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Category Archives: Saturday
Surname Study – Vinson – Halifax County, NC – Part 1
Surname Saturday Howell/Vinson By Don Taylor Researching families in pre-Civil War North Carolina is often difficult. Many records were “lost” and many families used the same first names in families often. I have found one way to make sense of … Continue reading
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Tagged Elizabeth Vinson, Robert Vinson, Vinson
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Surname Saturday – Roberts
Roberts Surname Saturday Name Origin Roberts and Robertson are patronymic names that come from the first name Robert. The name has Old German origins coming from ‘hroth’ and ‘berht’ which mean “fame” and “bright,” similar to how our word “illustrious” … Continue reading
Surname Saturday – Taft
Roberts/Barnes/Taft Line by Don Taylor I was surprised to learn that I know of more ancestors with the surname of Taft in my Roberts Line than any other surname, including Roberts. Only my Mannin(g) and Wolcott ancestors, which are on … Continue reading
Howell – Surname Saturday
By Don Taylor Origin According to the Ancestry.Com, there are two main sources for the Howell surname. The first one is Welsh, coming from the Welsh personal name “Hywel” meaning ‘eminent.’ The second one is that Howell is an English … Continue reading
Top 10 Surnames in my Roberts-Brown Research
Roberts-Brown-2017 Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Surname Saturday By Don Taylor In a recent “Saturday Night Genealogy Fun,” Randy Seaver suggested we look at our surname list. My Roberts-Brown tree has 6,084 individuals. I manage the tree using Family Tree Maker … Continue reading
Posted in Brown, Roberts, Saturday, Saturday Night Genealogy Fun, Surname Saturday
Tagged Brown, Bryant, Krafve, Mannin, Manning, Raidt, Roberts, Warner, Wolcott
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