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May 2022 Blog Posts (3)

Quaker Genealogy-Cedar Creek, Virginia

Nestled on a wooded knoll surrounded by periwinkle lies the remains of a 300-year-old structure that once was the Cedar Creek Meeting House. Established in 1721 from land donated by Thomas Stanley, the site lies west of an old 18th-century roadbed in Hanover County, Virginia. The church site is now on an old, abandoned road just off Cedar Creek Road. The cemetery, filled with field stones, holds the remains of early congregation members. This article will recognize the early members by…

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Added by Carol @Piedmont Trails on May 18, 2022 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Calling All Graduates May 2020 – April 2022

Graduation preparation is underway for students who earned their PLCGS at The National Institute for Genealogical Studies between May 2020 and April 30, 2022. Please respond with info in this blog post. Blog: http://blog.genealogicalstudies.com/2022/05/calling-all-graduates-may-2020-april-2022/

Added by Cheryl Levy PLCGS on May 17, 2022 at 4:12pm — No Comments

KENNEDY - GLENCOE, ARGYLLSHIRE, SCOTLAND.

Further research has revealed that my Kennedy lineage traces back to Duncan Kennedy, who married Ann Fraser, in Argylleshire. Their son, Duncan, was born in 1772, and in 1808 he married Mary Butter(s), at Keppoch. Duncan and Mary apparently had three children, all born in Scotland, very likely in Glencoe; Margaret,( born c. 1811, Louisa born c.1815 and John.born circa 1816-1818. John migrated to Australia, before 1848, when he married a widow, Margaret Drane, ( nee Mc Phee),( born in…

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Added by PETER ROBERT KENNEDY on May 10, 2022 at 2:30pm — No Comments