Category Archives: Archived Projects
Ancestor Biography – Daniel Whitten (1859-1950)
Whitten-Bickford-2016 Project #8 – Whitten Line By Don Taylor It is often best and usually easiest to look at a person’s life backwards. That is to begin with their death records then follow them through all of the census records … Continue reading
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Tagged Maine, New Hampshire, Whitten, Daniel Whitten, Daniel Winfield Whitten, Herbert Winfield Whitten
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Last Hopfe on Earth?
I was recently asked, “Are there any people left on Earth with the surname Hopfe?” As far as the asker knew, her Hopfe line had daughtered out with her. Certainly, surnames go extinct. I’ve read how Hugh Bonneville’s (famous for … Continue reading
Peterson Paternal Project – Biddle-Hall Branch
Part Four Sometimes it just gets easier, but the results are difficult to believe, so you keep making more work for yourself. That is what happened when I investigated the fourth line of my Peterson Paternal Project.[i] Samuel Biddle and … Continue reading
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Tagged atDNA, DNA, Biddle, Hall, Peterson
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Community Context Research Yields Clues
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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Tagged Adair, Georgia, Paulding County, Project Adair
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Peterson Paternal Project – Anderson-Bishop Branch
Glennis DNA Project By Don Taylor Part 3 [Previously, I wrote about my Glennis DNA Project in Not a Grimm Tale – So Far and Hemsworth-Morgan Branch. This is a continuation of that project.] My half-sister Glennis has long wondered who her biological … Continue reading