Category: Books: Babb Unabridged
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The Babbs of London, England
London is an ancient city, founded almost 2,000 years ago by the Romans. It is the Capital and most populous city in England. It has grown continually over the years and now encompasses an enormous urban area, known as Greater London containing 8.6 Million people. Place names have changed greatly as time has proceeded, so…
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The Babbs of Lincolnshire, England
It’s Thursday, so this must be Lincolnshire, England. As I trod along the path laid out by Ian Babb, I come to Lincolnshire, which is a county along the east coast of England and neighbors Leicestershire and is not far from Staffordshire and is also a part of the region known as the East Midlands. It lies…
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The Babbs of Leicestershire, England
Next up is the County of Leicestershire, England, which is named through what used to be its chief city, Leicester. Like Bristol, Leicester has now been made into it’s own County. But in the timeframe we are exploring they were one in the same place. Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands which…
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The Babbs of Hampshire, England
Continuing my review of the Pedigrees outlined by Ian Babb (pictured left), Hampshire was the home of a single Pedigree of Babbs, that appear to have terminated. The family originally from Portsmouth, Hampshire appear to have immediately moved to Kent in the Southeast corner of the country. Born to the family were 4 girls and…
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The Babbs of Gloucestershire, England
It’s Wednesday, so this must be Gloucestershire! OK, I know Devon comes next alphabetically, but Devon is a beast with 31 of the 74 pedigrees. So, I’ve decided to come back to that at the end of this series. Sometimes referred to as Gloucester, this county takes in the tip of the Bristol Channel and…
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The Babbs of Cornwall, England
Continuing my series about the Babbs throughout England, we now come to the county of Cornwall, which is the very South West tip of England. Cornwall borders Devon, which is where the lion share of Babbs in the country originate. So, it is an important component to understand the big picture. Here we find an…
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The Babbs of Buckinghamshire, England
Along with the extensive collection of Ian Babb’s papers, was a USB Pen Drive that included what appears to be 74 English Pedigrees that he outlined prior to his death. They were the culmination of his lifetime of research and a key to understanding the remainder of his work. Each Pedigree is sorted into the…
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Book Announcement: Vol 8: Drunk, Insolent, Disobedient & Babb: The Babbs of Maryland (3)
As I prepared for this volume on the Maryland Babbs, I was struck by a document for Charles Babb (3-1-4) who was court martialed 3 times during his short military career. The first time for being Drunk, the next for being insolent with this commander and the 3rd time for being disobedient. Though the DNA…
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Drunk, Insolent, Disobedient & Babb
It isn’t the first time that these words were used to describe a member of the Babb Family. We have a long line of resisting authority figures and it turns out Charles Babb (3-1-4) of Anne Arundel, Maryland was no different. While proofing the tree for an upcoming book release on the Babbs of Anne…
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Book Announcement: Vol 7: The Puzzling History of the Babb Families of North Carolina (5) and Eastern Virginia (4) Now available in Print!
Imagine, a friend loans you their lake house for the weekend, while they are traveling out of the country. You show up ready to spend some great leisure time out on the lake. But shortly after you arrive, a massive storm sets in and lingers for the next several days. As you stand inside, watching…