This site will explore the recent lineage (the last five generations) the KVAM Family branch. For the KVAM branch, the lineage informations was obtained from various sources - personal interviews with relatives still living, census data, genealogy books, the internet, county records, cemetery data, etc..

This site will explore the recent lineage (the last four generations) of the BILLSTROM Family of the KVAM Family tree. The BILLSTROMS were the family of my grandmother on my mother's side. For the BILLSTROM branch, the lineage informations was obtained from various sources - personal interviews, census data, genealogy books, the internet, county records, cemetery data, etc..

This site will explore the recent lineage (the last five generations) of the LOOMIS Family branch of the KVAM Family tree. The LOOMISES were the family of my grandfather on my mother's side. The LOOMIS Family is WIDELY researched. The information I offer here is only a very small part of what is available in my files and was obtained largely from one major book, loving called "The Loomis Book". Supporting census data was also researched.

DOCUMENTATION

The documentation on all my records is relatively weak (some primary records, but mostly secondary and tertiary sources). In the interests of brevity the source documentation is not provided. Additionally, in the interests of personal security little information is provided on individuals still living. As always, you are invited to browse and enjoy, and to contact me personally with additional facts or obvious errors.

GUIDES TO DATA INTERPRETATION

I used Personal Ancestry File (PAF5.0) to prepare the source data for all the family generations. It should be fairly easy to read. The numbers in front of names are permanent references to that person and will be so carried from generation to generation. If a name has a plus (+) in front of it, that means that that individual's name will be further developed in following generations. Where a person's name is highlighted, you may access an interesting historical fact or anecdote about that individual, normally gained from personal sources. My direct ancestors are marked with an asterisk (*) on both sides of their name.