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| Subject | Date Asked |
| Locating Where my Ancestors Lived | 6/6/2011 |
| Q: I have been doing genealogy research for my family for the past two years. I live in South Carolina ... A: The more recent census' show exacly where your ancestor lived, for example I did one called John ... | |
| What to do next | 4/30/2011 |
| Q: I am researching my great great great grandfather Thomas Wellington Williams. Not easy since the ... A: . MA, dec'd VA and his mother was a Susan Simonds b. MA, dec'd VA. There is a tree at ... | |
| out of touch relative | 7/12/2010 |
| Q: i was doing a search for an old friend of my mother's and came across his name on allexperts site. ... A: I found someone with that name, don't know if it's the same one ... | |
| my family history | 7/8/2010 |
| Q: My father recently told me that I am supposedly related to a signer of the declaration of ... A: What was his name, the name that he used later? Sometimes, using his date of birth, place of birth ... | |
| surname origin | 6/25/2010 |
| Q: I just wanted to know if the last name "faudree" is english or french? A: For numerous reasons I believe it is FRENCH, going back to an older "Faudree" at ... | |
| Litschert | 6/12/2009 |
| Q: My family has been in the DC/VA area for a few generations and I am looking for the name Litshcert, ... A: This may be the one, your looking for. 1930 United States Federal Census about Frank P Litschert ... | |
| Julia A Fannon | 2/14/2009 |
| Q: Good Morning Julia A Fannon is in my wife's family cemetery. The tombstone is very crude but we were ... A: I found a family tree, which I guess you already have seen, with the correct FANNON'S. I copied ... | |
| origin of my last name | 12/21/2008 |
| Q: could you please tell me the origin of the last name of whitmire. i know there is a city located in ... A: I looked at www.ancestry.com and there is some info re: WHITMIRE and a tree that goes back, ... | |
| cousin | 8/12/2008 |
| Q: i would like to know my relation to my grandmothers sisters daughters son. It is very confusing to ... A: It can be very confusing and it can also VARY. I have two sites which explain this. For some ... | |
| Champion Hamilton Hayden | 8/8/2008 |
| Q: I am trying to find out who this mans parents were Champion Hamilton Hayden. He is my great great ... A: I will look and see what I can find, however, I need more information. When was he born? Where was ... | |
| Home /real-estate genealogy | 7/26/2008 |
| Q: For a college history course I am doing a genealogy report on my mother’s house. I have gathered ... A: Here's my suggestion, at www.ancestry.com you can build yourself an "online" tree FREE. When you ... | |
| need some help | 6/25/2008 |
| Q: IM looking for any information you can give me on Charles L cooper and his mother and father and ... A: Charles L. COOPER, was listed as white" non-INDIAN" on 30' census, taken in TN. He was a "general ... | |
| Family Research | 5/26/2008 |
| Q: I have been asked by a long time family friend to help him find out something about his family. He ... A: What was the apporximate year of birth, death? What race was he, their is more then one Columbus ... | |
| John Smith born 1777-78 Virginia | 5/6/2008 |
| Q: I'm trying to find more on John Smith who was supposed to have been born in Yorktown, Virginia and ... A: I'm sure you know that John SMITH, is just about the most common name in Virginia at that time, even ... | |
| surname origin | 4/20/2008 |
| Q: I am searching for the origin of my surname "Enloe." Any insight to this? My grandfather told me ... A: I typed in that SURNAME at www.ancestry.com and here's just some of the results. Oh, by the way, I ... | |
| origin and ancestry. | 1/30/2008 |
| Q: I have been looking for some insight into the ancestry and more importantly to me the origin of my ... A: you said ANY light<, I found a few items, don't know if any of this will help. I'll send you what I ... | |
| Seeking Cherokee Ancestor | 1/3/2008 |
| Q: Growing up, I was always told that my grandmother's great or great great grandmother was full ... A: If you can afford or want to get a DNA test, first you can find out for sure if your part Cherokee. ... | |
| last name meanings | 12/20/2007 |
| Q: I have looked my last my name up at ancestry.com but It coulden't find it. I think its Ukrainian but ... A: Since I don't know your last name, I couldn't try and find some info on it. Some times if you just ... | |
| surnames | 11/6/2007 |
| Q: Handiboe : I would really much like to know if your surname or family's last name has to do with ... A: ABSOLUTELY can! I think it's free I am not sure- but if you go to some place like www.ancestry.com ... | |
| Reece surname in W. Va. | 10/31/2007 |
| Q: I have traced my husbands ancestry to a David Reece born in W. Va. in 1807...no parents ... A: Father's birth place WV Mother's birth place VA Looks like yes, he was already in Ohio in 1820. ... | |
| Alexander Smith and Sarah Riley | 10/19/2007 |
| Q: Q. After reading my first question and your answer below, perhaps, you might could answer this ... A: I found them in NC, or the state census in 1840. Sarah RILEY, is listed on the same page, there are ... | |
| Quick Question | 10/8/2007 |
| Q: I have what is probably a dumb question for you. Unfortunately, my niece passed away a few years ago ... A: NOT A DUMB QUESTION TO ME! I have been referring to my mother's brother a lot lately I use Uncle. If ... | |
| Surname McCusty | 9/2/2007 |
| Q: My last name is McCusty- I haven't been able to find any reference on it, and I have seen some ... A: Again, a search at www.ancestry.com 1920 United States Federal Census Census View Image Name: ... | |
