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 still exist and possibly visit them someday to feel a connection to our ancestors. They also help to establish proof of life, in most cases.…
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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 up any secrets, nor was Ancestry or Family Search. I’ve picked it up and put it down a half dozen times as I wasn’t able…
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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 defenses along the Mattaponi River to protect settlers from attacks by Native American tribes. Cover Image: A current day image of Mattaponi Tribe members The…
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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 the 1890s based on the tricycle design alone. Is there anyone who can help place Margaret Babb? Here are the available clues:The seller is 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 been signed by R. G. Babb along with 7 others. The answer isn’t immediately obvious, but with a little help from one of our members…
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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 out to the College of Arms in London to inquire about the origin of the Babb Crest. As an association we have never known the…
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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 in this world, so I wanted to give a shout out to her and share her story with you: What follows is lifted directly from…
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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 me way back to my college days. The item related to a drinking game we played by the name of Turtles. This item seemed to…
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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 him. I’m hoping he is someone’s “Uncle Bob” and they can help shed some light on our advertisement. Any detectives out there who can help…
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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) climbed 110 flights of stairs in memory of the valiant firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11/2001. The story was picked up by a local…
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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 and quickly found a website that lists every name. In a flash I found two Babbs Richard C. Babb & Kenneth A. Babb. Looking back…
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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 and together they connect the existing tree to modern day. The disconnect was a result of the English system of not releasing Census records for…
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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 in 1896. The area served as a British Colony at the time and L. Babb could either be British or African, but his exact identity…
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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 Commanding. I don’t know much more about it just yet and wanted to throw it out to the masses, so someone who is better with…
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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 kept this picture, but never disclosed the reasons why. On the back it reads “Howard and Peep-a-way Jan-13 1946”. This was a very difficult period…
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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 came with the picture: In the meantime, the Travelling Vietnam War Memorial was in Englewood, Florida a week ago and Rose Marie and I took…
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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 marker genetic match to our family. John was known to have been adopted and was born in 1640. The birth father is not known and…