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My inspiration for genealogy came while assisting my mother, Mable Moore Huntsinger (1914-2013),compile her information for the original "Memories of Moores" genealogy printed in 1990. That narrative is displayed on this site under HISTORIES. She wrote many letters to family members gathering their information. She networked with others for bits and pieces of additional information. She typed and re-typed page after page on a manual typewriter as new information was obtained. All this before home computers. Eventually the information was entered into a very basic genealogy program for the MacIntosh SE. That allowed for the publication of "Memories of Moores", the first major effort to assemble the descendants of John Jame Moore (1826-1883) and Luretta Rachel Hill (1831-1904).

THE EARLY TRIBAL STORY TELLERS: Anna Ilene Hagen (Wagner) (1918-1988) did a lot of work in the early years for the Mitchells, Moores, Hagens and Gibbs. Bernice Elizabeth Moore (Teeters) (1903-1960), mom's oldest sister, was another resource. Then there was the endless work of Elizabeth Hortense Burt (McKean) (1919-2020) of the Mitchell-Burt families who shared her work generously. Norma Maxine Wood (Blumer) (1921-2015) provided several historic Mitchell family pictures and research. Opal Fae Cook (Sparks) (1927-2019) was a regular provider of Cook-Huntsinger information. Willis Weller (1925-2010) provided much of the early Weller information. Wayne Vernon Weller (1921-2015) became the Weller point person after the death of Willis. After the 2009 Weller Reunion on West Lake Okoboji in Iowa, Jim (1940-2014) and Jeanette Ilene (Stoltz) Duff made available over 100 priceless photos, many of which are on this site. Nancy Harvego Marriott supplied Weller-Harvego pictures and information. The Clarence Emery Moore family was represented by Anna Mae Moore (Bristow) (1922-2016) and her brother, George Eugene Moore (1924-2013). The Henry Moore family has been provided by Barbara Ann Allen (Parks), as well as volumes of information on our other Moores. For Moore-Petries it was George Wilbur Robertson (1914-2016) and for Moore-Walker it has been Phillip Hoffman Walker, both from Canada.

My soul-mates on this project at the start were Sharon Lea Guttrud (Cremer) and Lois Wilma Aust (Riekens) (1943-2021)  They contributed much information and many photographs as we built this site. They collaborated on research and verification of data. Sharon continues her contributions today.

I must salute John D. McCallum, a major Huntsinger family researcher, who brought together the work of several of us with his own and created an entry that won 2009 Honors from the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society. (See the Huntsinger Family Histories and Documents Album).

It is John who found the missing link that tied my great-grandfather, James Buchannon Huntsinger (1857-1919), to many other Huntsingers that I had researched and pondered about for more than 20 years. The family name had been mis-spelled as Hausinger in an early Wisconsin Census and John made the discovery.

Thanks to all who have shared information. We look forward to new contributions from new people in the future. This is a product of many wonderful people. This site is a large file cabinet of information for its visitors. Thank-you.


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