Category: Unproven Lineages: Devon
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Discovered: An Original Painting of Ernest Henry (Harry) Babb
An original painting by Ernest Henry (Harry) Babb has been discovered. The man, who discovered the unframed canvas in his grandmother’s attic, did a web search and found my 3-part series about Harry’s life and times. He wrote to ask if there was any value to the painting. It’s a question that I simply cannot…
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Louisa Elizabeth Babb (aka Minnie Byron)
An interesting Wikipedia article has been written about Louisa Elizabeth Babb, who was known to the public as Minnie Byron. Louisa hails from the line we refer to as Devon Pedigree (Barnstaple 1711) 04, 15, 34. The line has yet to be Y-DNA tested, so we don’t yet know how they connect. Please let us…
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Ernest Henry (Harry) Luther Babb: Master of the Arts
In addition to co-founding the Plymouth Argyle Football Club, Harry was a man of many talents! I went to Newspapers.com to see if there were any articles relating to the founding of the club and found far more than I had bargained for. His name came up in 376 articles with only one about the…
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Ernest Henry (Harry) Babb
Today we discuss the son of Henry Richard Babb by the name of Ernest Henry (Harry) Luther Babb. It seems that Ernest was all about what the rest of the world calls “Football”. For the Yanks in the group, this is similar to American Football, but the ball is round instead of pointy. There is…
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Henry Richard Babb & The Plunder of Greek Antiquities
In 1871 Henry Richard Babb, as professor of drawing/painting in Plymouth and Devonport, was living with his wife Mary H (from Sheerness, Kent) and son Ernest H (born in Devonport), in the Saltash, Cornwall parish at 6 Tamar Terrace. He was the Headmaster of the School of Art, Princess Square, Plymouth, and of the Municipal…
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Dinner and a Show with Stanley Nicholson Babb
The date is 15 February 1913 and Stanley Nicholson Babb, who had just celebrated his 39th birthday 21 days prior, was writing to a dear friend by the name of Percy Edsall regarding some business they had to conduct. Percy Edsall (who is the great-grandfather of the owner of the following letter) was secretary to…
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A “New” oldest record in London (1593)
While checking the burial registers of London I came across some records that pre-date the earliest record of a Babb we had previously by 27 years. A Joanne Babb was buried at St. Botolph Aldgate in 1593. Only a scant few facts appear in this record of her existence. She was working as a Servant…
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Meet Phillip’s (1) Great-Grandfather John Babbe (bef 1467-aft 1548): Founder of Newton Abbot & Bovey Tracey
It’s time to meet the new progenitor of the Lions of the Sea, John Babbe. Let’s talk more about him. History does not appear to have recorded the name of the mother of John’s children, which was common in that timeframe. Let me start by saying that the documentary evidence is scant this far back.…
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Meet Phillip’s (1) Grampa: Thomas Babb (bef 1544-aft 1584) of Newton Abbot, Newfoundland and Points Unknown
The time has come to reveal the next generation of the Lions of the Sea! Let me introduce you to Phillip Babb’s (1) Grampa, who in addition to Phillip’s father Thomas (1577-1620), is also named Thomas Babb (1544-1608). It turns out that Gramps was also a mariner and a landowner in Newton Abbot, Devon. He…
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Breakthrough: Phillip Babb (1) of the Isles of Shoals, London Family Revealed
In case you missed it in my last post, we have finally resolved the mystery of Phillip Babb’s ancestry. He is the son of Thomas Babb, Mariner (1575) and brother of Thomas Babb of the Hopewell. I’ve completely updated the notes associated with Phillip and his children to reflect our current understanding of this family…
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The Babb-Plumbley Connection in London: A Tipping Point
Getting back to Elizabeth A.S. Babb’s work titled Babb Families Come to America this entry for Phillip Babb turned my head. Elizabeth would have had no way of knowing how important this testimony of Mary Babbe would prove to be. That is because the record of our Phillip who married Marie Plumlie wasn’t discovered for…
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A Different Joane?
While researching the Joana of Luton mentioned in my recent post Matterwell or Bust, I came across another Joane Babb who married a man by the surname Wichalse. I mentioned in that post that her name would come up again. Joane was left an inheritance from her mother Nichoal who outlived Joane’s father. It turned…
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Doctor When? – Phillip’s ancestors in Newfoundland – 1584!
