Scudder Family History Resources
Scudder Family History & Biographical Journal Online:
The Scudder Association Foundation journal is dedicated to preserving and sharing the remarkable 385-year Scudder family heritage in America. While our primary focus is on our philanthropic endeavors, we also have stewardship over many family records collected for more than 100 years.
Contact:
These contact forms provide direct access to these various disciplines in our organization. These entries are reviewed by key leaders of the disciplines. They will research your questions and response to you directly. Questions about History- contact the historian, they will help you with your questions. If you want to submit your completed lineage form, the Genealogy Committee will review and provide advice on any issues. If you have story ideas for the journal, the editor will work with you on your ideas. The DNA Committee will help you with your questions about DNA and provide information about their DNA Project program.
Historian
Genealogy Committee
Journal Editor
DNA Committee
Scudder Ancestral Lineage form:
Get your Editable Downloadable PDF Form Here. You can download it to your device and complete at your leisure, when completed, use the Genealogy Committee form to upload your form with your information.
Family History Activities Page:
1. Field trips to ancestors’ locations. Research ahead of time. Prepare stories ahead of time to tell while you are there. Take photos.
2. Can’t go in person? Take a virtual tour. Learn about their towns.
3. Dress up as an ancestor for a family costume party. Take photos.
4. Read or tell a family story to your family.
5. Have children or adults in the family dramatize a family story. Video the play.
6. Etc.
“How to do” Family History:
This is ‘How To’ section has various resources for using ‘Online Resources’
Links to Allied Families organizations: Allied Families are families that have a lineage link to the Scudder tree, such as:
Skudder Family History England, Royce Family Association, Townsend Society of America, Wyckoff House Museum, Brooklyn,
Other Family History Websites:
These are free and Paid website that are dedicated to Family history: Here are some FREE:
Free sites:
FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org
National Archives, https://www.archives.gov
Daughters of the American Revolution, www.dar.org
New York State Archives, https://www.archives.nysed.gov
$$ sites:
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org
Suffolk County Historical Society [NY], https://www.suffolkcountyhistoricalsociety.org
New England Genealogical and Historical Society, https://americanancestors.org
Ancestry, https://ancestry.com
MyHeritage, https://myheritage.com