A modern family-history museum
Explore maternal and paternal ancestry, biological and adoptive family lines, historical records, photographs, research, migrations, and the evidence behind the family story.
Family Introduction
The public tree presents reviewed family relationships, historical branches, and open research boundaries without turning the homepage into a personal profile.
Public pages are limited to information approved for display.
Featured People
Christine R. Angerman is known here through her relationship as Blanche Hall's mother. Her parentage remains an open question.
Eliza Brown is known here through her relationship to David Canaday and Ida May Canaday. Her own records remain sparse.
David Canaday was Ida May Canaday's father and part of the Warren County, Iowa Canaday research line.
Historical Collections
Lineage Research
Research connecting the Person/Pearson line to the Mayflower proof chain.
Family Origins
Schick and Frohm research tied to the Volga German migration story.
Family Branch
The reviewed Saunders branch through Fort Dodge, Iowa City, London, and related adoption history.
Family Branch
Schick family research with military records, Fort Collins context, and Volga German questions still active.
Current Research
From the Archive
The older thesaunders.org material remains available as a historical snapshot. It is useful context for research, while public family pages show only reviewed conclusions.
Open Historical ArchiveStories
A public Saunders branch chapter covering London origins, Iowa records, Fort Dodge family history, and research-only Cornwall and Irish parentage questions.
Read the featured storyResearch Method
The archive distinguishes family memory, compiled research, indexes, original records, conflicts, and open questions.
See how the evidence is evaluatedSearch