My name is Lou McMaw and I believe that it is likely that I am a descendant of Captain William…
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Jan, My mother was a member-at-large of the "Lee" family, which came with a whole host of forgotten relationships and…
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I descend from Philip LaPervear born 1694 Guernsey, Channel Islands and died 1764 Hampton Falls, NH. Since he married Martha…
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I was gratified when I confirmed through vital records that my great-grandmother was accurate in saying she was "part Connecticut-Yankee,"…
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I have always enjoyed your writing, and having been born and raised in Maine, I have enjoyed it even more…
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My family accepts the romantic story more readily than the one suggested by the documents. For example, my great grandfather…
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Yay for newspapers.... thanks to Australia's Trove collection I now know WHY my Great great grandfather LEFT Australia with all…
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Your attorney husband can attest, I'm sure, that even first-person stories are to be taken with a grain of salt.…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AAssonet,_Massachusetts This sort of throws cold water on the whole white chimney theory in general. As it points out, if…
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No, I didn't have a particular historical example in mind, and to be fair I'm not sure there's even a…
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