Email Trudy Hawley, our genealogist The Hawley Record In 1843, a young Elias Sill Hawley, a teacher from Buffalo, New York, although born and raised in Saratoga, New York, changed careers to law and returned to Saratoga. He was to be examined by Chancellor Walworth for admission to the Court of Chancery there. While waiting in the library for his call, he broused, idly scanning a book on English families. Finding Hawleys, his latent interest in Hawley family history was ignited and led to almost a half century of collecting information on the family, mostly through personal correspondence. When a fellow Hawley businessman offered to finance the publishing of his material, he readily agreed. Some three hundred copies of The Hawley Record were produced by the Hutchinson Company of Buffalo, New York, in 1890. Many copies of the book still exist, in various libraries, historical societies, and personal collections. The Society is fortunate to own several copies. All Hawley researchers owe Elias a huge debt of gratitude for without his exhaustive research, we would have less of a foundation today for our research. Our genealogist, Trudy Hawley, assisted by certain volunteers, is working to correct the errors and fill in omissions in the original work. It is a goal of the Society to republish an updated The Hawley Record. After all, there is now over 120 more years of additional family history! You can look through The Hawley Record at our next reunion in Kansas City. The Hawley Family Tree Database A database of Hawley genealogy, beginning with Joseph Hawley, has been developed using The Hawley Record as a foundation. Our genealogist has provided additional information and corrections. Click on the link above to access the database which is housed on Rootsweb. The Society of the Hawley Family invites your participation and inquiries from all interested researchers of the Hawley surname, and welcomes corrections, additions, and sources to the database. We work to preserve, promote and encourage historical research on the Hawley surname in general. We currently sponsor research in England, through our British archivist, Sue Honore, to prove the parentage of Joseph Hawley (1603-1690). One of our members has conducted extensive research on Hawleys in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. Please click on the link to contact: Laura Hawley Jarvis Genetic Genealogy: Hawley Surname Project Technology has advanced genealogic research beyond sifting their dusty records filed away in the many repositories where they are found. Additionally as we have all learned are often misleading, incorrect or lead us directly to a dead end. The Hawley Surname Project at Family DNA.com is a Y-chromosome project, meaning it is open to males only with the surname Hawley. Upon joining the project, male Hawleys will receive a kit in the mail to donate a swab of genetic material from inside their mouth. Various levels of testing for genetic markers are available from twelve to sixty-six. The price of the testing is commensurate with the number of markers requested. You will receive a report following the analysis with contact information to those you match. Please click the link above to read more about this fascinating project. If you have additional questions, we welcome you to contact member Dr. Jim Hawley, the project director. You may email: rjh@georgetown.edu Postal mail: Rollin James Hawley, M.D. 2900 Lamb Circle, Suite 350 Christiansburg, VA 24073