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Welcome To Gamelbar's Niche On The WWW

Dedicated to the history of families spelling their name

Spafford, Spofford, Spofforth, Spawforth, Spafard or Spaford

Because America-On-Line no longer hosts personal websites, Gamelbar's site has been moved to the servers at verizon.net. Most of the site content is now here, but more will be added during the next few weeks. Please bookmark this new site:

http://mysite.verizon.net/gamelbar/

For the origin of the name Gamelbar

Last Updated: November 2008

WHAT'S NEW:

The Ship that John Spofford Sailed On -- John of London

An article about the ship on which John Spofford sailed when he made his trip to New England from Yorkshire in 1638.

SPOFFORD - L

This is a RootsWeb mailing list that provides a convenient means of interacting with others who are actively researching various branches of families that spell their name SPOFFORD, SPAFFORD, SPOFFORTH, SPAFARD or SPAFORD. The list also provides an ideal medium for circulating queries and responses.

If you have not already subscribed to SPOFFORD - L , I urge you to do so immediately. You may subscribe by sending an email message to:

SPOFFORD-L-request@rootsweb.com

with the single word "subscribe" in the body of the message and nothing else (turn off signature files, etc.).

For now we offer the following:

Family Coat of Arms: 16 Color GIF
Family Coat of Arms: 256 Color GIF
SPAFFORD / SPOFFORD Family History and Genealogy
Bishop Thomas Spofforth's 15th Century Church Windows at Ross-on-Wye, UK
Discussion of: Who was the father of John Spofford, the early settler of Rowley, Mass.?
Map of Spofforth country in Yorkshire, England.
Pictures of Millennium Celebration at Spofforth , England (24 - 25 June 2000)
"A New History of the Spofforth Family" by Capt. Ralph Spofforth. (Adobe Reader Required)

Family Motto: Rather Deathe than False of Faythe.

Alternative Motto: Tempus meae opus (Time is my wealth)

Links to some favorite Web Sites:

Explore the Georgetown Historical Society site. This is where you will find a complete online copy of Jeremiah Spofford's 1888 SPOFFORD/SPAFFORD genealogy courtesy of Dale West. Georgetown was the site of John Spofford's "Old Farm" and the home of many of his descendants, even today.

An excursion at Gene Spafford's Home page. Gene is a distant cousin and does many interesting things at Purdue University with computers, security and the internet.

A plethora of neat stuff on Yorkshire. Be sure to check out the links to the Northowram Register of Non-Conformists and West Riding. The burial of Mrs. 'Spawford,' widow of John Spofford, the vicar, is mentioned (p.60 of Heywood), along with lots of historic 'flavor' of 17th Century Yorkshire. Also, contains a listing of Yorkshire History & Genealogy Societies.

A great place for all UK + Ireland genealogy.

For some background and history of the American Colony in Jerusalem founded by Horatio and Anna Spafford and continued by their daughter Bertha Spafford Vester, check out the Smithsonian Magazine - March 1997. This article is no longer available online, but you may be able to locate the issue at a public library.

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