Story of the "Laux" family
Laux - Loux - Lauck - Louck - Laucks - Loucks - Louks
Thank you for sharing these links with us!
The Genealogy Guide https://www.thehubpost.com/a-genealogy-guide
Lots of Information found on this website!! (Thanks Bailey for sharing it.)
http://www.homeadvisor.com/article.show.History-at-Home-A-Guide-to-Genealogy.17370.html
www.rootsweb.com & www.FamilySearch.org ~ Two free sources
HOUSE OF NAMES - It's the Number #1 source for your Coat of Arms and it's history.
(Great source for that special Birthday, Anniversary or Christmas Gift, too.)
FREE PRINTABLE FAMILY TREE CHARTS & OBITUARIES HELP -
http://www.obituarieshelp.org/free_printable_blank_family_tree.html
Great place to find free printable US & UK Census Forms, Family Group Sheets, and a Research Calendar. Site also has Census Maps, lots of "Help" tools and much more.
World Vital Records
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"Genealogy of the Loucks Family Beginning with Johann Dietrich Loucks and his descendants in direct line to Joseph Loucks Forth Generation and all his known and traceable descendant to date." by Edwin Merton McBrier 1940.
This is the book that includes all the speeches, poems, songs, prayers, etc. from the 200th Anniversary Reunion held in 1910!!
FamilySearch.org - is a lesser know free source, but is loaded with information. For example, I did a "Laux" search for all countries and found we are scattered in countries I didn't even think of checking.
MyHeritage.com is another genealogists' jackpot! For example, I clicked on the "Genealogy" tab, clicked the "search" button, typed in "Laux" and had access to 194,599 matches from 205 websites. Each website is shown thumbnail-size which after clicking takes you directly to the Laux info you requested.
OneGreatFamily.com is a very unique website. Just type in your family info and when a match is made with an entry with someone else's family, the families are automatically connected. Great way to let others do the research for you! (Some of the family info is already on this site.) Click here for more info: http://tinyurl.com/5wxa92
findagrave.com - free service including requesting pictures of tombstones. Lots of times one will find Obituary included.
interment.com is similar to findagrave.com.
canadian.headstones.com - small compared to previously mentioned sources, but still worth checking out.
Family Tree Magazine - super source! Sign up for a FREE Issue & their FREE Newsletter at: http://tinyurl.com/4egmnv
Family Chronicle Magazine - another super source! You can download a FREE Issue at http://tinyurl.com/6pb5pe
Schenectady History - www.schenectadyhistory.org
Mennonite Historical Society - www.lmhs.org (Located in Lancaster PA)
Olive Tree Genealogy www.oilvetreegenealogy.com
Timelines.com - a free and fun place to see what was going on during someone's lifetime and who their peers were!
http://www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadd.html
Our family member, Berthold Kynast, is a Translator by profession. He worked as a Translator for Chrysler in Germany until they closed down. He is able to do translation work from either German or French. You can contact him at:
I know he and his family would really like to attend the 300th Anniversary Reunion, so I'm sure he would be grateful for any work you could send his way.
The following "tree" sources are being used my various family members.
TribalPages.com - this is the official site being used for the 300th Anniversary Reunion. Almost 50 people have either added just their family or the greater branch of their family. THANK YOU!!
NOTE: TribalPages also includes the SSA Death Master File and the opportunity to Search all of TribalPages. Click on the "PEOPLE" Tab, click "Search" and then "Search all of TribalPages. Great way to find other family members or branches. Some sites will give you complete access and others will only give you a contact source for further information.
Geni.com - found 1451 family members by doing a "search" with LAUX and LOUCKS having the most leads.
www.ourfamilyforest.com/loucks - This site covers the Peter C. Loucks and Anna Nellis family. Thanks goes to Val (Loucks) Konert for her work and for giving permission to include her site here. (NOTE: Presently, this site is not available.)
www.ournetwork.net - This site is from Norma Shantz, granddaugher of Anna Margaret Loucks and Ezra S. Shantz. It includes the Canadian Shantz and Bechtel families and has almost 75,000 names included. Thanks goes her as well for her work and willingness to share.
Rootswebs.com - most everyone is familiar with this site. Great way to discover email addresses, too.
https://www.tradesmenprices.co.uk/genealogy - lots of links to other websites here! "Thank you" goes to Louise Smith for sharing this source with us.
Edna Loux has three books. Contact her at monlaurel2@yahoo.com for more info and prices.
Peter Loucks 1760-1825 & Anna Overholt Loucks 1770-1845
Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Loux Families of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
A Collection of Laux, Loux, Loucks Obituaries
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Volume I & 2 - The Loucks Families of New York
Volume 3 - The Pennsylvania Loucks, Lauck, Laucks, Loux
Families
Volume 4 - The Lauck, Loucks, Loukx, Louk Families in
Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio
Loucks - Allied Families - includes the 1710 Palatine families of Snell, Bellinge, Dockstader along with several families who were part of the Dutch West India Company in New Amsterdam
1910-1914 Loucks Reunions at York PA (corrections included)
"Dryer, Lauck, Payne, Scott Genealogy...Going Home" 1991
Contact beth at glassbybeth@aol.com for more info.
NOTE: Beth has been doing genealogy research for over 50 years and is STILL looking for information on the parents of Peter, Simon and Abraham Lauck. If you have some leads, she surely would appreciate it.
Descendants of Henry & Sara (Sluyter) Louks of Highgate, Vermont, with lines of the other Vermont/Quebec families included, 3rd edition
Two indexes of about 7,000 names, 325+ pages and some archival pix are included. Hard bound.
Costs are $30.00 U.S. per book. Mailing to Canada will be about $6.00 and to the U.S. $3.00.If you're in Canada and there's a T-D Bank in town, contact Ross about easier ordering.
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Found the book Memorials of the Huguenots in America by Ammon Stapleton and published by the Huguenot Publishing Company, Carlisle PA in 1901. Thought you might be interested in checking it out. Here's the link and you can download the book free! I think I have it set so the index page showing the Laux's comes up.
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Click the banner above to find over 2000 books and CD's.
One of the CD's contains 16 books of which one is The Trail of the Huguenots in Europe, in the United States, in Africa and Canada by Reaman. Page 130 talks about Pierre Laux of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and page 216 explains how the surname "DuLaux" became "Loucks".
You can do a "Search" to find out what books contain your family name or other items of interest.
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Thanks to Alison Loucks for setting up and Tina Loux maintaining the following social network sites to help us spread the word about the Reunion and to discover unknown family members.
FACEBOOK PAGE http://www.facebook.com/pages/Du-Laux-Desecendants/72799373715
FACEBOOK GROUP http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61495482595&ref=ts
BLOGSPOT http://lauxbrow.bolgspot.com/
GenealogyWise.com - This site is siimilar to Facebook and has been started by WorldVitalRecords.com, but is solely geared to those searching for other family members also doing research. It's free. CHECK IT OUT TODAY.
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