While reviewing Jean’s papers I’ve found a few references to Newfoundland Babbs that take the Newfoundland story back further than I ever imagined. There is a Thomas Babb (of Newton Abbot) that was doing business in Newfoundland as far back as 1584! Because of Y-DNA research, this means that an ancestor of Phillip Babb (1)…
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Thomas Babb of Newton Abbot – The Missing Link?
Proving Phillip Babb’s (1) connection to England may come about through something we call collateral relatives. The idea behind it is that when you can’t find proof of a connection using your ancestor’s paper trail, you extend your search to their relatives, thus opening up your nets to catch more fish. I must admit I’ve…
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What happened after the Babb Brig “Brothers” took the life of Lt. Samuel Babb
In July I penned an article about the sinking of a boat known as “Brothers” that was owned by Samuel Babb and his brother John. There was a loose end that needed to be tied off. I could see that his widow Jane (Tessier) has applied for a widow’s pension due to his service in…
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Thomas Babb (1791-1859) – Charged with Having Committed an Unnatural Crime
We pick up this scandal in 1818 in the town of Teignmouth. Before we begin, I should note that at that time this crime was punishable by death. I would like to tell you it made headlines in the The Exeter Flying Post or Trewman’s Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser but given the list of trials…
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Thomas Babb (1754-1810) – In His Own Words
This speech, by Thomas Babb, was quoted in The Exeter Flying Post or Trewman’s Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser, on 12 Jun 1806. 216 years have passed! But thanks to the diligent work of the people at Newspapers.com, we are able to read it today. A find like this was virtually unheard of ten years ago and…
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Stanley Nicholson Babb – Sculptor
Stanley Nicholson Babb was a sculptor, born in Plymouth, where he studied art, also at Royal Academy Schools. Won a gold medal and travelling scholarship, 1901-2, and studied and worked in Italy. Became a member of Art Workers’ Guild in 1919, retiring in 1945. Exhibited at RA, RMS, RSA and elsewhere and was a fellow…
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700 Years of Babb History in Devon, England
Having successfully culled through and imported roughly 8,000 Early Babb records from Devon we now have the most complete tree possible given the information available to me at this time. There are a dozen or so books at the Family History Center Library in Salt Lake City that I hope to get at next month…
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A Babb in Wales??
Amongst the Trinity House Petitions we find records for one George Babb who died while at sea. His widow is applying for assistance to support their 3 children. There has never been a Babb Pedigree that originated in Wales, so its mere presence was a source of confusion. The application gives a great account of…
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Thomas Babb of Ilfracombe & the Irish Coal & Coasting Trade
Today we review the Petition by Prudence Babb for Assistance from the Trinity House in 1804. The petition carries a detailed account of Thomas’ demise and the type of trade he conducted in his years as a Ship Master. This document unveiled the name of Thomas’ wife Prudence, now a widow. It also reveals that…
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Peter Babb of Chudleigh Petitions for Assistance
There are only 4 Babbs that petitioned the Trinity House for special assistance. We have talked the last several days about Nicholas Babb, but moving on through the others we come next to Peter Babb of Chudleigh. We find in in 1788 Petitioning for assistance after a lifetime of work as a Mariner. He is…
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Nicholas Babb’s Pedigree Reveals Itself
But wait! There’s More! This article is the conclusion of Nicholas Babb’s story and is a continuation of Napoleon Was a Giant Jerk! (Part 2) – Babb Unabridged This story continues to blossom and every time I believe I’m at the end of the road I find more information or just think of a different…
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Napoleon Was a Giant Jerk! (Part 2)
This article is a continuation of Napoleon was a giant jerk! – Babb Unabridged. I was able to retrieve the Trinity House records relating to Catherine Babb’s request for assistance while her husband Nicholas was a Prisoner Of War (POW) at Verdun in France, and they open up a whole new understanding of their struggles.…
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Napoleon was a giant jerk!
