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Author: Daniel Greig Babb
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Conover, Babb & Co.
I came across this receipt from a Conover, Babb & Co. in Philadelphia, PA from the day after Christmas in 1884. The company sells footwear. I’m unable to place the company ownership as we have only the last names of the owners. So, I’m throwing it out to the masses to see if someone can…
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Texoma firefighters pay tribute to 9/11 first responders
One of our own took part in a 9/11 tribute activity here in Texas. Kasey Babb, who is a firefighter in Sherman, Texas (home of my Alma Matter, Austin College) climbed 110 flights of stairs in memory of the valiant firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11/2001. The story was picked up by a local…
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27 Books of Babb Unabridged 2nd Ed now available for purchase and download
All trees are now represented in the collection including all American, Canadian, English and Bavarian Babb trees. One book on Bathsheba Hussey’s Ancestry is outstanding and will be coming soon. But first, I’m going to take a well deserved week off. This project has stretched on for nearly a year and I want to pause…
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Replica Dough Bowl purchased for Homestead
As many who attended the Babb reunion last summer will recall, the 1800s Dough Bowl from the Babb Homestead has a large crack down the center and is in fragile condition. Knowing this we keep the bowl in the main building at the Greeneville Greene County History Museum where it can be climate controlled. This…
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Babb Unabridged, 2nd Edition has just released
The first Volume which will eventually contain 12 books has just released to the website. Together they include a complete discussion of the family of Phillip Babb of the Isles of Shoals (1). This line is just too massive to get the whole picture in a single book. Here is a brief rundown of what…
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More of nothing!
OK, I’ve finally resolved the email problem that was keeping people from getting their invitations and have added the first 88 people to the site. You should have an email in your inbox now. I’ll be shipping the remainder of the tomorrow due to email send limitations and all paying members should have an invitation…
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Here goes nothin!
I’m going to attempt to launch the membership portion of http://babbunabridged.com tonight and will be issuing trial memberships to anyone who has previously purchased one. This includes those whose subscriptions have lapsed. I am fighting competing urges. One tells me to upload everything and then make the memberships, but then people will start creating their…
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9,650 pages and counting
I took a break from formatting books to step back and chart my progress. I am aghast at the proportions of the world we know as Babb. I’ve now completed 20 volumes totaling 9,650 pages and have a ways to go to get to the end…as if the world of Babb has limits. I feel…