Category: DNA-06: Good Shepherds of Hatherleigh, North Devon, England
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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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Book Announcement: Vol 11: Good Shepherds of Hatherleigh Devon
Volume 11 of the Babb Unabridged Series is now available! This installment takes a deep look into the 6th Genetically distinct Babb lineage. The book is available for sale using these links to Create Space and also via Amazon. The Good Shepherds of Hatherleigh, Devon are the 6th DNA-Proven Lineage of Babbs. The market in Hatherleigh sells sheep, cattle…
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The Good Shepherds (of Hatherleigh, Devon, England)
Today we come to the tiny market town of Hatherleigh, which is not much more than the crossroads to Okehampton, Holsworthy, Black Torrington & Petrockstow (say that 3 times fast). It is the smallest town in Devon and lies about 20 miles to the south of the Falcon Babbs of Fremington. It is in this community…
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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…
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The DNA Sample Says…
You may recall a recent post of mine The DNA Waiting Game Begins where I mentioned that a Babb who was born in Devon, England had contacted me about doing a Y-DNA test. As a reminder, we already have identified 5 distinct lineages of Babb’s in England; 3 of which came to America and the rest…