In Genealogy most records are run of the mill, birth or death records. The modern equivalent of “Move along people, nothing to see here”. That mundaneness of the records allows certain ones to jump out at you and make you want to immediately know more. I’ve mentioned before that it is my fate to often…
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The Final Journey of the Babb Brig “Brothers”
Thanks to one of our eagle-eyed members, we now know more about the final journey of the ship aptly named “Brothers”. This is a continuation of my recent post Thomas Babb: Feoffee of St. Mary’s of Wolborough, Devon (1754-1810) – Babb Unabridged where we saw two brothers (Samuel & John Babb) that were lost along…
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Thomas Babb: Feoffee of St. Mary’s of Wolborough, Devon (1754-1810)
I came across a reference to two memorial plaques at St. Mary’s Church in Wolborough, which happens to be in the Parish of Newton Abbot. I sent off for photos of them from the Church Office and received these two images. They hold a place of honor on the wall of the church and are…
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John de Babb in Exeter – circa 1150
With this find we extend deep into the Dark Ages and can now demonstrate that Babbs have been in Devon for at least 872 Years! I believe this to be the end of the road for the earliest records of Devon. But I’ll continue to comb for other books that will help show light on…
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John de Babecumbe of Exeter in 1238
John de Babecumbe (an early variation of the modern spelling of Babbacombe) shows up in one of the entries in a book published by the Devon & Cornwall Society (Vol 28), subtitled Crown Pleas of the Devon Eyre of 1238. An Eyre was a traveling circuit court in the Middle Ages (aka medieval period). The…
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What the Devonshire Lay Subsidy of 1332 Reveals about the early Babbs of Devon
Today I sat down to continue reviewing the documents I collected at the Dallas Public Library about 2 months back. I found something unexpected in the Devonshire Lay Subsidy of 1332. A record of Thomas Babbe in Highweek on the same page as John de Babbacombe in Ideford. From town limit to town limit these…
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The Cornwall-Devon Connection
There have been a variety of discussions over the years that pondered whether the Cornwall Babbs relate to the Devon Babbs. The idea causes joy in one direction and consternation in the other. It’s essentially age-old question of “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” A link has finally been found between Cornwall and…
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Old St Nick Makes some Lemonade
While matching the list of now extinct Wills from Devon, I ran across a cluster of 3 records that helped prove a connection that was previously unknown in our tree. They looked like this: Year of Record Name Location Detail 1712 Thomas Babb St Nicholas Administration 1712 Geoffrey Babb St Nicholas Will 1735 Barbara Babb…
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#WhyDevonResearchIsSoHard – Epilogue
Today I received an email from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contained scans of the pages from the book I mentioned in my last post titled “All Hope is not Lost! #WhyDevonResearchIsSoHard – Babb Unabridged.” I gleefully opened the PDF and was disappointed to find typed pages that exactly mirrored the…
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All Hope is not Lost! #WhyDevonResearchIsSoHard
I went to the Dallas Public Library to see what they had on Devon. I’ve seen notes in Ian’s papers that point to records that aren’t contained in the National Archives or 2 Devon Registry offices. I wanted to find more out about where those might have come from. Additionally, I had come across a…
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Family Feud in Exeter!!
There will be a good for nothing fellow make application for some of my property named John Babb Tailor bit I hope and trust that not one of my Executors will give him of any of family the worth of a pit as he has robed me of enough.
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James Babb – Tea Dealer of Devonport
I’ve been starting to import Ian Babbs Papers into the tree. This is a monumental task and it will take months or years to accomplish. Moreover, the papers aren’t fully organized into Counties. We have some indications, but with 142 Binders and files to work through and something to the tune of almost 6K pages…
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the Untimely Demise of George Babb – Monkleigh (1847)
George was born to Thomas & Ann (Heywood) Babb about 16 Mar 1823. He was the 6th of 7 children (all boys). He was sailing by the time he was 16 years old and in 1845 he was issued Seaman’s Ticket #117,222. From 1845, any seaman leaving the UK was required to have a register…
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Devon Migration Map 1456-1800
A dramatic expansion happens between 1750 and 1800 as the map flourishes with new connections. The Babbs have cemented themselves throughout Devon, but a few things have not changed. The appearance that these are all descendants of the same tree. It may have been splintered into new genetic combinations over time as closely held family…
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Why is Devon Research so hard?
“Exeter is the jewel of the west; we have destroyed that jewel, and we will return to finish the job” –German Declaration following the bombing.
