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Welcome!
Welcome to the genealogy site for Mills, McLaughlin, Radloff, Ruth, and related families! I'm Cairril Mills. Much of the info on this site comes from the files of numerous generous relatives.

ATTENTION TONY "THE COUNT" MULLANE FANS
It's come to our attention that Tony Mullane, McLaughlin family member and baseball star of the late 19th century, lies in an unmarked grave in a Dolton IL cemetery. I would like to honor Tony Mullane's memory with a headstone and perhaps a secular memorial service, but I need your help! Please with the subject line "TONY MULLANE" (all caps) if you have ideas for how we might collect funds to support this effort and organize a suitable memorial. Thanks for your support!

Thanks also to those who have supported my research with generous financial donations.

We have over 5,000 people in these files, with an emphasis on colonial American families and European royal lines, in addition to our direct lines of research. An asterisk (*) indicates a person in our direct line of ascent/descent.


Please if you have information which you would like to see posted here, or have corrections or questions. It's relatively easy for me to make ancestry charts, so if you'd like a chart showing from whom you're descended, just let me know.

Note: Because updating thousands of records online is an arduous task, it only happens once a year or so. In the meantime, I continue to gather info for my personal files. For this and privacy reasons, my personal files contain much more information than what is posted. Please with any questions.

Latest updates:
• Updates made to The Pilgrim Story [Feb 2008]
• Tony Mullane memorial appeal launched [Dec 2006]
• Updates to the Photo Gallery, all on the Mills side of the family, mostly of Elsie and Arnold Mills. See 1920s, 1930s, 1970s, and 1990s. [Dec 2006]
• An off-topic but fascinating historical tidbit about Viking shipwrights was added to the History section [Dec 2006]
• Updates to families including Conces, Mullane, Ruth, Wilder, White, Vassall, St John, and Granger [July 2005]
• Extensive updates have been made to European royal lines, particularly those earlier than the 12th century [July 2005]
• A new biography has been added to the History section. A sketch of the life of Colonial maverick William Vassall, it also includes information on Judith Vassall White, Susannah Fuller White Winslow, Edward Winslow, and the early power struggles within the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony churches. [July 2005]

Research interests
I'm particularly interested in hearing from folks with info on the Ruth, Mullane, Junke, Koselke, Pezkoski, Loucks, Messenger (pre-Andrew), Stiller, Schworm, and Radloff lines, and any additional information on William McLaughlin and Bridget Mallone McLaughlin in New Jersey (the first McLaughlin immigrants).

Previous updates

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Photo Gallery: A photo gallery with many pictures from the early 20th century. Help us identify the mystery people!
Genealogy history articles
History Articles: Articles written by me about the times some of our ancestors lived in. These articles help give us a better understanding of who our ancestors were and why they did what they did.
Genealogy form
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