Category Archives: Family Lines

Don’t avoid those Bright Shiny Objects.

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Don Taylor

Brown Research I’ll admit it; I get diverted from my goals by Bright Shiny Objects (BSOs).  I was working on a problem ancestor of mine, my third great-grandmother, Mary C. LNU (Last Name Unknown), about whom I know very little. Bio … Continue reading →

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Deed Transfer – Robert Bryan to Lewis Bryan

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Don Taylor

Amanuensis Monday – Howell Research – 3 April 1794 Transcription & Interpretation by Don Taylor [Source: Martin County Old Deed Records. Book C, Pages 248 and 249.] This Indenture made this the 3rd day of April in the year of … Continue reading →

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Buck – Surname Saturday

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Don Taylor

Name Origin Buck was a nickname used to describe someone resembling a he-goat (Old English Bucc(a)) or a male deer (Old English Bucc). Sometimes, it was a topographic name for someone living near a beech tree (Middle English boc).[i] There … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Biography – Abner Darling (1747-aft. 1800)

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Don Taylor

Howell-Darling-2016 Research Darling Line By Don Taylor List of Grandparents Grandfather (#6): Robert Harry Darling (1905-1969) 1st Great (#12): Rufus Harry Darling (1856-1917) 2nd Great (#24): Rufus Holton Darling (1815-1857) 3rd Great (#48): Abner Darling (1780-1839) 4th Great (#96): Abner … Continue reading →

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Community Context Research Yields Clues

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Don Taylor

 Adair Project By Don Taylor Determining Elmer D. Adair’s parents has been frustrating me for some time. He is the paternal grandfather in my Adair Project and something of a nefarious character. He wasn’t spoken about in the Adair family. … Continue reading →

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