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Devon Migration Map: 1456-1750
In the time period of 1700-1750 we see a significant shift outside of their Babb Garden of Eden. The reach now extends to most of the modern area locations we find significant clusters of Babbs. Locations surrounding the known Genetic Lineages are starting to abound, indicating that they are likely relatives of those nearby houses.…
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Devon Migration Map: 1456-1700
The migration patterns of almost 250 years have now come into focus. Welcome to the Spaghetti Bowl! I could see this coming when I was inputting the church records late last year. There are so many connections that it is very hard to follow. In preparation for today, I’ve enhanced the resolution of the map…
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Devon Migration Map 1456-1650 (Phillip Babb)
Even though many of these lines haven’t come into being yet, I’ve placed the Arms for each of the known Y-DNA Lineages on the map, to help you visualize the proximity of the connections I’m referring to. Note that two lineages are just outside the borders of Devon and could be shedding descendants across the…
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Devon Migration Map 1456-1600
The map has been getting much more congested than I had anticipated, so I’ve made some changes and will be restating the progress to this point in this message. In the process I’ve colorized the traffic patterns on the map to match the half of the Century they go with. I will likely have to…
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Old English is not just a Furniture Polish
I’ve begun to locate some of the original Babb documents on file through the Court of Chancery in England. I was immediately struck by how much harder to read they were than the will I recently translated. In some the penmanship is so poor that some words are barely a scribble. These records are significantly…
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Babb: Est 1456/circa 1272-1307
The day before yesterday I wasn’t able to locate the Excel file I am using to process the various Court Records. It’s a collection of records from 3 different repositories. The file was nowhere to be found and I’ve had to recreate it from scratch. #1StarNotRecommended Oldest Record in Devon: 1456 While recreating the index…
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Devon Migration Map 1456-1550
As we move fifty years forward in time, we find some surprising connections starting to happen. The foundation is already being laid for the locations we find most of the Babbs in Devon. Highweek comes up in a large number of property records and, in addition to Plymouth, has connections to Newton Abbot, Teigngrace, Moreleigh,…
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Devon Migration Map: 1456-1500
In addition to the Parish Registers that I’ve been going through these last 3.5 months there are a small number of early Court Records from early Devon. I’ve spent the last few days perusing them and have found them to be quite revelatory. Many of these records have yet to be scanned but extracts of…
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Southwest Devon: All Stops
As I move on to Southwest Devon, the next 3 locations, Devonport, Stonehouse and Plympton together only account for 9 records of the 156 remaining. So, this will go very quickly. We start in Plympton which has the oldest record of the area. James Babb Married Jone Edwards on 07 Oct 1656. Plympton is the…
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Central West Devon: All Stops
The early Babb records of Central West Devon are contained in Ashwater, Bradstone, Brentor, Bridestowe, Chagford, Coryton, Dartmoor Forest, Hatherleigh, Holsworth, Marytavy, North Tawton, Okehampton, Shebbear, Sheepwash, South Tawton, Spreyton & Tavistock. These 17 communities have a combined 93 Records, so I’m handling them all at once. This part of Devon breaks into 3 categories…
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Northwest Devon: Barnstaple
Today we conclude our research in Northwest Devon with the big city of Barnstaple. Here we find that the bulk of the residents from the DNA-06 Good Shepherds of Hatherleigh lineage. There is minimal activity also from the DNA-05 Falcons of Fremington lineage. The about 70 records available did a good job at filling in…
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Northwest Devon: Bideford & Arlington
The residents of Bideford also come from either the DNA-06 Good Shepherds of Hatherleigh or DNA-05 Falcons of Fremington. There is a sizeable collection of Babbs in this city with 338 people linked to the city. There is also a fragment of a line that appears to have no living male heirs by the name…
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Northwest Devon: HomeTown of the Falcons of Fremington
Happy New Years from a cloudy 54° day in Fremington. I’ve traveled there through the Internet for this first day of the year! This line is, of course, the hometown of DNA-05 Falcons of Fremington. Much of the research on this line has already been done and thus there are only 4 records remaining. They…
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Northwest Devon: Closing the Loop in Bishops Tawton
I’m heading to Bishops Tawton today to look further into the line of Thomas Babb born 1785, who is an apparent match with Thomas of the line Devon Pedigree (Monkleigh 1785). Thomas is the head of this line, but he named his son Abel, which was a clue that I should look inside the lineage…
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Northwest Devon: The Crossroads that is Monkleigh
In Monkleigh we first come across records for the William Babb & Mary Blake family, which are members of DNA-06 Good Shepherds of Hatherleigh. Additionally, we find the family of William Babb & Sarah (Sally) Nancekivell from this same lineage The next cluster of records lands us with Samuel Babb & Mary Shambrook who are…
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Northwest Devon: The Burbs
Today we will make a sweep through all of the remaining Suburbs of the significant Babb encampments. Batch #1 We start our visit in the lower right quadrant of this map and see Brayford (Outlined on the Edge of Exmoor National Forest), Bishops Nympton, Burrington, Chittlehampton & Swimbridge. The combined towns account for a mere…
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Northwest Devon: Brendon, Lynton & Ilfracombe
The locations on this map contain 254 of the remaining 523 records. That is an aweful lot to take in at one time. So, I’ll be breaking it up into several sections to help contain things. Barnstaple has 111 records on its own. I start along the northern coastline visiting Brendon, Lynton and Illfracombe which…
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East Southeast Devon: All Roads Lead to Halberton! …well NOT ALL Roads.
