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30 Questions – Have I…?
 My Life Saturday Night Genealogy Fun By Don Taylor For “Saturday Night Genealogy Fun,” Randy Seaver, in his blog “Genea-Musings,” suggested answering some of the questions that have been going around Facebook. Here are my answers to 30 personal … Continue reading
Mary-Alice’s ThruLines – Part 2
DNA ThruLines Thursday Howell-Hobbs This week I took a look at some of my wife’s Ancestry DNA matches and some of her ThruLinestm results. DNA Matches There were no new matches in her 2nd cousins and closer, so I started … Continue reading
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Ancestor Sketch – James Walter
Darling-Swayze-Walter By Don Taylor It is always difficult to follow a person’s records when their name is recorded differently over the years. James’ surname was recorded as “Waters,” “Walter,” and “Walters” over the many years. I have settled on Walter … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestor Sketch, Swayze, Walter
Tagged Frederick County, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia
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James Walter – Buried in Ohio
James Walter (1752-1838) – Revolutionary War Soldier was buried in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio Darling-Swayze-Walter By Don Taylor In my searches for information on my wife’s 4th great-grandfather, James Walker (1752-1838), I kept running into a source that seemed to … Continue reading
Posted in Darling, Revolutionary War, Swayze, Walter
Tagged Fairfield County, Lancaster, Ohio
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Ancestor Sketch – Mercy Gay
Brown-Sanford-Gay By Don Taylor Mercy Gay was born into a leading Connecticut family. She married and removed to Vermont where she and her husband were early settlers. When her husband died in 1813, she moved west with family members to … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestor Sketch, Brown, Gay, Sanford
Tagged Bennington, Bergen, Byron, Connecticut, Genesee County, Litchfield, Litchfield County, New York, Pownal, Sharon, Vermont
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