Welcome to my Genealogical Intersection an ongoing family history research project. Why do I call this a Genealogical Intersection?
Genealogical (adjective): relating to the study or tracing of
lines of family descent.
Intersection (noun): a point at which two or more things
intersect.
For me, it all starts in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania where
not only was I originally born, but my grandparents,
great-grandparents and older ancestors were or had lived. The usual
suspects helped to get my 4-H project off the ground one summer when I
was visiting Lycoming County. My great-grandmother Margaret
Elizabeth "Nanny" (Roller) Hafer was a second generation
American as her grandfather came from Maulbronn, Wuerttemberg settling
in Lycoming County in 1839. My grandfather Frederick
Ulmer "Fred" Stabler was a third generation American whose
great-grandfather came from Leinfelden, Wuerttemberg settling in
Blooming Grove circa 1816, moving to a farm outside Salladasburg,
Pennsylvania about 1821. And lastly, my father, who has the Frederick
Sholder family Bible, all helped to get this lifetime of
research started.
Then in 1994 another "Intersection" took place, I met and
married my wife Loa Lynn Goedeking of over 25 years now. What an
unbelievable, wonderful woman, mother and partner she has been. To my
surprise, her paternal grandfather Melvin
Karl Armin Goedeking (better known as Sam was a first generation
American) and her paternal grandmother Goldie
Virginia (Wright) Goedeking were both interested in their family
history!! They both had done a fair amount of research, which has
helped immensely to create a full picture of the ancestry for our
children, Christian, Cavanaugh and Annika. As all families have
continuing "Intersections" we truly find that:
"We do not own our ancestors, we simply share them - with many
people."
At this Genealogical Intersection you will find my research
that has continued for more than 40 years and has evolved into this
website. The main focus is the families that I have had the most
interest in. These include the ancestors of my children, the
descendants of the Sholder (originally Scholderer) and Updegraff
(originally Op den Graef) surnames and the families of the settlers of
Blooming Grove.
The primary goal for this website is to provide the descendants of the
families that are presented here with an accurate and documented
record of their families, while being enjoyable, educational and
factual reading. This site has been derived from a wide range of
assorted original and derivative sources such as various documents,
books, census records, church records, interviews and correspondence
with various family members over the years. Please consider providing
any additional information, stories or materials that might be of
interest as that small clue could unlock a bigger piece to the puzzle,
we call genealogy. These updates are incorporated few times a year, so
please visit this site often to view the progress that has been made.
The most recent changes are always listed here.
If your family is already shown here, please consider sending an
email, correcting any mistakes as well as any updates that would be
helpful to the research. We also like to hear about things that are
being done well or could be done better on this web site. We will
accept any and all suggestions and incorporate them as long as they
benefit the research outlined above.
This web site makes every effort to follow the information sharing and
web site guidelines of the
National Genealogical Society. If you see information posted
that you feel should not be, please email me to discuss the problem.
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