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The Blue Ridge Foothills had long been inhabited by Native Americans. At the time of European encounter, mostly Siouan-speaking tribes lived in this area. A few colonists moved into the area before the American Revolutionary War, but most settlement happened afterward, as people moved west seeking new lands. Cultivation of tobacco had exhausted soils in the eastern part of the state. The count...
Patrick County is a county located on the central southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 17,608. Its county seat is Stuart. It is located within both the rolling hills and valleys of the Piedmont Region and the more mountainous regions of Southwest Virginia. Patrick County was formed in 1791. It was originally a part of Henry County....
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Collier County, Florida. The county was created in 1923 from Lee County. It was named for Barron Gift Collier , a New York City advertising mogul and real estate developer who had moved to Southwest Florida and established himself as a prominent landowner. He agreed to build the Tamiami Trail for what was then Lee County (comprising tod...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marshall County, Oklahoma. The county was created at statehood in 1907 from part of the Chickasaw Nation. It was named to honor the maiden name of the mother of George Henshaw, a member of the 1906 Oklahoma Constitutional Convention. Adjacent Counties Johnston County Bryan County Grayson County, Texas Love County Carter C...
Danish Americans are Americans who have ancestral roots originated fully or partially from Denmark. There are approximately 1,300,000 Americans of Danish origin or descent. Most Danes who came to the United States after 1865 did so because of economic motives. The Danish population in Europe had grown significantly by 1865 due to advancements in medicine and food industries, leading to higher ...
Cape Girardeau County was organized on October 1, 1812, as one of five original counties in the Missouri Territory after the US made the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. It is named after Ensign Sieur Jean Baptiste de Girardot (also spelled Girardeau or Girardat), a French officer stationed 1704–1720 at Kaskaskia in the Illinois Country of New France. In 1733 he founded a trading post on the Mississ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. The area presently bounded by Kentucky state lines was a part of the U.S. State of Virginia, known as Kentucky County when the British colonies separated themselves in the American Revolutionary War. In 1780, the Virginia legislature divided the previous Kentucky County into three smaller units: Fayette...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Official Website Lincoln County was created in 1809 from land occupied by the Cherokee and Chickasaw Peoples. The Lincoln County Process, used in the distillation of Tennessee whiskey, is named for this county, as the Jack Daniel Distillery was originally located there. Adjacent Counties Bedford Count...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Adair County, Kentucky. Official Website Adair County was formed on December 11, 1801, from sections of Green County. Columbia was chosen as the county seat the following year and the first courthouse was built in 1806. The county was named in honor of John Adair , a veteran of the Revolutionary War and Northwest Indian War. Later...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Perry County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county was created on March 22, 1820, and was named for Oliver Hazard Perry, a hero of the War of 1812, who had recently died. Adjacent Counties Juniata County Franklin County Cumberland County Dauphin County Northumberland County Boroughs Blain Duncannon ...
For naming conventions, see Medieval Kingdoms of Western Europe . The House of Habsburg , often Anglicised as Hapsburg and sometimes referred to as the House of Austria , was one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian and Spanish Empires and sev...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Christian County, Kentucky. Official Website The county is named for Colonel William Christian, a native of Augusta County, Virginia, and a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He settled near Louisville, Kentucky in 1785, and was killed by Native Americans in southern Indiana in 1786. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate Sta...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Muhlenberg, Kentucky. Official Website Muhlenberg County was formed in 1798 and was named after General Peter Muhlenberg, who was a colonial general during the American Revolutionary War. Adjacent Counties McLean County Ohio County Hopkins County Butler County Logan County Todd County Christian County
This project is part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Portal. ==About the Project=Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Hopkins County, Kentucky. You can add profiles for:* People born in Hopkins County, Kentucky* People who lived in Hopkins County, Kentucky* People who died in Hopkins County, KentuckyWhen you find helpful resources for research, ple...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in York County, Nebraska. York County was organized in 1870. Sources differ on the origin of the county's name: some state it was named after York in England, while others maintain it was named by early settlers from York County, Pennsylvania. Adjacent Counties Butler County Seward County Saline County Fillmore County Clay ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Nebraska. Official Website Jefferson County was founded on 26 January 1856, and its governing structure was organized in 1864. It was named for Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States. Rock Creek Station was a stage and Pony Express station established in 1857, on the Oregon & California Trails, tha...
The goal of this project is to research the family tree of the Davis family. English and Welsh: patronymic meaning ‘Dafydd's (son)’ equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd the Welsh form of David . The spelling Davis is more typical in southwestern England northwards as far as Lancashire where the frequency of the surname largely reflects Welsh migration but may sometimes represent a native English sur...
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane from Middle English Old English lane originally a narrow way between fences or hedges later used to denote any narrow pathway including one between houses in a town. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’ a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descen...
Stone Surname Meaning English: from Middle English ston(e) ‘stone rock’ (Old English stān). The surname may be topographic for someone who lived on stony ground by a notable outcrop of rock or by a stone boundary-marker or monument or habitational from a place called Stone such as those in Buckinghamshire Devon Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Somerset Staffordshire and Worcestershire. Irish (Kil...
Adams Name Meaning: English (very common in England, especially in the south Midlands, and in Wales) and German (especially northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam. In the U.S. this form has absorbed many patronymics and other derivatives of Adam in languages other than English. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.) Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Ox...
Croatian Settlers in South Africa Summary The 2013 census of South Africa indicated that the total population was nearly 53 million. It is estimated that the total of Croatian immigrants and their descendants living today in South Africa to be about 7000-8000 , however this figure is not accepted by all researchers, as some believe the true figure to be much less. Timeline of Croatian immigr...
Lennon Surname Meaning Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Leannáin ‘son of Leannán’ a personal name probably derived from leann ‘cloak mantle’. Ó Lionnáin is an alternative form Anglicized as Linnane. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Lonáin or Ó Luinín ‘descendant of Luinín’ or from the rare Galway name Mac Lonáin ‘son of Lonán’ all derived from a personal name based on a ...
From the Wikipedia article on Hampden-Sydney College:Hampden–Sydney College, also known as H-SC, is a liberal arts college for men located in Hampden Sydney, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1775, Hampden–Sydney is the oldest private charter college in the Southern U.S., the last college founded before the American Revolution, and one of only three four-year, all-men's liberal arts colleges ...
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Projektin tarkoituksena on kerätä yhteen Simanalan kylällä syntyneiden, kuolleiden tai asuneiden henkilöiden Geni-profiileja ja rakentaa yhteistä sukupuuta. Projekti täten toimisi myös työkaluna tallentamiseen ja olemassaolevien tietojen tarkistamiseen. Päällekäisyyksien löytämiseksi suositellaan käyttämään normalisoituja nimiä ja kieliväliehtiä Suomi ja Karjala - Yleinen nimistandardi Toivota...