What a shock! [I] put my father's name in for a search, Gordon R. Fingar......and this site popped up! I am very excited.....want to add my name.....Gail E. Fingar...(now Veruto). If I search some old things in the house ( I really don't know where they are) maybe I can come up with some information to help you out! Thanks in advance...I can't wait to hear from you.....!!!!

Lillian Pearl Cure was my g grandfather's sister. In fact, my grandmother was named Lillian Pearl Cure after her aunt, who died 4 years before my grandmother was born.

I'm wondering if it's possible to have more detailed information about Henry and Lily's family. I know that their daughters moved to Saugerties, NY, to live with their father's relatives after their father died, but don't know much beyond that. I would love to get in touch with one of their relatives to share info about Lily's two other sisters, Mabel and Etola, and their brother, Obed, who is my g grandfather.

PS - Lily's parents were Frasier Cure (1862-1954) and Catherine Etta Law (1862-1934).

Hello to a newly found relative! My name is Carolyn Lucille Finger, an aunt of Steven Finger from whom I received an email aprisng me of your website. I logged on and found it to be very exciting. I am the youngest child of Clyde Miller Finger Sr. and Yorke Race Finger... I can add more info on the rest of the family if you are interested???
Regards, Carole

I think I may be a member of the Finger family.

Here's the story:

Johannes Finger married Catharine Hess. Their 11th child was Annatchen (Anna) Finger who married Jacob Blass. Anna and Jacob had a son Johannes who was baptized on 7 April 1771. My gr gr gr grandfather, Johannes (John) Blass was born on 23 Mar 1771 in Columbia County just 2 weeks before Jacob and Anna had their son Johannes baptized.

Do you think that my gr gr gr grandfather Johannes could be the son of Anna Finger? It looks like it to me, but I don't know how to get the proof.

I could add a GREAT many Finger descendents to your website if Anna Finger is indeed my gr gr gr gr grandmother.

I have two brothers Emanuel and Hartman Finger coming to America in 1860 and 1866 from Bottendorf and settling in Greenfield, Wisconsin, "½ hour distant from Milwaukee" according to an 1880 report in Bottendorf about families that emigrated to the US. Emanuel shows up in the 1880 US Census.

Their father was Heinrich Finger of Bottendorf who, as far as I know, never left Bottendorf.

'Adam' is a very common name in Bottendorf, but that doesn't prove anything of course. Could Adam's 'Armin' really be 'Hartmann'?

Hi. I am a member of the Finger family from Milwaukee Wisconsin and I am trying to find info about my ancestry and my ancestral hometown in Germany. My father was Frederick, (Fritz), and my grandfather was Armin Finger. The first descendant to emigrate was Adam Finger (my namesake) who started an insurance company in the mid 1800's. My uncle, William, is still alive in Milwaukee. I have heard form one of my family members that the family came from a town called Pozen in Germany. Any ideas?

My grandfather Maurice Fingar came over from Lithuania in about 1910 with his brother Michael and swiftly changed his name to Freeman (he changed his name because he was 'embarrassed' about it. Why I'm not sure). They settled in London and went into the grocery trade at the same time as Tescos, Sainsburys, M&S were setting up in the East End.

Married Ethel Foreman and had two sons, one Harold Freeman settled in Canada in the late 50s.

Is this a branch of the Fingar family? I'd love to know!

My name is Eoin Kevin Finger (Sarah's Brother) in Ireland!   [Sarah tells me it's pronounced Owen]

Fascinated I am, to find your web-site...
Now, not quite sure about the Berlin connection, grandfather Gunter Finger, chef, was enlisted as a paratrooper, left his home land in Princepstatt, which is now in Poland, and was captured in Belgium. English P.O.W. camp, escaped, fled to Ireland with the help of the I.R.B. (predecessor to the I.R.A.). The poor man died of lung cancer at 55, never smoked. As far as I know his immediate relatives were killed in bombings...

Eoin (my friends call me Figs)

Sarah Finger here from Ireland!

