Category: Unproven Lineages: Unknown Lineage
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James Babb & The City of Hamilton Street Directories
While Street Directories aren’t as sexy as a Census record, they still provide valuable intelligence regarding the places our ancestors lived. From them we can find out if the buildings […]
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The Babb Families of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
This interesting advertisement in the sent me on a wild goose chase as I flailed trying to figure out exactly who this John A. Babb was. The Census wasn’t giving […]
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John Babb & Fort Mattapony (1682)
Fort Mattapony was a colonial-era fort located in what is now King William County, Virginia. The fort was built in the late 17th century as part of a network of […]
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Margaret Babb – Postcard (New Mystery)
This postcard is currently available on eBay and is purportedly of Margaret Babb. The boy is not named, nor has the postcard ever been mailed. I’d place the image in […]
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HMS Tynedale & R. G. Babb
Her Majesty’s Ship, the HMS Tynedale was sunk by a German Torpedo on 12 Dec 1943. This postcard is meant to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the loss. It has […]
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Let The Arms Race Begin!
Coats of Arms that is! With the encouragement of one of our members who helped underwrite the digitization of the Diaries of Thomas Babb (1841-1915) of Champaign, IL, I reached […]
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Voice of America: Carla Babb
One of our members spotted a piece by Carla Babb who serves as an Anchor for the Voice of America (VOA). It’s always nice to see a Babb doing well […]
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Drinking games and Raymond Babb
One late night during my sequester I was bored and playing my favorite drinking game, shopping on eBay. I came across an item that I immediately recognized and it took […]
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Bob Babb, Weatherman in Lansing, MI
Thi s is another eBay find that I’m unable to match to someone in our tree. It is relatively recent and the tree likely doesn’t extend to 1977 to encompass […]
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Texoma firefighters pay tribute to 9/11 first responders
One of our own took part in a 9/11 tribute activity here in Texas. Kasey Babb, who is a firefighter in Sherman, Texas (home of my Alma Matter, Austin College) […]
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Babbs in Vietnam
I visited Washington, DC recently and while I was there visited the Vietnam Memorial. I realized that with all the names, there might be a Babb somewhere on the wall […]
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3921 “new” Babbs!
Thanks to the work of a very determined member we have added 3921 new Babb descendants to the English Babb lines. Almost have of those are in the Somerset lineage […]
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An African Babb?
Ebay provided this rare “Discharge” document of an L. Babb who served for 7 months in Rhodesia (current day Zimbabwe, Africa) during what is known as the Second Matabele War […]
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Camp Babb (WWII)
This Photo Post Card is one of my Ebay finds. It is for a place nicknamed “Camp Babb”. On the sign you can read Company F, 2nd Regiment, Captain Babb […]
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Could this horse hold the key to a missing Babb lineage?
A follower of my blog sent me this curious picture of a man on his horse and believes that there is some connection to the Babb family. Her mother always […]
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Babb names on the Vietnam War Memorial
BFA Members Carl & Rose Marie Hustins recently and snapped this picture of the entry for Richard C. Babb, Jr. on the traveling Vietnam Memorial. Here is Carl’s note that […]
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An Illegitimate son of Phillip?
I’d like to introduce you to one of our Genetic Matches, John Morrill b.1640 who married in Kittery, ME in 1665. A descendant of John Morrill (Morrell) is a 25 […]