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.
   

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