The Dockstader - Wegert Family Tree

The Latest News

• February 4, 2012
  Posted memorial pages for our Paul David Derby and Earl Nelson Peronto.

• January 15, 2013
  With the newest information concerning a possible link to our Wegert Family in Germany, I may be delaying the publishing of our book for short period of time.  It won't be too long...I promise.  But, the possibility of finding history of the Wegert Family prior to their emigration to the USA is too important not to include...think?  Anyway...am working on it!  

• December 31, 2012
  I have the results of my DNA test done at Ancestry.com.  A link to the DNA results page here...
  The submission period for my family history and cookbook is now closed.  Now to the final editing and layout.  Still hoping to publish by the beginning of this Summer.  I have lots of recipes, hundreds of photos, and many stories to share.  Coming soon!

• October 12, 2012
  Discovered a connection to the Romney family.  I created a chart of the connections here...
  December 31, 2012 is the final cut-off for submissions to the family history book to be published in 2013.  430 pages now.
  My online tree on Ancestry.com is now synched to my local tree...so it is always current.
  I am also enrolled in the AncestryDNA project.  Soon, the results of that DNA analysis will be linked to my online tree

• October 1, 2012
  I am in the process of gathering the supporting documents I need to complete my application to the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR).  Frederick Henry Dockstader, my 3rd Great Grandfather, served in the New York Militia during the war.  I have found several other family members who served in that war, but Frederick's lineage connection to me is the shortest, and therefore, easiest to document.
  Am in the final stages of my edits for the book.  Planning on a Spring publication.  Final cutoff for submissions is December 31st.  We now have over 400 pages of recipes, family tree branches, stories, and HUNDREDS of family photos.

• February 11, 2011
  I am making great progress on my book, "Wegert Family and Friends Cookbook and History".  Yes...the original plans for a cookbook has morphed into a combination of recipes and history.  We already have over 185 pages, full of good food...for the mind and the stomach.  I am at a point in the book creation where I am forwarding chapters to the appropriate family members for gleaning incorrect information.  I expect to be at a point of publication within the following year.  I will keep you informed.

• January 20, 2011
  I posted an updated version of the family tree on the Ancestry.com site.  It has been exactly two years since I posted my first version of the tree there.  There have been LOTS of revisions and additions since then.   You may find it here...

• March 2, 2009
  Working on a few changes...so the site may be up and down over the next couple weeks...thanks!
  Also...started to create a few new fun pages noting my probable connection and relationship to a few famous individuals.  See them here... 

• August 17, 2008
  Added over a hundred new images to the Dockstader branches of the online tree.  The photos are from the Dayton Book (below).  Also added several hundred Cousins to the tree...also from the Dayton Book.  Updated the online tree with all revisions and additions.

• August 12, 2008
  Added a Feedback page for your comments and questions.
  Uploaded a revised/updated copy of the family tree to Ancestry.com.
  Obtained the book Family Record of Hiram Dayton and Permelia Bundy Dayton.
  The book was compiled by Alta A. and Leland M. Dayton and published In September, 1961.  It is an invaluable source of genealogical data for my tree research.  I have already scanned all of the photos in the book and am adding them to the tree data file.  The photos will be added to the online tree as I get them associated with the names the faces belong to.

• July 13, 2008
  Discovered the complete name of Wilhelm Wegert (my 2nd Great Grandfather) was actually Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wegert.  This information was found in the Brandenburg, Prussia Emigration Records.  We had known he arrived at the in Port of New York, USA  on Nov. 25, 1868 with his Mother,  Friedrike Wegert,  and his wife,  Karoline (Roehl) on ship N. G. Bark Jenny out of Bremen, Germany.  The passenger list, which we have a copy of, showed Wilhelm (Carl) had Cabin #1, Karoline had Cabin #2, and Friedrike had Cabin #3.

• July 12, 2008
  This website created.