I was just wondering if there was any chance of a relation of mine on this site??!! I never really knew much about my family history past my grandfather who came from Berlin, Germany!! My Great Grandfather, Heinz Finger, who was a watch maker by trade, was originally called Heinz Fingerhut. The Family came from east Berlin in Germany. But after World War II my granddad moved to England. He had an adopted sister called Edith who died of leukemia but besides that he had no other siblings. I never met my grandad and have no idea about any of my father's relatives!

Boy, was I shocked to actually find a Finger Family web site loaded with genealogical data. I found myself listed and therefore my parents. I am married and have children, my father died 10 years ago, my sister has a daughter, etc. How can we update the web site with new info?

I've also been investigating my roots as my father and his father were only children, so any relatives are quite distant. Several years ago I scoured National Archive's Census records in Waltham, MA, and entered info into FamilyTreeMaker. It was a wonderful surprise to actually find some of my ancestors. I have been unable to find any living relations, perhaps you could help me find them?

G'day,
I... decided to type my name (Kelvin Finger) into a search engine and see what it came up with. I found your site so I thought I'd let you know that there is a fair few 'Fingers' in Melbourne, Australia. I am only 17 so I don't really know much about my family history but I do know that I am not really a blood relative of the Finger family line as my grandpa was adopted...

Regards, Kelvin Finger

p.s. my grandpa had 2 brothers (they were 'real' Fingers)

We descend from Jacob Finger of Lithuania... who came over ALONE at age 13(!!!) and went through Ellis Island. Jacob was Jewish, though he converted, and even became a Methodist minister. He came from a large family, some of whom later followed.

We've never been sure if FINGER was the original name, an abbreviated form, or a translation of the actual name... I noticed there was a Jacob in your pile, so maybe there was a Jewish link, in there somewhere. We have virtually NO info on old country links, since [Jacob] converted very young, and his family considered him dead from then on. Do you know if you have any Lithuanian ties?

S.E. Brewster Jr. III was my father and Dr. (Rev.) S.E. Brewster my grandfather. I know that Essie Finger is my grandmother who died when my father was just a boy. I am living in NYC and have started researching a little of my lineage especially the connections to upstate NY. -- I recently found and visited my grandmother's grave in Saugerties and I am interested in finding out more.

Would love to hear from someone.
Many thanks,
Lynn Beth Brewster

Regarding our change of the name from Finger. I believe this first occurred in Germantown. Loescher was being "Americanized" to Lasher and I suggest that Conrad and his two sons Elias and Jacob C. thought it was a pretty good idea. (After all, who wants to be thought of as German. They were American.) But in 1808 they were still Fingers. However, Elias's oldest son Thomas was clearly a Fingar as Germantown records document that he was Town Clerk in 1828 and 1829 as Thomas Fingar.

Apparently, also, one of Michael's line changed to Fingar. Michael's youngest son Friedrich had children that ended up in Gallatin, New York. One of his sons, William Henry b. Nov. 18, 1818 ... ended up as one of the two Justices of the Peace in 1845 according to Gallatin Town Records as William Fingar. Also, a William Fingar, Jr., ... was Gallatin Town Clerk in 1867 and 1868 as well as Justice of the Peace in 1874. Are there relatives from Gallatin who can unravel this situation?

Dreamwater deleted my account for some reason... I can not get to the bottom of... and our website is currently offline until I rebuild it elsewhere or restore the site with Dreamwater... in either case it will be about a week or two until it is back up...

I was wondering if you or one of your web-visitors could help me find information on a Theobald Zachariah Finger who lived in Perryville, Missouri around 1900 to 1920 and died in nearby St. Louis, MO in 1926. He also had 3 sisters: Sophia Huffer, Cora Mae Scott, and Ida Rebecca Cashion who were around Perry County, MO also for a time.

I was told their father's name is Benjamin Franklin Finger and know nothing about him. Their relationship to me is unknown, but I'm interested because they are from my home county.

Thank you.

By chance I found your homepage, which looks very interesting to me. My maiden name is Claudia Finger. I was born in 1955 in Mövchnegladbach, Germany. As we are a little interested in genealogy further contact might be interesting. From my mother's and my father's family tree the oldest traces go back to the 17th century. On my father's side there are some French people ( 18th or 19th century ), one of them was an archbishop of Paris. Perhaps we could help each other to find further traces.

Best regards, Claudia Halberstadt ( Finger ) Dortmund/Germany