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The Purpose of the Dent Page


"One thing we have discovered is that we are a nation of wanderers.
Our ancestors have wandered the globe, and often left us with only one clue to trace their
heritage, their surname."
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The Primary Goals of this Page:

  1. To provide a central place for all Dent researchers to find each other.
  2. To provide links to pages of particular interest to people researching the Dents.
  3. To collect information pertaining our Dent ancestors, regardless of their locality, and present it here in the hopes it will help others with their search.
  4. To provide a forum where Dent researchers may meet other Dent researchers and share our genealogies, our sources, our stories, our successes and our brick walls.
    We need your help to do this. Please contribute to this project.
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    Look-Ups !
      If you have resources that might be valuable to other Dent Researchers, and if you are willing to check those resources for them, PLEASE add your name and your resource to our list.

      If you see a resource listed that you believe your Dent ancestor might be found in, email the Look-Up Volunteer your request for help. Be sure to thank them for their time and efforts.

    RESOURCE
    VOLUNTEER
    Dent County History, Vol. 3 Rodger Lind Dent
    Charles County Gentry by Harry Wright Newman Sharon Farrell


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    What Does Dent Mean?
    Where Does It Come From?


      According to one Surname Dictionary the surname Dent has two possible origins.
      An English name referring to a habitation or places in Cumbria / Cumberland and
      West Yorkshire, so called from a British hill name cognate with Old Irish dinn,
      dindhill. It may derived from a nickname from Old French for dent - tooth (from
      the Latin dens, dentis), bestowed on someone with some deficiency or peculiarity
      of dentation, or of a gluttonous or avaricious nature. This name in France may
      have come from Dentu, Ledentu, LeDantee a Brittany derivative.
    Do you know another meaning or origin of Dent?
    Please share it with us and it will be added to this page.

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    Dent Links


      This area needs your help. Please send the URLs of web pages that would be of interest or helpful to those researching the Dent family.
    Dent Researcher's Home Pages


    General Research Links of Interest


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    How to Submit Your Information

    Please submit your information.
    By submitting your information to this site you make this site more helpful.
    I can't do this alone!

      Queries: Please use the form provided to submit queries. Be careful to include your correct email address so others may reach you. Inappropriate queries will be removed. Queries should relate to the Dent family or research for the Dent family and it's connecting families (within reason).

      Links: If you know of a web site that you believe should be included here, send the URL to Jean. Please include "DENT LINK" in the subject line, to ensure the message is opened.

      Researcher: If you would like to be included in the listing of Dent Researchers, please use the form provided.

      Records: Deeds, Census, Bible, Marriage, Wills & Probate are most welcome. If you have any of these items pertaining to Dent family members and are willing to share them with other Dent researchers, they may be displayed in our Dent Records section. Submissions should be original records free from copyright. Abstracts are acceptable, if you did the abstract. The source of each item must be stated in enough detail that another could locate the original record. For more information. Each item should be in a text file which contains your name and contact information (email address), the source of the document, the geographical location, the type of document, the actual item. This file can be sent as an attachment to Jean . Be sure to include "DENT SOURCES" in the subject line of the message.

      Gedcom: In order to protect the privacy of living individuals, please do not include them in a gedcom for display at this site. Please only send YOUR own gedcom and not one shared with you by another researcher. If your Dent data does not connect to the already existing database, send it as is. If your Dent data connects at some point to the existing database, please include only the individual that is already in the database and your family from there. PLEASE indicate in your message where your line connects to the existing database. Please indicate your direct line as this is where your name and email address will be added. Do NOT include your notes.

          NO NOTES ?
          This database is meant as a way for us to find others researching the same Dent families. Once contact is made, then an exchange of supporting data is appropriate. I do not want someone to visit this site, see "everything I have" copy what interests them and move on with no need to contact me or share their information. Neither do you. This is my reason for the no notes policy.

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    This page was last updated Sunday, 29-Jun-2008 16:19:21 MDT




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