Ancestry of Wade Starks and Linda Gray:
 While my family name is Starks, the name, Starks, is really an alias  from a step father.  My birth family name was Waldron.  Waldron was changed  from the original Swedish name, Walgren.

For the ancestry of my mother, Pauline Burnham, see user ID, "PBurnham". I  have chosen to separate my mother's pedigree from that of my father's and my  wife's because it is so extensive and because I am not actively working it.

Genealogies on this site:
 These genealogies are works in progress. So there are undoubtedly some errors  to be found in the data. I chose to post even the unvalidated data in order to  present what is known, or asserted about our ancestry, as a basis for myself  and others to work from. If you are also working any of these lines, please  let me know of your interests.  And were errors, or omissions are found, please  notify me.  I am still uncovering extensions to these pedigrees from the  research of others.  I will attempt to verify the assertions, as fast as I  can.  As this work grows exponentially, I look forward to your contributions  to help leverage this work.

My genealogy: (Wade Starks, AG)
 I have personally done the original research on the Scandinavian lines of my  father, Floyd Alfred Waldron, and I am confident of the validity of this  research.  I am still actively pursuing the Swedish ends-of-lines.

I am an Accredited Genealogist and do genealogy research professionally,  specializing in Scandinavian research.

Floyd's mother's pedigree, that of Clara Eliza Ames, includes a substantial  amount of information gleaned on the internet from others' research.  Much of  the New England information comes from published and well documented sources.   Most of the information (though not all) back into the 18th century, I have  verified. For most of the gateway ancestors, I have not personally verified  their links across the ocean to their homelands.

My Wife's genealogy: (Linda Gray)
 Many of the ends of lines are being actively researched.  There are several  links which are either unproven, or suspect.  These are:

John Jackman Smith`s parents
 One source shows his parents as John Jackman Smith Sr and Elizabeth Stewart.   Other information suggests he  may be the son of a John Smith and Hannah  Jackman. This current connection is both unproven and suspect.  This Hannah,  daughter of Thomas Jackman Sr and Hester Wright of Virginia, has been linked  as the wife in at least three conflicting families by others.  So more  research is needed to sort out fact from fiction here.

Catharine van der Poel (1776)
 While it is likley the Catharine van der Poel is daughter of an Abraham van der  Poel, that she is daugther of this Abraham and Marytje Bekker is a yet  unproven. One problem with this family is that there is another Catharine born  in 1783, which suggests the one born in 1776 may have died before 1883.

Teunis Slingerland (1779)
 That Teunis Slingeland, husband of Eleanor van den Berg is the same as Teunis  Slingerland, son of Elbert Slingerland and Christina van Vranken, is highly  probable, but the link is based on circumstantial evidence.

Lydia Patton
 According to the custodian of this genealogy, the link between Lydia and  parents John Patton and Sarah Rogers is likely, but unproven.

Presley Josephus Paul
 That he is the son of John Paul is likely but unproven.

Much of the pre-1800 genealogy is the result of the research efforts of others  and unvalidated by myself.