Site Review - From Roots to Buds

“A Family Tree: From Roots to Buds” is a dynamic web site based on The Next Generation of Genealogy Site building (TNG) software.  The site has been designed to share the genealogy and family history of its author, Gail Rich Nestor.  During the past several years of her research journey, Gail has collected data and for almost 6,000 individuals and almost 1,800 families, primarily in the states of Georgia , North Carolina , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania .

The web site also boasts hundreds of tombstone photos from cemeteries in 13 states, and many old family photos and documents grouped into family albums.  Repositories and sources have been meticulously organized to enable other researchers to retrace the steps involved in documenting this family tree.  

Primary surnames include:

  • Georgia :  Bird, Brock, Clay, Fenn, Harrell, Jones, Powell, Rich, Taliaferro, Wall

  • North Carolina :  Bumgarner, Combs, Gilreath, Fitzgerald, Hendren, Holdaway, McNiel, Nichols, Parlier, Shepherd, Stone, Womack

  • New Jersey ( Sussex County ):  Berrigan, Maher, Nestor

  • New York ( Orange County ):  Cady, Connolly, McKinley, Reilly

  • Pennsylvania (Luzerne):  Gregory, Moore, Muchler, Oliver, Richards, Roberts

 

Web Site Statistics

URL www.roots2buds.net/

Developer/Webmistress: Gail Rich Nestor

Domain age: November 30 2005

Individuals: 5,827

Unique Surnames: 942 
Photos: 207 
Documents: 88 
Headstones: 295 
Videos: 1 
Sources: 668 

 

Top 25 Surnames

1. Rich (376)
2. McNiel (242)
3. Powell (146)
4. Hendren (138)
5. Gilreath (132)
6. [--?--] (116)
7. Parlier (111)
8. Harrell (111)
9. Gregory (100)

10. Bumgarner (98)
11. Jones (85)
12. Nichols (74)
13. Minton (73)
14. Clay (54)
15. Taliaferro (52)
16. Hatchett (50)
17. Womack (48)
18. Moore (43)

19. Wall (42)
20. Fenn (40)
21. Nestor (36)
22. Wilson (36)
23. Bird (34)
24. Parker (34)
25. Brock (33)