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The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road

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Using your own families’ genetic results you can follow the routes they took and use those matches to guide your searches for paper records and documentation. You are welcome to download this map. This is from a 1751 map that is in the public domain. (See Library of Congress website of map free maps, newspapers and records – all online and easily and freely accessible.) Although we know maps must be tweaked and re-tweaked, we must have a public domain map to work from and this is a great place to start.

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Its embarrassing, and it illustrates how the ancestral trees can be worthless, no matter what database.

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And laziness begat disregard for the truth. Add anyone. Oh it "must" be them. No one can prove it wrong. The dilemma of copying trees. Genealogy is hard work. All research is hard work. Multiple sources are needed for an assertion of any event - birth, marriage, death, date of founding, name, full name, name … Continue reading Its embarrassing, and it illustrates how the ancestral trees can be worthless, no matter what database.

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Cherie Lynn’s Lewis Collection – John Lewis of Page’s Warehouse, & Old Hanover Court House & his son David Lewis with the 1st land patent west of the Rivanna river

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The David Lewis of Charlottesville Family and his father and family John Lewis of Hanover and Wales and brother Abraham of Hanover and Pennsylvania.

Manassas Began The European Ice-Age Ancestors Tour

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Finding the perfect pair of black travel pants is important. It was important enough to drive the pushing two hours one-way to Duluth Trading out in Virginia. I did find the perfect pair of travel pants the Women's NOGA and I got two pairs and they served me beautifully. Comfortable, wash and dry easy and … Continue reading Manassas Began The European Ice-Age Ancestors Tour

What’s wrong with the right ancestors? Mary E. ~ Women’s Maiden Names, Just Lost Forever – Mamma And The Earles

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Are there mistakes in the publication Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775? There must be a gazillion. But can we use the publication as a place to start? Yes. Should we not believe it and ignore it because publications have mistakes? No.  Should we assume a guess at an ancestor is correct because it cannot be disproved? … Continue reading What’s wrong with the right ancestors? Mary E. ~ Women’s Maiden Names, Just Lost Forever – Mamma And The Earles