For the past two weeks, I have been exclusively researching my paternal grandfather’s branch of my family.  I have made some progress extending some lines and filling in some of the blanks.  On the right is my grandfather’s pedigree chart.  The rest of the Bunnell line can be viewed on yesterday’s blog post about Sarah Ireland.  While I’m not finished working on this part of my family, it’s time to move on to the next quarter of my ancestry.

Some of the highlights, for me, about this part of the family are:

• All 4 3rd-great grandfathers fought in the Civil War
• All 4 sets of 3rd-great grandparents have been identified
• Some of the vital statistics of the older lines has been substantiated with accepted source documents
• The Bunnell line can be traced back to 1640 and the New Haven Colony.  This means my ancestors on this continent date back almost as far as the Puritans who settled at Plymouth!

Next up, I’ll be focusing my energy on my paternal grandmother’s family which starts with the Fieldens.