Hawley Family Genealogy:

The Society of the Hawley Family est 1923

I began searching for my ancestors in the 1980's. In doing research and traveling to family member's homesteads over the years, I have accumulated a lot of information and have placed most of it on the web. My grandmother, Emma Skeens Hawley (photo - died in 1984), was a great inspiration and source of knowledge when I first began to research. I am sure she would be happy to know I have stuck with it. It is assumed that most American Hawley families are descended from Joseph Hawley, the first emigrant from England in 1630, who settled in Stratford, Connecticut. I have documented my Hawley family, starting with my father, Ray Hawley, back to Calvin Hawley, g-g-g-grandson of Joseph Hawley. The Hawley Record, by Elias Hawley, documents the generations from Calvin Hawley back to Joseph Hawley. Over the years the Hawley's migrated from England to Connecticut (1620-1720), Massachusetts (1760), New York (1817), Pennsylvania (1840), Michigan (1854), Kansas (1877), Illinois (1940) and Florida (1958).
-Pam Hawley Marlin,   pam@dmarlin.com,

1920 Hawley Family Reunion in Kansas

New History Blog post:

-The burial place of Lewis Powell's (a.k.a. Paine) Skull (April 2012)
- Steven Hawley, Astronaut, and the Space Shuttle Discovery (April 2012)
-Jesse Hawley and the Erie Canal (March 2012)

Captain David Hawley, A True Patriot

In Hawley family history, Captain David Hawley has to be one of the more intriguing characters. He was born in Connecticut in 1741. His parents were James and Eunice Hawley who lived in the Stratfield section of Stratford, Connecticut now Bridgeport. More ...

New History Blog posts:

-The Great Awakening and the sad fate of Joseph Hawley II (Feb 2012)
-Jehiel Hawley, Loyalist (Feb 2012)
-Lloyd Howard Hawley (Jan 2012)
-The Winston Churchill - Hawley family connection (Jan 2012)
-Centralia, Illinois, Historical Society Museum (Jan 2012)

Salem, Illinois, Then & Now

On a recent trip to visit family in Salem, Illinois, I spent some time doing genealogy research and decided to try a few 'then & now' photos of family sites. View more...

Then & Now Project, Bringing the Past into the Present

Having seen the idea represented on several websites I couldn't resist the challenge of trying it myself. There is not a name for the technique (that I am aware) of placing an old photo in its present location and then taking another photo, but it is a great idea. I was able to use both old personal photos and old photos from where I work at the University of Florida to make the projects come together as seen in the websites below:

Family Then & Now

UF Then & Now