Internet
Links
Truax Genealogy
Sites on the Internet
Sites with specific
DuTrieux/Truax/Truex information
- Jennifer Smith
is a new association member,
Association Historian, du Trieux/Truax descendant, and she has an
excellent
genealogy website. The section of
her website of interest to Association members has her
ancestry
and lineage, specific information
about Philippe
du Trieux, ancestor photographs in
a family 'album', a good bit of information (some 'borrowed' from
this
website) about DuTrieux/Truax ancestry, some very
impressive maps, a Truax
Ancestor Query Form for
submitting/receiving help with research queries, and many
Links to genealogy websites. Jennifer's maps include a
compiled 1644 map of New Amsterdam, and a corresponding modern-day
map of Lower Manhattan. She then compared and overlaid the two
maps, and even made the maps 'blend' from one to the other.
- James Nohl Churchyard's "Churchyard/Orr
Family Museum" by has been at the
University of Texas for several years, and I think it's one of the
larger single family genealogy locations on the Internet. The
extensive web site has a complete indexing system, using hypertext
links, to help you find your way around their family tree
documentation.
He has traced his family's ancestry back through
hundreds/thousands of names, including a branch traced back to
Philippe and Jacquemyne du Trieux and their daughter Maria du
Trieux. They also included the Acknowledgment
of Paternity and adoption of
Maria's daughter Aeltje (Aeltjem) by Pieter Pieterse Van
Couwenhoven. Apparently, Maria was married to Cornelis Cornelisen
(Volckertsen) Viele when Aeltje was born. In their "Roll of
Ancestral Services", the webmaster notes that while "there are no
serious criminals or other very colorful characters, Maria Truax
had a child by a man other than her husband in 1642, and was
banished from New Amsterdam in 1664 for shady business dealings
and keeping a disorderly tavern."
- A special "kudo" goes to Association member
Cindy
Owens' website which traces many
threads of her ancestry back to about 16
generations. They include Philippe du
Trieux & Susannah du Chesne, their descendants T12/Jacob Truax
& Elizabeth Post, Jacob Truax & Sarah LaRue, 12-6-2/ LaRue
Jacob Truax & Rebecca Abagail Stillwell, Jacob Truax &
Ruth Pittman, and Sarah Truax & Peter Strait, where the Truax
name changes. (The reference numbers are from the "House of Truax"
or Association records.) You have to click on "her ancestors" and
"next page" often to peruse her complete heritage. Her 20+ web
pages of ancestors contain many details not listed in my website
about our early ancestors.
- Pat
Patterson's website contains quite
a bit of DuTrieux/Truax information (although she's not an
Association member). It contains a family tree diagram and
documentation on Philippe's
and Susanna du Chesne's activities
in New Amsterdam.
- Paul Truax of Hinesburg VT (who has the same
name as my brother-small world !) did an Internet search for
people in the U.S. named "Paul Truax", and found 17! He also
received an e-mail telling of a web site that lists
Civil
War soldiers who have been awarded medals that never have been claimed, according to the West
Virginia state archives. Listed there is a William
Truax (no rank), Company H, 1st Reg
Cav Vols (no further information given). Instructions for applying
for and claiming the medal by descendants are contained at the web
site (e.g., copies of ancestry documentation). (Hint: to find
William Truax, do an "Edit, Find" on the list.)
- Richard
Gail Truax's website tells how,
although his name is Truax, he is not descended from Philippe
Du Trieux. Click on "Truax" to find out how his Texas ancestor changed his last
name from Truitt to Truax in the early 1800s.
- Lorine McGinnis Schulze has an extensive
website called the "Olive Tree
Genealogy". It indexes
many early settlers in New Amsterdam, and documents the Arrival
of Philippe Du Trieux (Truax, Truex) and Susanna du
Chesne on the ship "New
Netherland" in 1624 (hint: search
the web page for "truax" or "trieux"). This website has a little
bit of everything - surnames she's researching, Dutch naming
patterns of the 1600s to assist finding elusive ancestors,
Dutch
names and nicknames, passenger
lists from ships sailing to the New World, Militia muster rolls,
source materials for different locations and eras, and whatever
else she can think of. An interesting research site.
- The "Genealogy
Lady" at the "New Jerusalem"
website answers a question about Philippe fleeing Roubaix France.
Click on "Part 2" pf the "Older TEAM-GEN ARCHIVES" in the left
hand frame, and then search the right frame for "trieux" or do a
print preview. She also lists several places to write for
reference information on Dutch immigrants of the early 1600s era.
If you print the file, the "DuTrieux" question prints out at
approximately page 11 of 20.
- Dean
S. Truax's web page at "Family Tree Maker"
is the only Truax in that extensive
location (as of May 1998). It lists some early information and
speculation about the early migrations of the Walloons and
Philippe.
Generic Genealogy Sites
(still under
construction):
- Of course, Yahoo's
Surnames provides a fast index to
thousands of personal websites, including this one! Or, you can
start at Yahoo's
Genealogy list for more general
listings.
- One of the bigest genealogy websites to search
for information is Cyndi's List of
Genealogy Sites, which lists over
27,000 sites by category, by nationality, region, surnames,
publications, surnames, etc. I've been unable to get this website
listed there, but am still trying.
- A very large web site called "Ancestry
Hometown" contains numerous search
aids and information, including the "Eastman's
Online Genealogy Newsletter".
- Another major website is Family
Tree Maker, which is both a program
for PCs and a website with tremendous resources (which I haven't
explored much). Some information about a few Truax families is located on their website.
Comments?
If you have any additions, questions,
inputs, comments,or suggestions concerning the
"Association of Descendants of Philippe duTrieux",
please e-mail me at
truax@apci.net
.
Thanks for stopping by.