What’s New

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Recent additions and changes the Tripp Family Genealogical Web Site.

January 2021 The Master Database for this site has seen dramatic improvement in the past six months.. There are now over 70,000 individuals with over 100,000 citations of Birth, Death, Marriage, Census, Military, Residence records and many more. We are adding about 15,000 citations each month – thus the database is becoming an extremely valuable source of information for those researching the Surname of Tripp. The Master Database (TNG) is housed within the Tripp genealogical Website and is updated about once a month from the companion Tree Tripp Family Genealogical Master Database residing at Ancestry.com where is it being updated and citations added to improve it’s contents. If you have access to Ancestry.com you can go to the following link to access it in the most up-to-date manner. 

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/170913264?cfpid=342223107160&dtid=100

Added “DNA Project” tab with “Genetic Genealogy Primer” and “Tripp Surname Y-DNA Project” reports.

Added “Visit” tab with “Short History of Horkstow and the church” and “New England Travel Posts” articles.

In the fall of 2019 we started a top down review and clean up of the Tripp Master Database:

–ALL CAPS indicates the person is proven and has a source for the evidence.

–A suffix showing their lineage is being added for individuals with the surname “TRIPP”.

Added January 2019. Added new “Genealogy” tab after “Biography” and added The Genealogist articles there.

Changed January 2019. Changed name of “History” tab to “Biography” and moved it forward to be after “About”. Also revised all the short biographical information to reflect current research.

Added 1 May 2017. Tripp_Research_Toolbox, a compilation of online resources for Tripp research. Covers Massachusetts, New York, Michigan, Ontario, England.

Updated 28 December 2016. Removed all HTML databases from the website and added pointers to the new TNG databases. The database defaults to “Tripp Family Genealogical Website.”  Additional databases are found on the “Advanced Search” page under the “Trees:” pull-down menu. Choices are “All Trees,” “Bob Tripp’s Genealogy,”  “Dale Thompson’s Genealogy,” and “Tripp Family Genealogical Website.”  The Margaret Bock database was renamed “Bob Tripp’s Genealogy” to more clearly reflect Bob’s efforts assembling the database.

Added December 23, 2016. Tripp Family Genealogical Database replacing the older, static HTML database. The database is based on The Next Generation (TNG) software that allows visitors to search, generate reports, and download information. This database is named “Tripp Family Genealogical Website” and contains 56,000 Tripp persons is based on the 40 years of research done by Herman Tripp.

Added December 23, 2016. John Tripp, 1611 – 1678, A Glimpse into Our Founder’s Life – Janet Tripp Andrews.

Added May 15, 2016.   Feed from the Tripp Family Genealogy Facebook page.

Added December 7, 2014. The indenture of John Tripp of Horkstow, Lincolnshire, Boston and Portsmouth; and his three New England masters – Ronald E. Benson, Jr.

Added November 10, 2012. We’ve moved to WordPress for a new and updated look!

Added August 24, 2012. Tripp DNA Project web page. Results and background of our project at Family Tree DNA to identify and prove or relationship to John Tripp of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Updated July 15, 2011. Added Abial Tripp research by Pam Purol.

Updated January 30, 2011. The Tripp Family Web site moved to a new home on the Internet at TrippGenealogy.org.

Added December 10 2005. Paul L. Tripp has graciously provide a number of new documents and references for his page on the Tripp Genealogical Web site. This occurred during the month of December 2005. You are strongly encouraged to go to this area of the web site to find lots of new and enlightening information about John Tripp The Founder and related research.

Updated January 26, 2004. Herman Tripp’s web page on John The Founder.

Added August 6, 2003. Site search engine provided by FreeFind.com which allows you to search the Tripp Family Web Site to find what you are looking for.

Added July 24, 2003. Link to 1810, Third Federal Census, Essex County New York

Added July 23, 2003. Biography of TRIPP, J. Stephens – a lawyer and banker of Prairie du Sac, is the son of Silas Tripp, who was the son of Benjamin Tripp and grandson of Ezekiel Tripp, who was a noted Quaker speaker of Dutchess county, N. Y., prior to and during the revolutionary war.

Added July 23, 2003. Biography of Franklin TRIPP was born in Floyd, December 27, 1831, son of Isaac Tripp, (who married Mary Brooker in 1812), and he was one of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters; Henderson, Septimus, Savinah, Julia Ann, Isaac jr., William, Marquis De Lafayette, Helen, Franklin, Jeanette and Orris B. Isaac sr. was born in Dutchess county, December 17, 1792, a son of William Tripp, who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war (and was consequently a pensioner till his death).

Added July 23, 2003. Biography of George L. TRIPP was born in Bridgewater, N. Y., February 7, 1873, son of Milton and Jennie Cole Tripp, of that town.

Added July 23, 2003. Biography of Orris B. TRIPP was born in Floyd April 27, 1838, son of Isaac and Mary (Brook) Tripp.

Added July 20, 2003. Search Dibean Michigan Marriage (and other ) Indexes – If you have ancestors that lived or migrated through Michigan you need to go to this site.and search for “Tripp” – you will find 278 different sources including Marriage records, Land records, Newspapers, Cemeteries, etc. You can search all of Michigan or by county. It is all free and no advertising. Great site.

Last updated: 21January 2021