Al Simms Genealogy Intro

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For those of you who have viewed my genealogy page before you know that it takes a very frustrating long time to load because of the many graphics.  I have added sound and more graphics and for this reason have broken it up into 21 quicker loading pages.  The music that you will hear with each page(if you have the capability) is representative of the time and/or individual portrayed. Most of it can be downloaded from one of my three midi pages. It will play continuously until you exit the page.  The Star Wars main theme was chosen for this page for dramatic effect only.

Two things are available here.  First an ad for my 399 page Simms genealogy book and second the "Story of Simms" which is a presentation of the Simms lineage from the earliest ancestor I know of thru my grandchild - 16 generations - 1500 thru today.

At the left you will see a graphic, the upper portion of which is a partial sample listing from the book and the lower portion of which are the covers of the book.  In the actual hard copy of the book will be found Biographical material on many people, Historical material pertaining to early family origens, Text of Wills, Deeds and other court records, Text of a diary written by Zenobia Simms during the Civil War in Culpeper, Va., Genealogical Charts covering the first 5 generations, 227 Scanned Photos of people and places, a list of military men from the Revolution thru Viet Nam, and a 49 page triple column index.  It is loose leaf bound to permit easy updates.

I have prepared an abbreviated version of the text which you may download.  You will be missing some 227 pictures that are in the 399 page book, the very interesting 50 page diary of Zenobia Simms kept during the Civil War and telling of her experiances in Culpeper and Richmond during the War, as well as the index which would be useless for this condensed version. The format is for Windows Write(.wri). If you would like a copy of the original hard copy book please send $21.00 and your name and address to me at(the book will be shipped US Mail):

Albert E. Simms Jr.
5 Warfield Place
Fredericksburg, Va
22401-2246

I am currently working on a supplement to the book but it will probably be a long time before it is ready. Don't worry though, the book is loose leaf and the new pages will fit in at the appropriate places. Any new printing after the supplement is done will include the original book with the inserted pages. No doubt the price will be higher due to increases in printing costs and postage but it is completely non-profit. What I pay, you will pay - no labor included.
Click here to download the 258K zipped file of the text of my Simms family genealogy.

A STORY OF SIMMS

The name Simms has a biblical origin and is derived from Simon(Simeon) the second son of Jacob. In 1379 it appeared as Symes in Yorkshire, England. Between 1400 and 1700 four families with this name achieved nobility status. They lived in Northamptonshire and Somersetshire. There were also Symes families living in Wicklow and Ulster, Ireland at this time. Some Sims's migrated from England to Scotland in the mid 1400s.

As to our own specific lineage the earliest of the info that follows is the result of the research of Leo Howson of Tampa, Fl. Leo hired an English genealogist to do this work and he believes it to be accurate. His information was corroborated, positively connected and added to from a 300 page group of Simms Genealogy newsletters, put together by Cynthia Kirkland, that I downloaded from the Internet some time ago. I am working on a supplement to my book that will include this and a lot more information. And nowwww;
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