Carl Paine Heldt's Family Page

I am descended from many lines of early settlers to Massachusetts. My mother's family (Paine) arived in 1635 at Hingham, Mass. My father's family (and my name) is from several German lines in the 1880's. They settled first in Chicago,Ill. Both my mother and father are also descended from Swedish ancestors who settled in Danville and Chicago, Illinois in the 1860's. I am preparing a memoir of my great grandfather for (limited) publication. He built many of the railroads in Vermont in the 1850's and 60's and then moved to Chicago to develop the west. He was president of the Panama railroad, which was built before the Canal.
It was his memoir that got me interested in the family history.

My family surnames are listed on my web page on AOL at

http://members.aol.com/cheldt

Pay me a visit there. while I work on this one as I am new to Family Tree Maker.

My Family History

• Surname List


• Index of Individuals


• InterneTree

Related Links

• My English, German and Swedish ancestors back to the 1500's