08/08/2022

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Playing genealogical hide and go seek with Col. Thomas Pettus (abt. 1598-1663)

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Few of my ancestors’ genealogies are as contentious as my 10x great-grandfather, Colonel Thomas Pettus, born…

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William Holloway, Martha Branson and Phebe Crispin: A genealogical game of hide and seek

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My maternal Quaker Holloway family has begun to rival my maternal Quaker Harlan/Harling family, my paternal…

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When black and white DNA cousins meet online: A tale of two very different experiences

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Genealogy is an adventure. There is no two ways about it. The adventure was something I…

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Will the real parents of Reuben Holloway (1740-1806) please stand up?

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I have a gentleman in my family’s ancestry who is causing myself, and the whole Genealogy…