| Surname McCusty | 9/1/2007 |
| Q: My last name is McCusty- I haven't been able to find any reference on it, and I have seen some ... A: I did a search at www.ancestry.com New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about William H McCusty ... | |
| i dont know if you can help me or not... | 7/27/2007 |
| Q: ive been trying to find my birth father... and i dont know where else to go because ive tried ... A: I looked for this person under Christopher GRIFFEY. I didn't find any that looked like your person. ... | |
| Alexander Smith, John R. Smith, Priscilla H. Connally | 7/13/2007 |
| Q: You mentioned there were two other researchers for these surnames in NC. Could you send them my ... A: William Roy HANDIBOE, my husband's mother's "maiden" name was Gladys Lavenia STONER, her mother's ... | |
| Neurofibroma | 6/19/2007 |
| Q: I am 27 years old and have been diagnosed with NEUROFIBROMATOSIS. I hope I spelled it correctly. I ... A: I feel I should not answer this question too, I am certainly no doctor. I just looked up this ... | |
| FANNIN Family | 5/19/2007 |
| Q: Refer to my 2006-05-19 question. I haven’t been idle, and still haven’t found my great-grandmother, ... A: I will look further for you, since you said you cannot access www.ancestry.com I copied some of the ... | |
| Death Record | 5/10/2007 |
| Q: My husband's aunt died about a year ago. He was a beneficiary on her life insurance policy. He is ... A: http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ www.rootsweb.com If you type the name in after a year,... it should be ... | |
| DN | 11/11/2006 |
| Q: Two brothers same mother and father. one want to give the DNA claiming father to son to the other. ... A: No apparently the one brother couldn't be his own father anyway. The only one's that I ever heard ... | |
| Finding Living Family Members | 9/25/2006 |
| Q: L. Handiboe, We are trying to locate our living family members who are related to our ancestors. ... A: You can write to the "census bureau for any "real need" i.e proof of relationship etc., and get a ... | |
| Cheney | 8/31/2006 |
| Q: Do you have any Cheney's from any of those states? May be spelled Chaney. I know they are originally ... A: I don't as of yet have any that I know of in my family tree-however, I did a quick check and there ... | |
| Looking for my great-grandmother | 5/19/2006 |
| Q: My search began about 1970. My great-grandmother, Rebecca Fannin, according to the 1850 census, was ... A: You've "polluted the "internet" WELL, lol that's impossible-I just did a google search and YES see ... | |
| FTM Research | 2/23/2006 |
| Q: My Mother knows how to do genealogy research, I don't. What I do is try to help her keep it ... A: in the FTM I am using is Family Tree Maker 2005-I copy "census record's" from www.ancestry.com to my ... | |
| Ancestors of Alexander and Sarah (Unknown) Smith | 1/4/2006 |
| Q: My great-great grandfather, Alexander Smith, born about 1804 in Orange, NC, married Sarah Unknown, ... A: In 1830 census< taken in Orange, NC living right near Alenander SMITH there was an Edward Riley. ... | |
| The Christian family | 12/21/2005 |
| Q: I have also been researching my family, with particular success with the Christian family, who ... A: Well, BROWN, of course, is an Olde' name which goes way back in the history of the US-NO DOUBT. So ... | |
| Obtaining date of *burial* | 10/6/2005 |
| Q: It is fairly easy (so far) for me to find the date of death when I know enough (name, where born, ... A: I am doing a burial right now-on one that I have waited a long time due to the "surname" which is ... | |
| religion in early America | 5/29/2005 |
| Q: Do you know what churches were common in North Carolina and Kentucky in the 1820s, New York in 1780 ... A: North Carolina "Historic periodicals; Periodicals & Newspapers matches for Genealogy Resources For ... | |
| How do I get started? | 1/16/2005 |
| Q: My wife and I are doing some research on our family history and are hung up on some of her ... A: Web Sites at RootsWeb - Cumberland NC If you have a website at RootsWeb containing Cumberland Co., ... | |
| Hello, My friend is currently... | 9/24/2004 |
| Q: My friend is currently in a relationship with this girl. He recently told me that they were ... A: Nick's mother's brother is married to his girlfriend Victoria's sister. There use to be a law that ... | |
| Is there a word for... | 8/17/2004 |
| Q: There is a word. machanitim, in Yiddish (or Hebrew) for "the parents of my son-in-law (or ... A: I did not find that word by using the search engine-however you should go to one of the many sites ... | |
| searching family heritage | 7/13/2004 |
| Q: I'm looking to find out all I can about my fathers side of my family, I would like to know the ... A: First you should try the SSDI records or Social Security Death Records which can be located at ... | |
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L. Handiboe
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For about 11 yrs., I have been "specifically" attempting to do some of my "own" family research. I have been concentrating on the Southeast US and certain "surnames" maybe I can help a few people. Especially perhaps in the DC/VA/NC/MD states-going back to in some cases the 1700s.
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I have been doing research in the VA/MD/DC/NC area's of the US.
I also, have been doing some -research on certain "Old Virginia" families.
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Self-taught, whereas genealogy is concerned.
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