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George Henry Roane: Ancestry.com DNA test throws me a curve ball

02/07/2014
Brian Sheffey
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While Ancestry.com’s DNA test answered a fundamental question about which second generation German-American Sheffey was the…

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In search of Leonard Wilson Roane (1874 –1912): death in the shipyard

16/06/2014
Brian Sheffey
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I’ve been pretty fortunate tracing Leonard Wilson Roane, my paternal great grandfather’s, life through a rich…