Category: DNA-09: Potters of Staffordshire, England
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The Lightweight Legend of a Family in Motion: Bicycles, Business, and Bonds
The story of the Babb family of Macclesfield, Cheshire England & Paterson, Passaic, NJ Cover Image: William Walter Babb, holding his 1st cousin, Edith Margaret Babb the daughter of his uncle Walter Babb, circa 1910. 1. Introduction: A Family in Motion In the heart of early 20th-century Paterson, New Jersey, a storefront at 322 Market…
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Lost Currency: Unraveling the Mystery of J. Babb’s Brass Token
The late 1860s was a busy time for Jeffrey Babb of Birmingham, England. On 7th Dec 1867 he realized his dream of being a Tavern Keep, with the purchase of the pub “Queens Head” Wines & Spirits and transfer of the Victuallers’ License from Edwin Chilton. To help drum up business, he commissioned this “tavern…
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RootsTech 2025 – In Progress (Ancestry.com Exciting New Feature)
RootsTech, the annual convention held by FamilySearch.org is in the middle of their annual gathering. Today on the mainstage several new products were announced. They saved the biggest announcement for the end, in a presentation by our friends at Ancestry.com. Ancestry has a list of new features, but one outshined all the others as far…
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A Trans-Atlantic Friendship and a Message in a Bottle
Once in every lifetime a friendship comes along that transcends space and time. A friend that, although you don’t see each other all the time, never seems to dull. When you see or talk to each other it is, as if, not a day has passed, and you immediately pick right back up where you…
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Coming Soon: Babb, Thomas (1841-1915). Diaries and Notes, 1905-1912
The Babb Family Association has contracted with the University of Illinois to digitize the Diaries and Notes of Thomas Babb so that they may be used for Research and an in depth view of an English Immigrant who came to America and lived “The Dream”. Until now the little known manuscript has lived in obscurity…
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Announcement: The Staffordshire DNA Waiting Game is over
For some unknown reason Family Tree DNA pushed out the results for our Staffordshire, England Babb in record time, cutting their original estimate by a full 30 days. Our wait is over and the results, once again are not what I was expecting. Once again DNA has taken us in a new direction. Success is…
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36 Days Until We Get to Stratford!
The DNA test kit for our Stratford, England descendant has been nestled all snug in its container and shipped to the Lab for processing. The results are expected back on December 17th at the earliest. Set the Countdown Clock to 36 Days and get ready because I believe that this test is going to FINALLY…
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DNA Waiting Game – Staffordshire, England Edition
I have recently met with a member of Staffordshire Pedigree 01, whose family tree extends back to the hamlet of Gratwich in Staffordshire, England. He has agreed to conduct a DNA test to help us track where this line belongs in the Master Tree! For those playing the home game, Staffordshire is home to 8…
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The Babbs of Staffordshire, England
I have struggled so much with this seemingly endless collection of Jeffrey Babbs. No where else in England have I seen such a confusing array of similarly named people. I’ve done my best to make sense of it all and am very pleased to have finally completed canvassing Staffordshire County, which lies in the Midlands…
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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…