On Wed, 2 Oct 1996 20:49:11 -0400 maridel@adan.kingston.net (Maridel
Crawford-Brown) writes: >>Dear fellow rooters, >> >Reading Steve lay's success story, I thought I would share that a >woman >researching Babcocks in Petersburg/Berlin area of New York gave me a >great >tip about a local history book of that area. When i contacted its >author, I >learned my Jones had a lot more about them in Rhode Island. I >contacted the >Rhode Island archives online and received a photocopy of all the birth >dates of three generations of this family (a lot more Names! These >Jones >had about twelve children in each generation of direct ancestors.) The >line >has been pushed back two more generations to pre-1725, and a couple >more >new in-law sur names added to the list. One just never knows who or >what >will turn up. >Maridel >maridel@adan.kingston.net > > >
Could this be the start of something BIG???? Let's hope the ball gets
rolling and we have lots of more success stories. I sometimes wonder
if my ancestors are the figment of my imagination!!! I have yet to find
that elusive distant relative that will fill in my missing gaps.