My name is Alice Lindsey Fluegge, I am from Chicago, but am currently living out
west. I have a husband Bob, and four sons and three foster children, one girl
and two boys and 13 adorable grandchildren.
This site is 3 years in the making so enjoy.
My adventure into genealogy
began in 1978 years ago when my grandfather asked me to look into the parentage
of his mother, an orphaned Native American. Little did I realize what a
never-ending and thrill-packed journey he started me on.
I started with his family tree, and branched out into my husband's. Our family
is the true melting pot of America. It consists of all races and national
origins. These two families arrived here
when America was in its infancy.
My ancestors were African,
brought against their will to work the land without payment. I am
the descendant of African slaves, Native Americans and English, German and
Irish Slave owners whose ancestors came over shortly after the Mayflower and
migrated to the South. My
African-American ancestors fled from North and South Carolina to escape
oppression to the rich farmlands of Indiana and to the industrial Chicago area.
One of my ancestors risked his life to escape slavery by walking from North
Carolina to Illinois. Another ancestor left his family behind in North Carolina
to join the Union army. Others had to
flee where they were born after relatives were lynched.
My husband Bob's family
came here from England on the Mayflower to escape religious persecution and
later joined together with Germans escaping forced conscription and
non-ownership of their land, Irish and Dutch to form a multicultural family
unit spreading from New England to Washington State.
They came to the virgin farmlands of America from Europe for the freedom to own
and cultivate their own land and to have freedom of religious choice.
Our children have expanded
our rich cultural roots with the descendants of Mexico, Puerto Rico and
Columbia.
What both families had in common
was the need was freedom, and they found it here. The
descendants of these two families ranged the gamut of American life. They were
the homesteaders, sharecroppers, cowboys, teachers, politicians, miners and
everything in-between. They have served in every war from the Revolutionary War
to the Vietnam War and have suffered casualties in all. They have shaped the
landscape of America from coast to coast and have fulfilled the legacy of
freedom their ancestors craved.
When my paternal grandfather asked me to find out
about the parentage of his mother, he started with telling me that she was a
member of the Blackfeet Indian tribe and an orphan who had been raised by a
white family in Cairo, IL. But he didn't stop there. He gave me the entire
story of his family, as he knew it. I
didn't know what to do or how to even begin. He died shortly after making that
request, (as have many other family members who contributed to this work in
progress. But the journey keeps them close and I know that they are still
helping me find my way) but I decided to do what he asked if not for him, but
for my children and myself. The information I have is from various sources.
Family stories: (As much as I hear people knock family stories, I have gained a
lot of verifiable information from things family members have told me.), Census Records, Cemeteries, County Courthouse records,
Libraries, State records, Family published genealogies and lately the Internet.
Not all is completely verified and is subject to correction. I do what's known
as cluster genealogy; I have information on both my family and my husband's
family included in my family is my stepfather's family that arrived to America
in the late 1790's from Cornwall and England. I am now up to 8,588 people in my
family database and it keeps growing. If
you do see a family name listed I may have more information on the spouse's
family not doesn't show up on our trees so please contact me for more
information.
Come visit our family pages where you will find
family trees, stories, pictures, historical references and links to other
sites. We can watch the pages grow a little more with your contributions and
perhaps I can do the same for you.
Email any information or comment to me at: alicelinzy@yahoo.com
I hope you enjoy my family’s history and write to me if you have any questions or additions.
I also help people with their genealogy research see my website at:
http://alicefluegge.com/Gen_Biz/index.html