The Donald Alfred Nelson Junior Family Home Page

As a "budding" amatuer genealogist I am just getting started. Some of the surnames I am searching are Nelson/Nilsson (SWE>USA), Taute (DEU>USA), Drafahl/Drefahl (DEU>USA) and French (ENG>USA).

At the present time I am focusing on sorting through the "tons" of information I have collected. Putting it in some kind of order is a major chore. My most pressing problem is getting accurate and correct source material documentation. When I first started doing genealogy I wasn't doing that. It's been a learning experience for sure.

I have recently upgraded my software and now I am ready to put some information up on this site. Check back often.

December 4, 2001 - Haven't made much progress but I hope to improve on that over the Christmas vacation.

August 11, 2003 - I have updated my contact information. Still working on updating the genealogy information that is stored on this site. When it is "ready" I will post it. Until then, keep hunting for those ancestors.

June 22, 2004 - I changed the email address that you can use to contact me. It's on the web page.

December 3, 2006 - As you can see if you have visited before I have not made any changes or updates. Personal and family matters have precluded my doing any serious work on my genealogy. I don't expect to get around to it until after the holidays. Please be patient.

June 29, 2007 - I have not been working on my family's genealogy for some time. I hope to update the information later this summer. Keep checking.

My Family History

• Surname List


• Index of Individuals


• InterneTree


• Sources

Family Photos

• Photo of Donald Alfred Nelson Junior (99 KB)
  Photograph of Donald Alfred Nelson Junior all "spiffied" up in his one suit not long after he retired from the U.S. Navy. (1996)
• Photo of Donald Alfred Nelson, the Senior. (60 KB)
  This is a photographic portrait of my father taken around 1945. As you can see, service in the U.S. Navy runs in the family.
• Photo of Roberta Rose Drafahl. (55 KB)
  This is a studio portrait photograph of my mother taken sometime in the mid-1940's. She was a pretty lady.
• Baby Photo of Don Nelson, Jr. (84 KB)
  Boy was I a cute baby!

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• InterneTree: Donald A Nelson


• User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of John French


• Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Peter Salomon Nilsson


• User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Louis M Taute


• User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Johann Drefahl

Related Files

• A Brief Biography of William Henry Drafahl. (19 KB)
  This document contains a biography of William Henry Drafahl AKA Wilhiem H. Drefahl. He is the earliest documented ancestor of my Drafahl ancestors.