Bücher von David Halsey

Stories in this book should make it easier to virtually travel back in time to a past where we can imagine what emotions were experienced by our ancestors during some of their life events. These stories provide a small window into some of those experiences that formed who they were to a small degree. They acted as we would have acted under similar circumstances but by a different set of values that defined their "time", not ours. Maybe when reading some of these stories, it might remind you of a family member that you know. For example at my age when I look into a mirror I see my father. I'm sure I have inherited many of his characteristics since he was my first and most important teacher/mentor.My ancestors, who are the subjects of these stories, discovered, as we have, that the world of our youth expands quickly as we mature and leave the nest.

The Halsey family name has been in America since 1638, the year Thomas Halsey is first mentioned in town records of Lynn, Massachusetts. The genealogical record uses the "Modified Register Plan" and is exceptionally thorough, containing a total of eighteen generations reaching back to John Halsey alias Chambers, born in 1498, all the way up to the latest descendant born in December 1994. Also included are ancestor charts in "Reverse Register" format of several distinguished spouses. These women brought prominent bloodlines into the Halsey line. Also included is a brief genealogy of the ancestors of the Thomas Halsey who was for so long mistakenly believed to be the immigrant ancestor of the author's line.