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Dechant Family Genealogy
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Family Genealogical Information

Our Dechant/Dechen family emigrated to America from Hessen, Germany.

• A GEDCOM file for our family that is current through September, 2006 is available by clicking here.
• We have a GED2HTML version of the data in the GEDCOM file that is available by clicking one of the following:
  • Index of Persons
  • Index of Surnames
• We have a GED2WEB version of the data in the GEDCOM file that is available by clicking one of the following:
  • Index of Persons
  • Index of Surnames

Family Historical Documents

We have several family-related historical documents that I have either scanned or retyped:

• Retyped Letters and Articles (PDF Files)
• Civil War Letter #1
• Civil War Letter #2
• Newspaper Articles
• Dechant Family Research (1923)
• Civil War Draft Registration Records (1863)
• Civil War Pension Records (1890)

Book Excerpts

• Excerpt from The Fathers Of The German Reformed Church In Europe and America (1872)
• Excerpt from A monograph of the New Goschenhoppen and Great Swamp Reformed Charge, 1731-1881 (1882)

Family History Research

We have various family members that are independently researching our family history, and we share our notes occasionally to keep our information up-to-date. There is one web page available through the Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site:

• Robert McMurray's Web Site

I have also found the following web sites useful:

• http://www.tulpehockenroots.org/
• http://www.trumpfamily.com/