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FEMALE ANCESTORS
How many generations in your direct female line do you know? This question is for females. The way records were kept men can generally go further back with data on male lines than females with their female lines. Mitochondrial DNA … Continue reading
Posted in Downing, Lake Bank Cemetery, Logan County, low, lucas, Ryan, Turner, wood
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What’s In A Name
I came across a genealogy involving one of my ancestors. There was a dispute over his name. I could offer my argument for the name IF I could offer proof. Of course, there is no birth or death certificate and … Continue reading
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Huguenot Records at FamilySearch.org
The Lucases came to the US in 1710, having fled up the Rhine from Otterberg, Germany. Before that they lived in France. They were Protestants and fled France to Germany. For some reason the records of the French Protestants in … Continue reading
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Whatever happened to Jacob Bowman?
Richard Bownam was born on October 20, 1767, in Somerset County, NJ. He married Mary Senteney and they had 10 children. By the time he was ready to draw up his will in April 1829, he was living in Hamilton … Continue reading
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Thomas Franklin Lucas
Thomas Franklin Lucas was born in what is now Logan County on April 14, 1831. He married Mary Jane Buckles, a daughter of Robert and Mary “Polly” Birks Buckles [and my 4g grandparents], about 1852/53 [records lost in courthouse fire]. … Continue reading
Posted in bowman, Buckles, Copeland, Logan County, lucas, steenbergen
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Scanning Update
Ok, Ms. Smarty Pants, are your files perfect someone asked? Nope. And my system is not perfect to begin with, rather it is one that works for me and may work for you. In my defense I have computer files … Continue reading
Posted in Downing, Harding, Logan County, lucas, scanning, ScanSnap, wood
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New Relative Located
I have a relative I have never met who, like me, is a double Downing. We are descendants of one of the three marriages of children of Robert Downing to children of Samuel Downing. Although these families settled within a … Continue reading
Posted in bowman, cemeteries, Downing, Logan County, lucas, steenbergen
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Unidentified Photos – Maybe Lucases
Do you know this couple? How about the child below? These are some of the unidentified pictures at the Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society in Lincoln, Illinois. Someone said they thought these and several more were Lucases. Abraham and … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Cousin Bob
July 22 is my cousin Bob’s birthday. Abraham Lucas’ father was Thomas Lucas. Thomas’ father Frans came with his father in 1710 from Otterberg, Germany. Their ancestors were Huguenots who had fled from France into the Pfalz. Records of the … Continue reading
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Thomas Lucas and Wives
The Thomas Lucas Family at Lake Bank Cemetery The stone on the far right, the tall stone, is that of Thomas Lucas. Thomas had three wives and 17 children. The first wife was Mary Turner. She had 11 children before … Continue reading
Posted in bowman, East, Lake Bank Cemetery, Lanham, Logan County, lucas, Turner
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