The Sprague Project
-- A Database of Over 356,000 Individuals --
- Celebrating our fifteenth year on the Internet

- Database updated on 9 January 2012 -

Richard E. (Dick) Weber, Developer
Albert Arnold Sprague, IV, Webmaster

The Sprague Mill, Upwey, England

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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:
  1. Database increased by 3,909 individuals for a total of 356,308
  2. 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
  3. Current e-mail backlog: 1,890 (increase of 85 messages)
  4. A large update has been added for the descendants of John S. Sprague (1785-1860) and Sarah Lincoln (1788-1862).
  5. A large update has been added for the descendants of Jonathan Hall Sprague (1810-1885) and Electra Granger (1810-1885).
  6. 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%
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)

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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Copyright © 2012; Richard E. (Dick) Weber / The Sprague Project / (Formerly The Composite Sprague Data Base)
Our first home page was created on August 26, 1996
Moved to mhtc.net on October 9, 1998
Moved to lunarpages.com on January 31, 2003
Moved to networkeleven.com on March 15, 2004
Incorporated The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding© (TNG) into our website on August 26, 2005
Moved to Simply Hosting on April 5, 2008
Most recent change to this page: January 9, 2012