Sometime before 1730 Jacob and Catherine Sortore came to this country from the Palatine region of Germany. They and their family first settled in Somerset County, New Jersey. They had at least four children and most probably five. Other spellings of the name include SORTOR, SORTER, SARTOR, and SALTER. We are working on gathering data on the descendants of this couple and are researching both male and female lines of descent. At the present time we have been able to find over 8,000 descendants and spouses. So just how many are there of the family in the United States? Well to see how many SORTORE's there are click here and to see how many SORTOR's there are click here. Sorry SORTER's there appears to be too few of you to be counted.
I am including some of the results of many years of research by members of the family. This includes a searchable data base and a narrative report of the first three generations in this country.
In 1995 I released a book on the family and if you want a current reprint of the book can go here. This reprint is done using Amazon's print on demand service. The transfer to the service did go fairly well hower the index is a bit off. If you have any additions, would like more information on the family please contact me.
Sortore Research Aids
On-line Resources
Search the SORTORE data set (over 3,000 Individuals, Seven Generations)
Family Documents
Sortore and Allied Family Obituaries(Hosted by Ron Sortor)
Family Burial Locations(Hosted by Ron Sortor)
Sortore Military Service
Civil War Regimental History Links(Hosted by Ron Sortor)
Family History
Underground Railroad - The Road to Freedom(Hosted by Ron Sortor)
The First Public School in Michigan(Hosted by Ron Sortor)
Files to take with you.
NARRATIVE.ZIP Narrative of the first three generations in MS Word format, source information and index codes included.(17K)
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