Welcome to my genealogy home page. This is a compilation of information about my family history. It contains over 23,000 names, representing over 21 years of research.
Some of the families detailed here are:
- John and Anna Bobbish/Babics
- Yankee John Bobbish
- Velicskanics (coming soon)
- Burke (coming soon)
Here’s what you can find:
It started with a business trip. I thought I was going to be travelling near the ancestral home of my great grandparents so I dug into a little information. The business trip didn’t happen however I was hooked on genealogy. My great-uncle had started compiling data in the mid-80s, which was continued and furthered significantly by my father, however I caught the bug many years later.
The only thing that is certain about this is that it has errors and inconsistencies. It will forever be a work-in-progress.
Please note that no details of living people are included in these reports.
If you see an error or have any questions, please contact me. I am always happy to share my data, including source information.
Consider this….
In order to be born, you needed:
2 parents
4 grandparents
8 great-grandparents
16 second great-grandparents
32 third great-grandparents
64 fourth great-grandparents
128 fifth great-grandparents
256 sixth great-grandparents
512 seventh great-grandparents
1,024 eighth great-grandparents
2,048 ninth great-grandparents
For you to be born today from 12 previous generations, you needed a total of 4,094 ancestors over the last 400 years. Think for a moment — How many struggles? How many battles? How many difficulties? How much sadness? How much happiness? How many love stories? How many expressions of hope for the future? — did your ancestors have to undergo for you to exist in this present moment?