I too have thought about how the Planters responded to the outbreak of the Revolution. Obviously they did not join…
Thanks for sharing this. My Freeman, Morton, and Gotham’s were among the Planters who went to Nova Scotia from Cape…
My mother hated her middle name, so after she married she used her maiden name as her middle name.
Absolutely! Senator Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) was born "Robert Kennedy" and Francis was added at his confirmation. For French Canadians…
This is so exciting! I have a Starr family who went to Nova Scotia in the 1760s and came back…
My grandmother born in 1894 in Illinois was Clara Greensfelder. I have found no middle initial in any early records…
Another source of middle initial confusion can be the adoption of the Confirmation name as a middle name by family…
My 5th-great-grandfather Isaac Gilbert (1742-1822) was born in Ridgefield CT, a great-grandson of Matthew Gilbert who was one of the…
Thank you for your helpful reply, Chris.
Thanks Judy. While I certainly do not chase every rabbit hole in my tree, I largely only pursue siblings of…