors were Ulster Scots who came to the U.S. in 1788 and helped to found the village of Concord, Pennsylvania.

My forebears came from Germany, England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. In the U.S., they lived in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. Known ancestral surnames include:
Bess/Boesse - New York Ohio
Bloodgood/Bloetgoet - Netherlands New York
Bowne (Boone?) - England New York New Jersey
Brooks - West Virginia
Bryan/O'Bryan - Virginia
Carlisle/Carlyle - County Monaghan, Ireland
Carr/Karr - Ohio
Carl/Coyle - Pennsylvania
Danner/Tanner - Maryland
Donaldson - Counties Tyrone & Monaghan, Ireland
Erhardt - Germany Pennsylvania
Erisman - Germany Pennsylvania
Flower (Flohr?) - Pennsylvania Virginia
Garrison - New Jersey
Geisler/Gisler - Switzerland
Gray - Maryland West Virginia
Hahn/Hawn - West Virginia
Hiestand/Highstand - Pennsylvania
Huffer/Hofer - Switzerland Maryland
Holmes - New York
Jans/Janse - Netherlands New York
Jones - England Massachusetts
Keever - Pennsylvania Ohio
Keller - Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia
Kidwell - Maryland Virginia West Virginia
Kroesen/Krusen - Netherlands New York Pennsylvania
Lifford/Lyford - Ireland Massachusetts
Lincoln - England Massachusetts Pennsylvania Virginia
Line - Maryland
Lynn/Linn - Scotland Ireland Pennsylvania Maryland
Mansberger/Mannsperger - Germany Pennsylvania
McCoy - West Virginia Ohio
McDaniel/McDonald - Ireland Virginia West Virginia Ohio
Messenger - England Connecticut Vermont
Oakley - England Massachusetts
Pieters - Netherlands New York
Richey - Ireland New Jersey New York
Rife/Reiff - Virginia Ohio
Rohrer - Maryland
Salter - New Jersey Pennsylvania
Saylor/Seiler - Germany Pennsylvania
Scyoc/Van Scyoc - Netherlands New York Pennsylvania
Sener - Pennsylvania
Smith - Maryland
Staats - Netherlands New York
Swain - Maryland West Virginia
Thomas - Maryland New Jersey
Udney/Udnie/Udny/Widney - Scotland Ireland Pennsylvania
Vleit/Van Vleit - New Jersey
Weast/Wiest - Maryland
Whitman - England Massachusetts
Widney - See Udney
Williams - Virginia West Virginia Ohio
Wilson - County Monaghan, Ireland
Young - Pennsylvania