Rainey's Roots
Family History Family Album Links of Interest

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Welcome to Rainey's Roots! My name is Lorraine Murray Devenney. Pictured left is six generations of women in my family who were born in Philadelphia, PA. Starting with Anna J. Clover (1862-1920) - top left); her daughter, Florence Moritz (1884-1968) - top right; Marie A. Smith (1904-1987) - center left; her daughter, Joan Maguire (1931-1985) - center right; and me and my granddaughter, Oriana Principe (bottom).

I have been researching our family's history since 1994 - mostly using the various archives in Philadelphia. With all that I've learned, it was time to put it all in a nutshell and that's where this web page comes in. So, not only is this page meant to share current events with family members - it's also meant to share what I've learned with other genealogists researching the same surnames.

So feel free to browse! If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact me at chiefjfd@yahoo.com

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Most of the surnames I have researched are listed below. Please click on the surname you are interested in...

ABER BEATTY CLARK CLOVER DEVENNEY DONNELLY EUSTACE

GRUNSBY HEISLER KRAFT(SCHACK) MAGUIRE MAHER MCALEER MCCORMICK

MCLOON MCMAHON MOGEY MORITZ MURRAY PFINGSTAG PUTT

SMITH SWEENEY WALKER WINDSTEIN WOLFINGTON YETTER YOUNG

Some new information was added to the following surnames (May, 2002): ABER ( cemetery and census); CLOVER (census); EUSTACE (obituary/census); GRUNSBY (census) and YETTER (census). Surnames I am currently working on - ABER, BEATTY, MCALEER and MCMAHON. If you have any questions, please contact me at chiefjfd@yahoo.com

More websites you may want to check out pertaining to some of the family names above: