Saturday, December 18, 2021

Finding an Ancestor in the Digitized Archives

Most of us do not have direct or indirect ancestors documented in books or historical materials held at archival research repositories. The exception is ancestors listed in the standard civil and religious documents.

One rare example in my ancestry is my great grandfather Rev. James S. Royer’s half-sister Mary Buch Royer, a missionary in India for about 33 years between 1913 and 1947.

Known as B. Mary Royer, she was born in 1881 to Benjamin J. Royer and Laura (Buch) Royer in Rothsville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Courtesy Elizabethtown College High Library Special Collections / The Internet Archive



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About Me

Massachusetts, United States
As an archivist, historian, and genealogist I share a love of history & family stories, travel, the ocean beach, architecture, & old movies with my wife Anne. I am originally from Reading, PA. My entire family heritage in the U.S. is in 3 Pennsylvania counties: Berks, Lancaster, & Philadelphia (city). When I moved to Boston to attend graduate school, I fell in love with Boston, my wife, & New England, pretty much in that order. Professionally, I am an archivist & historian, work which never ceases to excite me throughout the day. I have been an archivist for 28 years. I enjoy watching documentaries, & old movies, reading the print edition of the Boston Globe every morning, & listening to music. Stories in Archives, History, and Life will both look back as I share insights from my life experiences; & will look forward as I talk about what I am trying to accomplish in life & as an archivist/historian. Some stories will be short, sometimes very short, while others will be longer pieces.