I packed my virtual backpack and have moved to the areas to the North and East of Exeter. It’s not a big move, but a welcome shift in my mind. You’ll still notice a number of towns that I’ve been talking about in my previous posts on this journey. Much of what happens here will…
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it’s Sunday, so this must be….
Today I am reviewing the remaining records in the areas that surround Newton Abbot, Exeter and Doddiscombsleigh. There are 8 stops which include Churston Ferrers, Brixham, Wolborough, Coffinswell, Stokeinteignhead, Teigngrace, Ashcombe & Mamhead. Note that Wolborough is actually the Parish that contains Newton Abbot, so those records continued to bolster our knowledge there. The cluster…
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What Remains?
I’ve been growing weary of revisiting areas that I’ve already visited. So, tonight I sat down and entered all of the remaining locations into Bing Maps to see where everything is. This way I won’t miss nearby areas as I document the remaining 614 records. I almost wish I hadn’t done this, but here is…
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The Last Will & Testament of John Babb (1697), Lord of Doddiscombsleigh
One of the records I’ve examined while conducting my detailed search of Doddiscombsleigh records is the Last Will & Testament of John Babb, Lord of the Manor. His will dated 1697 represents the end of the Babb reign of this Manor House and the associated Town Barton. John’s will clears up a question that I’ve…
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Today’s Stop: Doddiscombsleigh, et al
No trip to Devon is complete without a visit to Doddiscombsleigh. It is the one place in all of England that the Babbs were Lords of the Manor. The Manor house is now in private hands, but everyone is welcome at the Nobody Inn (https://nobodyinn.co.uk), which was the site for Lunch on our trip to…
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Standing in Phillip’s Shadow
I have some parting thoughts I wanted to share as I take my leave from Teignmouth. I’ve had an eerie feeling that I’ve been working in the shadow of Phillip of the Isles of Shoals. While the timeframe of this pedigree is after Phillip would have come to America the line has some hallmarks that…
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Today’s Stops: Teignmouth & Combeinteignhead
Once again, I find myself back tracking to the outskirts of Newton Abbot. This time we are working our way up the River Teign, to cover the records contained in Teignmouth and the corresponding known families here and in nearby Combeinteignhead, which is barely a mile outside of Newton Abbot along the same river. This…
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Devon Pedigree (Combeinteignhead – 1788) is no more!
