My genealogy research started back in 1974 and the first RBBS opened in 1988. In 1991 the site moved onto the internet. The family site became strictly genealogy orientated in 1996.

Each year brings many new changes, additions & exciting discoveries. Little did we realize how fast and how big our site would grow. The momentum has been continuing since! We would like to thank everyone who have helped us to us achieve our goals. 

We are proud to kick off 2007 with a new desire to improve this site further. New  changes will come about as time permits, but we think your going to like them.

We enjoy receiving emails and letters from everyone and at times receive hundreds of emails a week. This is a non-commercial site, and our response to your many questions may take some time to answer. I'm just busy cutting the grass or weeding the garden.

Carmichael Family OnLine is a non-commercial, family maintained, reference site for information about our family from: Scotland, Canada, England, Ireland, United States, Germany, Italy, and Denmark. This site is dedicated to my father John Carmichael and Linda's mom, Nancy DeSantis.

We firmly believe that family history is the glue that holds family's together. This site is providing so much MORE than a reference, its building a bond between families. - Tim Carmichael 1998

Our family consists of many nationalities, and we are proud of all of them. This site does not promote one nation over any other. We are tracing our Family heritage, not religious or political affiliations.  

There is an old Scottish saying: "Every man dies three times. The first time is when the heart beats for the last time, His second death comes on the day of his final resting. The third and final time comes the day his name is spoken for the last time." We are proud of all our ancestors that have come before us, and wish to keep their memory alive.

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The  Carmichael Research Center was formed to share information gained in genealogical research. We welcome everyone interested in the Carmichael family to join us in our endeavor. Everything here is related ONLY to the Carmichael surname. If your "Carmichael" family site is not listed here just let us know and we would be happy to include it, even if you are not currently doing any genealogical research. You will find the following areas:

• Online Databases

• Cemetery List

• Bible Records

• Wills

• Census

• Obituaries

• Message Boards

• Help Needed

It's our goal to assist any and all Carmichael researchers looking for their ancestors, but time does not permit us to take on extensive research into your specific family line. We suggest you leave a query in our guest book, or get your site listed here.

Our family tree has many branches, each as strong as the next. As time permits we will expanded on our current histories, and will add more featured families. Take a look at our Online Database to see all of the familes we are currently researching. There are 7144 individuals and 2463 families representing 1665 surnames in this database. We do have a lot more information that is currently not online and may be able to provide you further information.

We have purged from our Main Database, and the databases of the ten featured families of information pertaining to living persons. We wish to share our data and protect the privacy of living relatives. "Living Individual, details withheld" will now be posted.

We have come across many sites containing ship records and "Passenger List" while searching the Internet. They cover ships sailing between the early 1600's through early 1900's.

The information provided will vary from simply the passengers name to age, relationship, cargo, city of origin and destination location..

When a researcher finds their relative and or family listed as passengers on one of these ships, they should contact the owner of the web site. Most of the time the web site owner has relatives on the same ship, and can share additional information. The passenger list can be a valuable addition to any researcher's collection

Status of our current Research - Spring 2007

Welcome to our new server location. With additional web space now available, we will be able to provide researchers with plenty of new content.

Take me directly to: The Carmichael Genealogical Research Center

We have made some real advancements in our genealogy research. Listed below are a few of the headliners. To view past research information, follow this link: Research Status.

Our research into the origins of the Carmichael surname continues. Our well documented and in-depth explanation will shead new light in a historical manner. The research is based on genealogical and historic migration of our people.

Great strides have been made in updating just about every aspect of our web site during the month of September. If time permits, take a look around and tell us what you think. Let us know of any area you would like to see additional improvements.

Matt's Featured Families

Linda's Featured Families

The Carmichael Family
Renfrewshire Scotland, Erin Township Wellington County, Ontario Canada, and United States

The Kryger Family
Denmark, Germany, Michigan, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa and United States in general.

The MacMurchy, McMurchy Family
Scotland, Erin Township Wellington County, Ontario Canada, and United States

The Routly, Routley Family
Ireland, Perth County, Ontario Canada and United States

The Holzapfel Family
Hamburg, Frankfurt Germany and Michigan

The Diehl Family (coming soon)
Hamburg, Frankfurt Germany and Michigan

The Firmstone Family
England, Westmorland, Fayette, Somerset,  Pennsylvania and Michigan

The DeSantis Family
Italy, Westmorland, Fayette, Somerset, Pennsylvania and Michigan

The Gioia Family
Italy, Westmorland, Fayette, Somerset, Pennsylvania and Michigan

The Logan Family
Scotland, Ireland, Westmorland, Fayette, Somerset PA

The Boutemont, Buttman, Putman Family
France, Germany, and United States

The Lenhart Family (coming soon)
Germany, Pennsylvania and United States

We have started to put together a list of everyone who have contributed to our research. Our success would not have been realized without the support, kindness, and efforts of others. This is just a small token of appreciation and we refer to it as our "Wall of Honor". Many individuals have taken the time to share their knowledge of our ancestors in the form of short stories, names, dates, documentation, and photographs. Others have spent days, months, and in some cases years doing research for us.

