My Family History

I became interested in genealogy in 2008 and have been researching my genetic and cultural roots ever since. As my family history unfolds, I share what I learn by posting the stories of my ancestors on this site.

If you are viewing this page on a wide screen, you should see a menu on the left. If not, you should see a menu button (three horizontal white lines stacked vertically) in the upper left corner of your screen. Click on the menu button for a list of the ancestors whose stories are found here. --Charlie Adler

You can reach me at: email2adler@gmail.com

- Some pages have attachments at the bottom. The attachments are usually copies of historical documents with additional information. The documents are in PDF format and can be opened online or downloaded.
- Some images, such as the photo of L.M. Witherell, are stored on my Flickr page. If you click on the image, you will be taken to Flickr, where you can download a higher resolution copy of the image. You can tell if an image is stored on Flickr by rolling your cursor over it and looking at the web address in the information bar at the bottom of your browser.

What's New

March 30, 2024

Added a page for ancestor Isaac Hartwell.
Added a link on the Mayflower Ancestors page to a documentary film about Stephen Hopkins.

March 1, 2023

Updated page for Jabez Hodgson to include divorce in 1872 from second wife Isabela.
Updated German Ancestry page with photos of burial tombs for Martin and Anne Marie Adler.

April 22, 2022

Added many photos and captions to the page for Charles Roger Williams, with details on his service during World War I.

March 17, 2022

Added page for my grandfather Charles Roger Williams. As published, this page now covers only one short period in his life, from Dec. 28, 1918, to Feb. 7, 1919, during which he left Brittany, France, where he had been serving at a World War I Naval Air Station, and traveled on a voyage back to the U.S. A transcript of a journal he kept is attached to the web page. I plan to expand the page with more about my grandfather.

August 31, 2021

Google has converted my site to a new format. I had no choice. I am making adjustments now. The new format will probably work better on cell phones, once I clean everything up.

July 14, 2019

- Added page for Elizabeth Groves.
- Added page for Lottery Plantation in Jamaica, a place visited by Elizabeth Groves after leaving Scotland and before coming to the United States in 1845.
- Deleted My Tree page as it did not display properly on mobile devices.

January 2, 2019

Updated the page on Jabez Hodgson with information on another daughter, Jennie, born to Jabez and 3rd wife Catherine in 1886.

May 22, 2018

- Updated the page on Mayflower Ancestors.

January 15, 2018

Added page for John Ainsworth.

November 23, 2016

- Updated the page on Mayflower Ancestors.

December 16, 2012

- Added a page on My German Ancestors.

November 10, 2012

- Added downloadable copy of 1911 travel journal to bottom of L.M. Witherell page.

September 23, 2011

- Added page for Jabez Hodgson.

January 7, 2011

- Added photos to L. M. Witherell page.

January 8, 2011

- Added profile of John Deighton.

Note: Look here for the source of the photo of Taunton, Massachusetts, c. 1905 shown above.