Genealogy
Kauffmans, Conners, and Cabanas, oh my!
If you're a Bouvier or a Cabana looking for some family history, I'm afraid you may be a little disappointed. I'm a Kauffman. I've got a Kauffman bias. Plus, the Kauffman, Conner, Knights, and Rice families have been in this country for a long time. Almost all go back at least to the Civil War. Many go back at least to the Revolution. A couple go back to the Mayflower. That's not to say we don't have some research on Cheryl's side of the family... if you know the names and you know where to look. Plus, I keep finding French Canadian records... in FRENCH! I know, it's a world gone mad.

Also, you should note a lot of the information listed here (beyond two-three generations) comes from sources I haven’t had the time to verify personally. Keep your grains of salt handy.

Here's a brief description of the contents (also listed on the tabs above):

  • Interesting People: well, to me anyway. Here you’ll find a few shortcuts to folks in my tree who stand out, in my mind. You’ll find people involved in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, clergy, and really old/dead people.

  • Index**: an alphabetical list of all (or most) of the people we’ve found in our family. To date, most of the people listed here are direct ancestors of our children (starting with the Kauffman and Bouvier families). There are a few exceptions, such as the Frost family, which I thought was cool. There are a couple others Ancestry suggested, but one scared me so bad I stopped looking (W).

  • Surnames: you probably have this one figured out, right?



  • The American Revolution: this is a list of my ancestors who contributed to the American effort for independence. Most are registered with the Daughters of the American Revolution, and in most cases a link will take you to their page on the DAR site.
Contact me
If you find any errors, have some information to share, or you’d like to ask me a question, my electronic door is always open. For now you can reach me at:

jwkauffman (at) earthlink (dot) net

I'll bet that'll fool those filthy spammers!

Note: this address may change. I've been using it for a while, but I've been using it as a temporary, throw away address until the spam got out of control. Then I'll move on to another. Friends and family have one of my permanent addresses - or should ask.

** A few notes about finding your way...
If I had unlimited resources, and unlimited time, the format in which my ancestry is displayed would be a little different. As it is, the somewhat confusing format is driven by my otherwise exceptional genealogy software, Reunion, by Leister Productions (which resides on my Mac at home).

On that note: A better graphical representation of my tree (though not quite as complete) can be found here (ancestry.com).

Here are a few hints to help you find your way around.

Any time this image appears: it means there’s a document or picture associated with this particular person or family. If you click it, you will be taken to a page listing all of the pictures/documents available. You might find census records, draft registration cards, pictures... all kinds of neat stuff.

In many instances (the Person Index, for example), clicking on an individual’s name takes you to their “Web Family Card,” a page which lists basic information about the individual’s extended family. Clicking on an individual’s name (from a “Web Family Card”) takes you to the individual’s “Person Sheet,” which includes any notes or stories associated with the individual.


This header image and the images that follow on the next few pages come from the writing in Rev John Rice's rapidly disintegrating Bible (1839-1918) - my great-great grandfather on my paternal grandmother's side of the family. Like many old, family bibles, it contains a wealth of genealogy information.