Welcome to the KINGMAN - BJORKLUND family tree page. I started seriously researching our family trees about three months ago. Right now, all the information is just pouring in from all over the place, mostly from others hard work. I've received letters, folders, pictures and all sorts of neat stuff that's helping me to piece this all together. Already I've met a whole bunch of distance cousins for both myself and my husband. It really is a small world and much smaller thanks to the Internet.

My goal for this site is to keep is as simple, but informative as possible. The whole point of it is to share my research results with you.

Updates - 26 Jan 2004 - Links...Links...LINKS!!! Where would we be without links?! I've added many that I'm currently using for research. I use them so much I thought I'd better add them here to make it easier on myself and hopefully you too!

23 Dec 2003 - I've added more about my Great-Grandmother Ellen Corridan's family and some very interesting links to maps and information about the "Great Famine" of Ireland. You'll find it here. Enjoy!

20 Dec 2003 - Mystery Solved! On the "In Search of Orange Taber and Cynthia Haskins" research journal, I have answers to the questions of why our family has a box of 150 year old letters! Be sure to check this out!

19 Dec 2003 - I have been working on my Grandmother Gladys Brooker's side of the family. My focus right now is on the Corridans, which were her mother, Ellen Corridan's family. I have put together a research page called "In Search of the Corridans". I've also added a couple photos.

10 Nov 2003 - I changed some things on the Pilgrims section, plus added some more pages! I decided to have a simple Ancestor Chart in PDF format for both Bruce and I. The pages were getting way too long when trying to list descendants for some of those who lived so long ago. This was the best solution. Now you won't be able to see ALL the descendants, just the ancestors leading down to Bruce and I. If you would like me to send you a pedigree chart for you, please let me know. It's very easy to do and I'd be happy to do it. Of course, you'll have to be added to my tree. I've got most of my cousins, aunts and uncles, so chances are you are there. I can add you quickly if I need to anyway.

I also added ship passenger lists for the Mayflower, Anne or Little James, and the Weymouth Ship, (the name of the actual ship is unknown), so you can see who else rode along with our ancestors on these ships and sometimes other interesting tidbits.

9 Nov 2003 - I have added a new research journal called "In Search of Orange Taber and Cynthia Haskins: To Name A Few". It can be found under "Research Journals" on the right hand side of this page, in the navigation bar. This is a VERY interesting research project based on a box of old letters, some over 150 years old and my quest to find out who, how and why we have these letters. The story is slowly coming together. I have added two old letters that include links to photos of them. Please visit the Family Letter section for those or click here.

3 Nov 2003 - I added some more pilgrims to the Pilgrim section!

2 Nov 2003 - I've been busy the last few days! I added a Christmas 1976 letter from Yvonne Kingman, my hubby's Mommy. (Thanks Yvonne). In addition, I moved the old updates from this page to a new section called Past Updates. I was afraid this page was getting a little bit long, but wanted to keep those updates somewhere! Have fun!

1 Nov 2003 - I've added a PDF File page of family reports, descendant charts, etc., that you can download. Some folks have had trouble opening pages that I sent to them through email, so it just made sense to create this section, plus others may like to views these files too! Enjoy!

30 Oct 2003 - I finally got around to making some corrections. (Thanks Yvonne for editing my content for me)! If you see anything or read anything that doesn't make any sense, please let me know. I added a "Pilgrims" section. Basically, as I uncover immigration dates for people, I am listing them on this page, giving the arrival year, their relationship to either Bruce or I, the ship (If I know it), what country they immigrated from and a PDF file you can download showing all their descendants. You might be on it, so please check it out! I DID NOT include any private information AND I have password protected this section. You can use the same password as for the Family Letters. If you don't have one yet, please write me and I'll get you all set up. Enjoy!

13 Oct 2003 - I've added a lot today. I created a "Research Journal" section you'll find in my navigation bar to the right and added a journal called, "In Search of Gertrude Mary...", which I will add to as I discover more about this mysterious woman. It includes pictures of Mountain View Mausoleum where both her and her husband were placed. I also added images of Grace Cemetery in Castile, Wyoming County, NY thanks to family contributor Barb Blossom. Here you'll find Josiah Russell Slade, Martha Angeline Scott and others. I added a links page, since I use these a bunch I thought I would share.

I recently became a member of the Southern California Genealogical Society! Yeah! I know...to some of you this is so...yawn...not exciting. I told some of my friends who just couldn't contain their excitement for me! NOT! LOL!! Anyway, it's real exciting and fun for me, plus they are local to me! Yeah! No long drives and loads of resources for me to rummage through 'till my hearts content. The librarians are awesome too. They have been so helpful to me. Thank you SCGS!

Note...I begin volunteering on October 5th! I'll start out once a month and see how it goes. I hope to learn a ton!

NEW! Ship Passenger Lists - Who sailed with our ancestors to North America?