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Here is an English version of the genealogy of the first eight generations of the Bruins-family:

Bruins%20English.doc

Here is also the family-history in Dutch, part 1…

Branch: M42

Age: About 75,000 Years Ago

Location of Origin: Africa

The common direct paternal ancestor of all men alive today was born in Africa around 140,000 years ago. Dubbed “Y-chromosome Adam” by the popular press, he was neither the first human male nor the only man alive in his time. He was, though, the only male whose Y-chromosome lineage is still around today.  All men, including your direct…

Need Thomas Fosberry s Fathers name born about 1770. Thomas was born 1790 in Sussex 

Looking for information on John C.(Clinton) McConnell

B. November 17 1850 in Sherbrook Co. Canada

D. September 16, 1924  Embden, Cass County,  N. Dakota

     Wife: Mary Armour

     Married: September 23, 1879

      D. March 21, 1932

Son, my grandfather:  William Armour McConnell

                                 B. April 22, 1896

                                 D. June 27, 1958  in Embden, ND

I am looking for parents of…

Newly added collection documents hundreds of years of significant life events and media headlines

LOS ANGELES (May 1, 2013) – Findmypast.com, an international leader in online family history, has published more than 23 million new records and 121 million pages of U.S. and world newspapers to its already extensive collection of historical records. New…

Travel back in time: Global family history network gives users a snapshot into the lives of their ancestors from 1790 to 1930

PROVO, Utah & TEL AVIV, Israel - May 1, 2013:…

Contact: Terry Koch-Bostic

Phone: 516-319-1659

E-mail: kochbostic@aol.com

For Release: 29 April 2013

Arlington, VA, 29 April 2013: The National Genealogical Society announces the release of the newest edition in its Research in the States series: Research in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County. This publication was written by native New Yorker and nationally recognized genealogist Laura Murphy DeGrazia, cg, fgbs. Laura is a trustee and…

Make sure that your children and grandchildren pass on the stories of your parents and grandparents to their children and grand children.  I was interesting to learn that 'Grand' who was my mom's grandmother practically raised her, her siblings and first cousins.

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Contact: Darrell Jackson

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For Release: 24 April…

Sarah Elisabeth Tharpe, my most elusive ancestor.  What I know for certain is that she married Alexander McGehee on 4 March 1867, in Grayson County, Texas.  That is all I know for certain.  According to their eldest daughter, Siddie Rhuehamie McGehee Caton, Sarah was born in Arkansas.  According to Siddie's siblings, Sarah was born in multiple other states. 

Family lore says she died around 1900 when her  youngest child, Minnie Mae McGehee Doughty, was 12 & she is buried in Oil…

Updated version of world’s most popular free family history software now syncs with online and mobile, opens new channels for the discovery of historical records and is available for the first time also in Chinese, Japanese…