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Lower Bucks Genealogists

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August 23, 2016 | Utica, OH

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A GENEALOGIST’S GUIDE TO SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS…

A night's drinking led to a constable's dismissal from the Bristol Constabulary in 1882  but opened the door for recruitment to the Hong Kong Police.  For the story of HK Police Sergeant Daniel Hall (later in life Licensee of…

Exerpts from book Blessett and Wingo Kindrend of Mine

"NEW YORK, REVISITED" BY SHIRLEY BECKER

 Event:  "New York, Revisited!"

 Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2016

 Location: Lemon Grove Library, 3001 School Lane in Lemon Grove) from 6 p.m. to 7:50 p.m.

 Classes are Free.

Shirley will be bringing us up to date on her latest finds and knowledge about her home state.  She has given a talk in the…

Mary Carlile Haines ancestry is documented in the article titled A Tale of Two Tradition:  The Huguenot Ancestry of a Quaker Family  printed in Plain Language, The Journal of the National Society Descendants of Early Quakers (printed about 1998) and written by Marilyn L. Winton Misch, MLS.  The article is six pages and includes her ancestors back to 1600. We had at the State Library Of Ohio an exceptional librarian who…

     Have  you heard of Mapme.com?  You may want to try it.  You can map and tell a family story all in one.

     I am working on making it work.    

     Maps are really critical keys in our research. I think I picked  up the information about it from Dick Eastman.

     But other things have happened and I did not get it posted right away.

     But it should be a lot of fun for most of you all.

http://www.ourfamilyhistories.com/hsdurbin/durbinlink.html  Also are you aware that Durbin is  a variant of D'Orbin which comes from France and married DuVall.

 …

Logsdon Family notes 

Family lore has it that William Logsdon at about age 50 in approximately 1702 selected a young Irish lass, Honora O'Flynn to be his wife. It is 

believed that Honora was kidnapped from Kerry County Ireland and brought 


aboard ship against her will to become a wife of an unmarried planter 


in Maryland. Later, a footnote in the "The Centenary of Catholicity 


in Kentucky" by the Hon. Ben, J. Webb…

THIS DATA IS TAKEN OFF OUR www.easternusresearch.com site.

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ORTH BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON CO., PENNA.

Copied 5 May 1974 by Joseph F. Floran -  the drawing is not drawn to scale. (See at end of census)Directions: Turn south from Scenery Hill, Penna. On Leg.…

What are you doing for Family History Day?  What are you doing for Family History Month in October?

Is your group looking at putting on a display or event? Will you be sharing data with others at the local Library?

Maybe your community puts on a big gala?  I am thankful that we try to recognize Family and History.

I hope you are too.  So maybe you should start planning for it now.  

  Land Records

  Have you used Land Records? Do you know who a Grantor is and a Grantee is?  Have you relatives of the past that have  Land Warrants or Land Patents?  

Bounty-Land…

A french cook was abroad a french ship on its way to Ireland. The ship landed and the cook settled in Co. Donegal, Ireland. There he met a native woman, married and had several children. They all settled around Letterkenny and had great families themselves. the supposed cook's name is Pierre Ambrose Frize.

So is the family folklore of my father's mother's father. Columb Frize came to Scotland, from Ireland, in search of work. Married my great-grandmother and started a line of Scottish…

  As some of our members pointed out, if you have the right lines and religion you do not need to leave your home to do

  your research.  Yes, for some it comes easier than others.  We early American downliners, have such a mixed  heritage we seldom have anything near that type of success.  

  We seem to have various religious backgrounds and changing as the time moves forward.  Having found some    genetic backgrounds are more true to the basic faith…

  As some of our members pointed out, if you have the right lines and religion you do not need to leave your home to do

  your research.  Yes, for some it comes easier than others.  We early American downliners, have such a mixed  heritage we seldom have anything near that type of success.  

  We seem to have various religious backgrounds and changing as the time moves forward.  Having found some    genetic backgrounds are more true to the basic faith…

In 1998 a Stockford gave me a comprehensive print out of my Family Tree going back to William Stockford 1715. It was kindly donated by Keith Hazel it included Duns Tew and Barton Stockfords.

Sadly I have mislaid the whole file. If any kind person has such a list I would appreciate a copy. I am willing to pay expences.

Best wishes.

Anthony John Stockford.

North Oxon.

In 1998 a Stockford gave me a comprehensive print out of my Family Tree going back to William Stockford 1715. It was kindly donated by Keith Hazel it included Duns Tew and Barton Stockfords.

Sadly I have mislaid the whole file. If any kind person has such a list I would appreciate a copy. I am willing to pay expences.

Best wishes.

Anthony John Stockford.

North Oxon.

Puzzle Pieces, That is What They Are

Putting together new data into my program, my mind said, new pieces to the puzzle.

Yes, they are new pieces to the puzzle.  That is why we ask or are supposed to be asking each family member for help in resolving our lost data.

Each member of the family takes away a different thought besides their shared thoughts. Each person remembers activities differently in prospective to their selves instead of…