> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of ROGER MILLS
> In 1911 my great-grandfather (1831-1929) self-published a
> family history
> that took the Mills line back to a man born in 1744--
> probably from Wales,
> but that's uncertain. I've ried to follow his work up, but
> with little
> success, and haven't done much for several years. GGF's mother
was a
> Westfall (Dutch), and on-line research reveals that that
> family has been in
> the US since the mid-1600s. And they were a prolific lot, one
> branch in NY,
> the other (mine) in what is now W.VA. Unfortunately their
> favorite names
> were Cornelius, Abel and John so it gets a little
> confuzzing......But a
> totally fascinating study.
I too have a paternal line that leads to WV. My grandfather
came from a place called Nutterville. I once drove up there
just to see the place, it's little more than a point on a map
along a long unpaved road.
> I grew up in South Dakota amongst mostly 2nd/3rd generation
> Scandanavians
Where? My Dad was born there, but moved around WW2.