Williamson GED File

60 descendants of Archie James Franklin McBroom and Minnie Mae Mills McBroom got together on August 4, 2012, at the Batesville, Mississippi home of Nell McBroom Foshee and Roger Foshee for their first reunion since 1998.

Read more: Archie James Franklin McBroom Reunion, 2012

There were at least seven William McBrooms in the United States during the year 1785. That would be surprising, if it wasn’t for the fact that every other McBroom male in America is named William, James, John, or Thomas. What we lack in a prolific nature is challenged in degree only by our lack of imagination when it comes to naming our male offspring.

I’m currently looking for an ancestor named William McBroom. I’ve written a bit of a history on who he might be, and you can read that article by visiting this link.

It’s very frustrating, to say the least. If you’ve done any research on the McBrooms, then you know what I’m feeling right now, that old “impenetrable brick wall” feeling. The thing that keeps my spirits up is knowing that I’m not alone in my search, and there are other McBrooms just as interest as I am in finding this one ancestor.

The search continues!

Mr. Leslie Williamson of Scotland has been kind enough to forward us a copy of his GED file. This file is the result of two or three years of work, and contains information on over 10,000 individuals, 6,000 of those being McBrooms, and over 3,500 families. To download a zipped copy of this file, visit our Documents section. This file does not contain a merge of the genealogy database that has been compiled here, but many of the same people can be found in both databases.

Link to the Documents section is in the menu, or by clicking this link.