Author Archives: Bryan

About Bryan

I have been working with the Main family genealogy since December of 2009 and with my own personal family genealogy since 2008.

Registration now up

The registration option to leave comments on the site are now up. You can either register or leave a comment without registering. You will need to leave your email address if you do not register, however that does not get … Continue reading

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Newest addition to family

We need to send out a congratulation to Glenn Main Jr, he is now a proud great-grandfather of Mac Brian on the 18th of August. Enjoy the new little one Glenn and pass on your family information to the new … Continue reading

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Book is almost done

In my last post I said that I was close to having all of the information from Glenn’s work entered into a database. I have now finished that work. There are close to 31,000 names in the database. Currently Glenn … Continue reading

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Johann descendants book

Glenn Main Jr, for those that do not know, has four notebooks full of the descendants of Johann Georg Mehn. He began putting them into a database years ago, and for those who have contacted him you have probably gotten … Continue reading

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The Main family cemetery is again overgrown. I stopped by today to check up on it, haven’t been in a couple of months. The path to the cemetery is still there, it just needs a few hours of cleanup. I … Continue reading

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Mary Christina Mayne

Here is our first big mystery that is need of being solved. Mary Christina Mayne/Main’s birth date is unknown. She is the daughter of John Jacob Mayne and Sarah Bopst. They had 11 children: Joshua born 1820 David born 1821 … Continue reading

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I had a good visit with Glenn Main Jr over the weekend. We got some genealogical work done. For those that don’t know Glenn is the keeper of all of the information on the descendants of Johann Georg Mehn. We … Continue reading

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Philip Main family

A couple of years ago I took a DNA test for my paternal line. It turns out that we are related to the Philip Main family. I know a few others have also taken the test and I will try … Continue reading

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New Family tree is here

The new family tree is up and running. It is still in a test mode so there will be changes along the way. This is the current tree as I have it so far. Search for your ancestors and see … Continue reading

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I have decided to go with The Next Generation web tree program. Right now we are testing the tree and seeing what it can and can not do. For now you will only see the old tree, but please feel … Continue reading

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