Add your thread to the weave.
Every family this large leaves threads scattered across census records, parish registers, and living memory. If you carry one — a name, a photograph, a correction, a question — this is where it comes home.
Who this page is for
The Stroud story is still being assembled. Wherever you fit, your thread strengthens the whole.
FOR KIN
Descendants & family
Share a photo, a name, or a missing branch. Family memory is how the eleven’s siblings — and the generations after — get their stories back.
FOR SCHOLARS
Researchers & historians
Records, citations, corrections. The documented lineage reaches back to 1670, but it is always being refined — bring your sources and your scrutiny.
FOR PRESS
Press & storytellers
Interviews and background on RACE, the Opera, the Running to Harvard documentary, and the family’s place in the history of the Pikes Peak region.
FOR PATRONS
Supporters & students
Back the Stroud Scholars, the opera, and the Leadership Academy — and help the next generation use education as the technology of their time.
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fpshines@gmail.com
Family spokesperson, Frank “Rio” Shines