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11 May 2012 - The first update in 2012 and it's huge! 1035 new individuals and 309 new families! Now over 10,000 individuals! Lots of new photos. The photo count is now well over 880 many courtesy of web site visitors!

A couple new pages:

■One on Genealogical DNA.
■If you were wondering how many relatives you have, check out the Keeping Score page.
 
Several additions to the Wall of Fame:

■Oscar Merritt Wheelock, A wanted criminal in the United States, a hero of the Mexican Revolution. (Reverend Ralph Wheelock 1600-1683 is the 6th great grandfather of Oscar Merritt Wheelock)

■Governor Sarah Louise Palin (nee Heath) The youngest person and the first woman to be elected Governor of Alaska. (Thomas Brigham 1603-1653 is the 10th great grandfather of Governor Sarah Palin)

■Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross. (Thomas Brigham 1603-1653 and Clarissa Harlowe Barton are 1st cousins 7 times removed. Their common ancestors are Thomas Brigham and Gillian Twelison.)

■Eli Whitney, Inventor (Thomas Brigham 1603-1653 is the 3rd great grandfather of Eli Whitney)

The Nagel Family History Web Site has just undergone a huge update! 1242 new individuals and 357 new families.  Several lines have been greatly extended and many new photographs were added with the help of site visitors.

NFL Quarterback Steve Young is the 9th Great Grandson of Thomas Brigham, "The Immigrant" and therefore has been added to the Wall of Fame. A mystery regarding the arrival of my paternal great grandmother to the United States has been added to the Questions page.

Thank you for all those that have helped grow this site. In just over a year it has gone from a humble beginning of 1391 individuals and 542 families and just 22 photographs. This latest update on brings the site to over 9000 individuals and more than 3000 families! Best of all there are more than 700 photographs and images. There's much more to come in the new year!