As with any list you may produce, we realize some names may have been missed or not added yet. Please forgive any oversight on our part. Visit our Contributors page.
 

Tracing our ancestors foot steps have taken us in many directions. While back tracking the paths that led to us, we have uncovered some excellent resources available to you on the Internet. If your journey takes you along the same road, maybe these links will speed up your travels. Even the non-genealogist will enjoy some of the information provided within these web sites. Visit our "Area of Research" page.

United States of America

MICHIGAN - Both Matt and Linda originate from this area, so we are very familiar with locations, organizations, and methods to obtain vital information. We have covered Wayne, Monroe, Oakland, Macomb, St. Clair, St. Joseph, and Kalkaska Counties.

PENNSYLVANIA - This part of the country is rich with historical, and family information. Linda is the expert and is quickly making her rounds in the southwest corner of the state hitting on: Westmoreland, Fayette, Somerset, Allegheny Counties. In the Southeast corner of the state: Bucks, Lehigh, and Berks Counties

OHIO, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, IOWA, MISSOURI, MARYLAND, IDAHO, OREGON and CALIFORNIA are other states we have spent a good deal of time and may be able to provide additional help.

Canada

PROVINCE OF ONTARIO - Our main focus has been in and around the County of Wellington, more specific Erin Township. Other County and District we have conducted extensive research are: Halton, Peel, York (King, Vaughan and York townships), Waterloo, Perth (St. Marys, Blanshard Township), Middlesex, and Lambton (Warwick Township).

We have touched on other providence's, such as NOVA SCOTIA, PEI, NEW BRUNSWICK and QUEBEC, but not as in-depth.

Scotland

Area's we are working on are Argyll, Ayrshire, Inverness-shire, Renfrewshire (Greenock), and Lanarkshire. The country has many records available online, but at a cost.

England

To make the list short: Berkshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Devon, Essex, Gloucestershire, Middlesex, Shropshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

Other Locations

Ireland, Italy, Denmark, Germany and Western Europe in general.

Research Tools:

We put together a few links to various "Research Tools" we have come across.  We broke this area into six distinct groups. The first group is "Genealogy Database Tools" which contains programs available for your manipulation of GED files. You will find utilities to create privacy files, repair damaged GEDCOM's, view database files, tools to convert your GEDCOM into web pages and much, much more!

The "Research Tools" area contains simple online programs which will come in handy during your research. A Calendar creator, Soundex Machine, Maps, Genealogy dictonary and translating dictonaries to name a few.

Next is the largest area that list almost every "software package" known to the genealogist. We don't rate them or sell them... Only let you know what's available.

The fourth area contains links to sites that offer "free lookups". Many fellow researcher's and volunteers are willing to look up information for you. Just remember that this should be a two way street! They are doing YOU a favor. At the very lease, be polite and curtious and thank them. Consider to offer your own time to help others. Even the novice can go to the local library or courthouse to find information for someone else.

Our "LDS" section contains links to the vast amount of information available to you through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The last area is just a catch all for miscellanous tools that didn't fit any where else, or newly added

Locating your Surname:

Some beginners feel disappointed when searching the Internet and have no luck finding there family history, others will be pleasantly surprised to find others have been working on their family tree for years. This "Surname" section is where the power of the Internet will pay off. We have listed over 30 sites that are dedicated to providing information on researching your surname. Don't plan on finding someone researching your exact information, but rather find others researching a common surname.

Communication is the key word here. Make contact with others researching your surname. If you can't connect your lines together, make an agreement to keep an eye out for each others. Many times we couldn't help someone out but a few months later, we came across the information they where looking for.

We added a few links at the bottom of the page to find someone living today. This is helpful if your looking for a listed phone number or address.

Dick Eastman Online

The Internet is filled with many of great sites full of helpful and useful online information. A lot of them go unrecognized. We are going to do our part to recognize a few of them by awarding them our "Award of Excellence". 

Qualifications for the award are pretty simple; your site must contain genealogical information and be a cut above the rest. If you know of a site worth receiving this award, let us know (Award Nomination) and we'll check it out.  See our winners "Genealogical Cool Sites"

We appreciate the Awards Carmichael Family Online has received. These awards recognize not only  the web design that you view, but also the original content that comes from the efforts and generosity of our many contributors. We share with you some of the comments that accompany these awards. Our thanks goes out to contributors and to those who have selected our site for recognition. 

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