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Cornwall Pedigree (Gerrans-1576)
Gerrans (Cornish: Gerens) is a coastal civil parish and village on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately seven miles (11 km) south-southeast of Truro.[1] The name Gerrans derives from Gerent, a 6th-century Cornish saint. The parish runs north-south along the eastern side of the Roseland peninsula. It is bounded to the south and east by the sea, to […]
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I met a Bavarian Babb today!
Long time members will likely realize how incredible this event is. I had long believed that the line was extinct and that there was little or no hope of meeting one in the flesh (or via email at least). The Barvarian Babb line has the unique distinction of being the only known line of Babbs […]
3 New Pedigrees: London-Essex 01A, 01B & 01C
I was contacted by a a new member about adding his information to the Master Tree. His Surname is Babbs, the plural variation of our name. We have no idea why some families adopted the trailing “s” but they are definitely part of our extended family. His family traces back 9 Generations to Henry Babbs […]
The DNA Waiting Game Begins – Cornwall Edition
I was contacted tonight by a descendant of the line we know as Cornwall Pedigree 02. To date I have never met anyone of any Cornwall lineage that could help facilitate a Y-DNA test and I might have trouble sleeping tonight out of pure excitement. Why is that you ask? Well, we in the US […]
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