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The character of my great-grandmother, Maria Rawcliffe had always appealed to me. Her name was an evocative mixture of down-to-earth Lancashire grit with echoes of a more flamboyant Latin nature. She looked a formidable lady from the one photograph (left) I had initially of her. To give additional colour there was a, no doubt, apocryphal story that “granny’s dark looks” came from Spanish descent, after an Armada ship had been wrecked off the Fylde coast of Lancashire. All this captured my imagin

My name is Frank Angus Hulbert Jr! I am looking for information on my family line of Snow and how I am related to the indians thru the Snow and the Flowers family Tree and Also thru (Mississippi) Christian Frederic (Carr) Kerr. My complete family tree is at smgf.org A partial family tree is at ancestry.com

I am trying to prove indian ancestry for bloodline! Any help would be greately appreciated

I am also looking for information on the Mayflower of the Rogers family and Bradford family trees to in

Red Sox outfielder, Dom DiMaggio (brother to the more famous Joe DiMaggio), and current San Francisco Giant closer Brian Wilson both resided in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Brian Wilson, “The Bearded One” is well known recently for his popularity during the 2010 World Series. As a teenager he played baseball for the local American Legion team in Londonderry.

George Edward “Duffy” Lewis is buried in the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Londonderry. He played for the Red Sox, Yankees and Senators fro

I came across a paragraph in his book that I

Looking for

(a) Helena Cahalane b 1888 in Cloonkeen, went to Boston 1910, may have returned to Cork 1913 and otherwise missing. Her parents were John and Helena.

(b) Mary Cahalane b 1856, married Patrick Donoghue/O'Donoghue in 1877, 3 children know Margaret, Michael & John born between 1878 and 1887 no further contact.

Any help appreciated. Laim Keilthy

21 February 1873, Cape Ann Advertiser "On Friday afternoon, as one of the workmen in the shipyard of A. O. Burnham was hoisting the bow hasping, it got the best of him and fell striking Mr. Gilman P. Allen (about 63 years old) a glancing blow on the shoulder and head, and knocking him down. Fortunately no bones were broken, but it was a narrow escape from a serious injury."

Gilman Allen (1809 – 1892) was my 3x great grandfather’s brother (Joseph Allen (1801 – 1894). Shipbuilding was a major indus

What started as an hobby sparked by a cousin of mine, I soon realised

1) How enthusiastic some people were to document their relatives

2) How shallow is some peoples' knowledge of their relations ...does not go beyond father / first cousin

3) How valuable is the contribution by the elderly which otherwise would be lost for posterity

It gave me immense pleasure, when relatives started appreciating the efforts when the tree as it grew was being shared with them

ABS Kumar

I've recently had my dna tested with "FamilyTreeDNA" on the web. I'm fairly new to dna research and am slowly attempting to understand it all. I have numerous matches and have made contact with several of my matches to get a better understanding of how we connect. As time goes on and the price of these tests come down I think that more and more genealogist will use this new technology.

Growing up and living in the United States, I had never heard of Ted Grant or been exposed to his photojournalism, so I was not really sure who this keynote speaker was at the Association of Personal Historians 2010 Conference in Victoria BC earlier this month. For some reason, his name kept conjuring up the news anchor on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. ( Then I found out I had been confusing the editor, Lou Grant and the anchor Ted Knight and created my own fictional character Ted Grant!)

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