Category Archives: Surname Projects

Ancestor Biography – Martha Angeline Libby (1863-1938)

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Don Taylor

Whitten Project Whitten/Libby Line By Don Taylor Ever since I started volunteering at the Scarborough Historical Society I’ve been hearing stories that all the Libby’s in Maine are descended from one person – John Libby. According to several accounts, John … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Biography – Allen William Adair (1881-1963)

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Don Taylor

Adair Project 2017 – Ancestor #8 By Don Taylor Allen William Adair was a sharecropper in Paulding County Georgia. The oldest son of a sharecropper he lived a simple life, farming other people’s land, raising children, and being ever close … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Biography – Annie Evelyn Chase (1908-1976)

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Don Taylor

52 Ancestors – 52 Weeks Utterstrom – Chase Line Blanchard Project 2017 – Ancestor #7 Annie Evelyn Chase (1908-1976) Birth Annie Evelyn Chase was born 24 May 1908 in Patten, Penobscot, Maine.[i] She was the second of six children of … Continue reading →

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My Best of 2016 & Expectations for 2017

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Don Taylor

Happy New Year – 2017 My Best of 2016 I changed my blogging platform during 2016. Switching from Blogger to WordPress was a challenge and switching from blog.dtaylorgenealogy.com to www.dontaylorgenealogy.com was even worse.  My former domain, dtaylorgenealogy.com was supposed to redirect … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Biography – Daniel Whitten (1859-1950)

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Don Taylor

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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