GENDA Genealogy Database

This GENDA genealogy database discovers the relationships between the Sheridan, Solomon Family, John Hook, Hachem Smith, May Thorpe, McAneny, Peakman, and Peter Smith  families.  GENDA is the result of all my genealogy projects. Like all genealogy projects they are all 'works in progress'. Included are genealogies and histories from my home, Whakaki.

Why a GENDA Genealogy Database?

We all wish our descendants to remember us when we've departed ....but how many of us actually remember or even know the names of our ancestors past a few generations?  We all descended from someone, somewhere, and some of us do remember or know who these 'someones' were and where this 'somewhere' is.. My wish in creating GENDA is so that my children and people of the surnames mentioned herein can rediscover their origins.  For others, I hope GENDA will help you in your own search or inspire you to start one.

I don't want my descendants to be walking around without knowing their roots a hundred, two hundred, or even one thousand years from now. As such, I have written the names of our ancestors for future generations in GENDA. We owe it to ourselves to know who we are and where we came from. We, the living descendants, are the legacy of those who lived before us. I think we owe it to them to remember their names, at least.

GENDA Navigation

From the GENDA homepage, go to the Surname page and using the alphabet list  click on the first letter of the surname you are looking for. If the surname does not appear on that particular page use NEXT to navigate to the page. Once there, simply click on the name. The page may be slow to load given all the advertising. It is a free site allowing me to upload a large number of files, so please be patient, you will be rewarded.

Genealogy Projects included in GENDA

Peakman Family History  The family history of John Pakeman and Sarah Clough across 250 years.
Hachem Smith Family History The genealogies of the descendants of Hachem Smith spanning 200 years.
John Hook Family Two hundred years of John Hook descendants.
Sheridan Family Descendants of John Joseph Sheridan and Evelyn Joyce Scott.
Solomon Family From Horomona Taruna to Solomon
May Thorpe Family My grandmother and her ancestors and descendants.
Whakaki My home. My salute to my home, not the official site of Whakaki.
Peter Smith Family Son of Hachem Smith and his descendants.
McAneny Family History The McAneny family. Many photographs.