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The Sprague Database, which is the basis for the Sprague Website, grew by about
20,000 Sprague family members in 2010. Much of that growth was from researchers
who added their findings on recent generations to many Sprague lines and others
who connected previously unconnected Sprague family segments. Some of the growth
was from the processing of a huge number of contributions from many visitors to
this Sprague Website. The e-mail backlog has been reduced a bit in recent months,
but it still remains large, with more than 1,985 awaiting processing. Almost all
of the e-mail received in 2010 has been processed, but there are many e-mails
received before March of 2006 that have not been processed and may never get processed.
A huge volume of hard-copy (paper) source material sits in my "Sprague Room."
Some of the most pertinent of this material gets processed from time to time.
The Sprague Database and Sprague Website continually get enhanced, but the realities
of time simply do not allow all your requests to get handled quickly, if at all.
Please continue to report any error found on the Sprague Website, as proven corrections
get processed at a high priority.
Dick Weber, The Sprague Project developer (31
Jan 2011)
The
Sprague Database is a computerized database containing information on 356,308
individuals from worldwide families of Sprague and Sprague-derivative names.
(Derivative names include Sprag, Sprage, Spragg, Spragge, Spraggs, Spraggue, Sprags,
Sprake, Spraig, Sprig, Sprigg, Sprigge, and Spriggs.) The larger sections of the
database document the descendants of (1) Francis
Sprague, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1623 and (2) Edward
Sprague's three sons (Ralph,
Richard,
and William),
who arrived in Massachusetts in 1629. The Spragg and Sprake lines are also major
sections. Further, we include another 2,600+ Sprague family lines or individuals
that do not yet connect to any of the major family lines in the project database.
To see these unconnected Sprague and Sprague-derivative lines, please go to Reports
and scroll down.
The purpose of the Sprague Database
is to treat the entire Sprague family as a single entity. There are hundreds of
people researching their own lines, but until now there has been no organized
effort since the work of Dr. Warren Vincent Sprague (Sprague Families in
America, published in 1913) to put this work together to benefit future
generations. The Sprague Project is unusual in that it places
equal emphasis on recording female and male descendant lines. The Sprague
Database is an invaluable resource for those interested in the Sprague
line.
Please note:
The identification system used on our website often causes confusion when the
initial letter "I" for each individual (I248000)
is mistaken for the number "1." As a result,
erroneous correspondence is sent to The Sprague Project developer. There is no
way that we can change this means of identification. When you correspond with
the developer, please keep this in mind and use the letter "I"
and not the number "1."
The Sprague Database holds the following
as of January 9, 2012:
Total individuals: 356,308
Deceased individuals (searchable
in website database): 261,800
Living individuals (not searchable
in website database): 94,508
Unconnected Sprague lines: 2,703
Individuals with the surname Sprague: 33,030
(Why so few Spragues in such a large database?
See FAQ.)
Unique Surnames: 27,142 Total
Families: 128,625
Total Sources: 3,774 Total Notes:
100,821 Total Places: 35,172
Size of current GEDCOM File: 207MB
Major Sprague Groups:
Francis
Sprague descendants: 55,586
William
Sprague descendants: 57,606
Lt.
Ralph Sprague descendants: 19,642
Edward
Spragg descendants: 10,934 |
What's changed in our
update of January 9, 2012:
- Database increased by 3,909 individuals for a total of
356,308
- Our major lines have been increased as follows:
Francis Sprague: 523 new descendants
William Sprague: 436 new descendants
Lt. Ralph Sprague: 512 new descendants
Edward Spragg: 636 new descendants
- Current e-mail backlog: 1,890
(increase of 85 messages)
- A large update has been added for the descendants
of John
S. Sprague (1785-1860) and Sarah
Lincoln (1788-1862).
- A large update has been added for
the descendants of Jonathan
Hall Sprague (1810-1885) and Electra
Granger (1810-1885).
- Many additions have been added for
the Sprague and Spragg families of England.
What we know about visitors
to our website |
Connect speed (2):
Cable 48.2%
DSL 30.7%
Unknown 11.5%
T1 6.5%
Dial-up 2.5%
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Browsers (1):
MS IE 51.6%
Firefox 22.5%
Safari 14.9%
Chrome 10.2%
Androd 0.7% |
Platform: (1):
Windows 81.8%
Macintosh 15.9%
iPad 1.0%
iPhone 0.8%
Android 0.7%
Linux 0.5% |
Screen res. (2):
1024x768 25.8%
1440x900 16.0%
1280x1024 11.2%
1280x800 10.5%
1366x768 6.8%
1680x1050 4.5%
1152x864 2.9%
1920x1080 2.4%
1600x900 2.2%
800x600 1.6% |
(1) Per Google
Analytics for period: 08/01/2011 - 11/30/2011
(~120 days)
(2) Per Google
Analytics for period: 10/01/2010 - 01/31/2011
(~120 days) |
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Number of individuals
named: |
Sprag: 1
Sprage: 2
Spragg: 3,111
Spragge: 427
Spraggs: 404
|
Spraggue: 2
Sprags: 6
Sprague: 33,030
Sprake:73
|
Sprig: 1
Sprigg: 131
Sprigge:
3
Spriggs: 496 |
The contents of the Sprague Database
include information for both living and deceased individuals. However, only content
that applies to deceased individuals is made available for public study on this
Sprague Website. The sole source of genealogical information
on the Sprague Website is the Sprague Database.
In addition, supplementary material has been added to the Sprague Website
for the use of website visitors. For example, there is a listing of published
sources where information on the Sprague family has been found. This material
is located in the column to the left.
The Sprague Website has been developed
utilizing an innovative software product named The Next Generation of
Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG). There are significant research facilities
available for the use of any visitor to the Sprague Website.
A comprehensive search facility allows the website visitor to search for all individuals
named John Sprague who were born in Vermont before 1844. A large number of search
fields may be used in combination. When an individual of interest is located by
a search, a variety of reports is available to show the Family Group Sheet for
the individual, an ancestral chart, a descendant’s chart, among others.
Since The Sprague Project places equal emphasis on both male
and female descendant lines and on Sprague spousal ancestral lines, there are
a large number of individuals with surnames other than Sprague recorded in the
Sprague Database. The Sprague Website provides
the facility for quickly determining how many of any given surname are recorded
in The Sprague Database. Reports are predefined to show such
information as participants in any of the 13 wars recorded in U. S. history. There
are also photos of individuals and photos of individual grave stones that will
be displayed as part of the individual data.
The objective of The Sprague Project
Developer and the Sprague Website Webmaster is for the website
to be an effective research tool for the massive amount of personal information
recorded in the Sprague Database. For an interesting introduction
to the Sprague Website, enter Chase in the Surname field and
Katherine in the First Name field to the left and then press “Search.”
When Katherine is located, click on her name and your fun will begin. Enjoy the
Sprague Website. May it provide much insight into your ancestral
history.
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