Like many of you, I love to look at old family photographs and wonder about the lives of these "unknown" people who are related to me. I knew they were family but didn't know much about them or how they were connected to my present day descendents. My mother, who was most interested in the Crowell line, had done some research years ago.  One of the goals she had was to find out when our Crowell family emigrated and from where. We had been told that my great-grandfather came from England, but after some research, I found that he was born in the United States as was his father and his grandfather.

We also found my great-grandmother's application to the Mayflower Society which was a great help in tracking down more ancestors. I have spent much time confirming the information I found amongst the letters and papers hidden in boxes of photographs. Of course, all this research helped me find and confirm many of the relationships.

My grandfather also gave us a number of photographs where he identified family members which also helped. Now the photographs are much clearer and we have been able to identify even many of the "unknowns".

At this point in time, my main goal is the same one my mother had:  To find the Crowell who first immigrated to the United States.  Because of this, I hereby dedicate this project to my mom, Dorothy Crowell (nee Weiss), a loving, insightful, caring person, and I believe she was, as one of her professors dubbed her, "the smartest woman in southeastern Wisconsin."

If you can find a link on this website to someone in your family, it will be an added accomplishment for me.

As all genealogists know...the search continues!

Happy Hunting!