I’ve settled into researching the apparent connections of the Combeinteignhead line and have come across a record that changes my understanding of several Pedigrees. There is still more work to do, but in my canvassing in Teignmouth, I came across a burial record for John Babb who died 05 Nov 1854 in East Teignmouth. He…
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Today’s Stop: Exeter
Exeter is the County Seat of Devon, England and today is home to about 130,000 people making it the 2nd Largest city in Devon. Only Plymouth is larger. As with any such epicenter people come from all around to live there due to the greater opportunity and job variety it affords. These people are often…
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Today’s Stop: Traveling up the River Exe
Today, we’ve moved along the Southern Coast of Devon from the town of Dawlish and up the mouth of the River Exe. Dawlish lies on the Western Shore of the River Exe and was just covered in my last post. As we travel up The River we come across the communities of Littleham, Kenton, Powderham,…
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This Week’s Stops: Highweek and the greater Metropolitan Area
Once again, I fell I must apologize for using the term Metropolitan for these often tiny hamlets are are journeying through. We have stumbled upon yet another large Babb encampment. The eldest record in this collection is the town of Highweek. Searching in the area we come across records in Bishopsteignton, Bovey Tracy, Chudleigh, Combeinteignhead,…
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Today’s Stops: Colyton, Beer & a connection back to Seaton
Today I (virtually) toured the earliest records of the town of Colyton. I noticed a random record on the to do list for the town that travels alongside Colyton’s southwestern border by the name of Beer. The record was much later than the others but it was alone and I thought I’d sweep it up…
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This Week’s Stops: Totnes & Newton Abbot Greater Metropolitan Area
Today we have a cluster of 11 nearby towns including Ashburton, Berry Pomeroy, Buckfastleigh, Diptford, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Paignton, South Brent, Stoke Gabriel, Teignmouth and Totnes. The lion’s share of the 183 records for these towns belong to Newton Abbot, but the close proximity of these other’s makes them worth considering as a group. Coincidentally,…
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Today’s Stop: Plymouth
Today’s stop is a big one! It includes 2.5 cities in one. You find records under Stoke Damerel, Devonport or Plymouth. The two combined contain 87 Records dating back to 1590. I found over 1500 junk records that were outside of my query as they were after 1841 but were stored by FamilySearch.org as Text…
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Today’s Stop: Newton St Cyres
This was a short but intriguing trip. Newton St Cyres contains just two marriage records for a William “Babb or Hext” in 1587. When I saw the record I got very excited. The name Hext has only been seen in a single Pedigree for the Manor Lords of Doddiscombsleigh, Devon, England. I immediately did a…
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Today’s Stop: Yarcombe
As I continue my canvas of the early records of Devon, I come next to Yarcombe which has 35 Records dating back to 1586. Yarcombe is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon, England, situated in the East Devon administrative district on the A30 road near the towns of Honiton and Chard. It is sited in the steep rolling meadows and ancient woods of the Yarty…
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The Babb Garden of Eden 2.0 – Babb Unabridged
Some of you may recall a post I made back in July 2020 which was similarly titled as The Babb Garden of Eden – Babb Unabridged. I had the best intentions of pushing through several thousand records in an attempt to solve the great riddle of how the Babbs of Devon are connected to each…
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The Mug of John Phillip Babb (1830)
One of our members spotted this ceramic mug in the completed auctions on eBay and sent it to me. The item has since rolled off in the 5 months since she collected it and this writing. The answer as to the owner isn’t exactly straightforward and seeing this I kept delaying my research for a…
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The Babb Garden of Eden
I’m moving on to Devon for a while. I had intended to search through the Babb Baptism, Marriage and Burial records for the cities in Western Devon County to see if there was a correlation that could be found with the Babb Families in Eastern Cornwall. I downloaded the index for over 4000 records from…
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A Sailors Widow (1847)
While perusing the papers left by my English predecessor Ian Babb I came across this poem which was written upon the passing of George Babb of Bideford, Devon, England and wanted to share it with everyone. George was a returning from the West Indies and drowned on the return home. He is off the line…
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Larceny!
I came across this record tonight and it stood out to me. Ann Babb was convicted of Larceny in May of 1852 in Yorkshire “West Riding”. In my travails over the last few years I’ve discovered that there were three destinations in Yorkshire (not including the pudding). You either lived inside York, or you lived…
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Book Announcement: Vol 13: Babb Families of Devonshire
Volume 13 of the Babb Unabridged Series is now available! This installment is all about the many fold lines of Babbs in Devonshire. The book is available for sale using these links to Create Space and via Amazon. In this volume we begin to explore the lineages that are NOT yet associated with the 7 known Y-DNA lineages…
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Recreating the Babb Family Arms in Doddiscombsleigh, Devon, England
For a wide variety of reasons, we may never know exactly to which lineage of Babbs this important family connects. The earliest records of the first 140 years of Doddiscombsleigh were already perished “irrecoverably” as far back as 1842. Most other records it mentions were lost in a blitz of Exeter in 1942. Through lack…
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The Babbs of Devon, England
At long last I have completed my canvassing of the Babb families of Devon and thus of the Babbs of England. As expected the great county of Devon holds a number of surprises. The most surprising of which is that at least 3 distinct unrelated lineages (The Falcons, The Good Shepherds and The Gryphons) of Babbs…
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The Document Dump
I’ve been busily at work since my return from England and am nearing the home stretch on the digitization of the collected papers of Ian Babb (pictured). There is a technique used by corporations and politicians alike to dump a large number of documents about an unsavory situation, just before the weekend in hopes that…