The Corson Family Association & Website
by Sherry Stocking Kline
26 March 2010
Recently I posted about finding my father’s name listed in a family history book on Ancestry.com.
Dad’s name in the “Three Hundred Years with the Corson Families in America” by Orville Corson obviously meant that at least some of those Corsons were related to us. I was excited to say the least!
Here was a book that I didn’t know existed because I’ve rarely Googled generations where I think I already have all the information. So now I know that you can never learn too much about your family, and by not Googling the living generations I may be missing out on some resources.
Corson Family Association
After finding the name of the book on Ancestry I Googled the book’s title to find places to purchase it, and found two exciting things.
The 1939 book is still available on-line at Higginson books at: http://www.higginsonbooks.com.
And, there is a Corson Family Association, and a Corson Family Association Website maintained by Michael Corson.
The Corson Family Association website represents several different and apparently unrelated Corson family branches. There are several Corson Family History Books, as well as the more comprehensive “Three Hundred Years with the Corson Families in America” by Orville Corson.
When I found out about the book I hoped that there would be more than just “who begat whom” included because I want to know as much about these people, my ancestors, as possible.
I want to know:
Who are they?
What were their occupations?
Where did they live?
Where did they attend church?
Where are they buried?
What schools did they attend?
And photographs! Does anyone have photographs?
When Michael Corson told me that the association is working on updating the book, I was excited, because that means we can update our Corson information also! So, I’m sending off my dues to the Corson Family Association, and looking forward to learning more about this little known and practically unresearched (by me) branch of the family!
And bless Michael’s heart, he helped fill in some of my blank spots in my tree as well, and the in the scanned copies of “Three Hundred Years….” that he sent were not only the “who begat whom” but a little more info AND the resources that were used to put together this information. (Jackpot!)
So, if you are researching the Corson family name, the Corson Family Association Website is excellent place to start!
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Wow, what a treasure trove! Don’t you just love it, when all of a sudden whole new avenues open up. You are going to have some fun!
Yes, I will have a Lot of fun sorting through all of this info! I’d not really researched the name much before. I was more interested in Maggie Corson’s husband’s (Thomas Jefferson McGinnis) side of the family. With the “McGinnis” name you just know that they’re either Scots, Irish, or Scots-Irish, and somehow that idea tantalized me more!
I loved your Carnival post: http://rootsnleaves.blogspot.com/2010/03/carnival-of-genealogy-92nd-edition.html. Very cool.
Sherry
This sound really good and exciting. Tracing your roots is never a tiring thing and for sure this will give surprises than you’ll ever anticipate…
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of course we need to know our family history so that we can share it to our kids `.*
Sharing our family history with our children is important, the family stories as well as the lineage. Thank you for stopping by!
we always keep track of our family tree because it is exciting to know the family tree :`”
It is exciting to know our family history. Thank you for stopping by!
Stumbled upon this site and was wondering if I am related? I’m the daughter of Philip Corson whose father was from Russia.
Hi Cynthia! I would love to stay in contact with you, and we can find out if we are related. I don’t have much information on the Corson family yet, but have been corresponding with Michael Corson, of the Corson Family Association. I think there is a contact form or e-mail on the website, and he can help you learn more about your family. I know that I descend from the New Jersey Corson’s, if that helps you figure out if we are ‘kin’ or not! Thanks for stopping by and leaving me a note!