If you search long and hard enough, you can find you have a family tree connection to most anybody - it may not be a direct connection, but you can find them in your extended tree. This group is for linking all things genealogy to prove this theory.
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Genealogy, Charlemagne & His Descendants
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Welcome to my lens! I have had a major interest in genealogy since my dad told me stories about the family when I was a child. I was born a HOGG. This is my Mom & Dad (aren't they a cute couple?). In researching my family, I have uncovered th...
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The World of Genealogy Research
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After spending a few years researching my own family tree I wanted to "branch" out a bit. I enjoy digging up new finds and not only strictly for myself. I love doing research in general and jump on the chance to look up informat...
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Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid
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Garner Rix was just 12 when he moved with his father, pregnant mother, two sisters and three brothers from a farm in Connecticut to a log cabin on the banks of the White River, a place that would one day be called Royalton, Vermont. He helped h...
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Irish Slaves in the Caribbean
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Though little has been discussed about them, thousands of Irish men, women, and children, were captured or arrested and shipped to the Caribbean as slaves. Because they did not factor into Oliver Cromwell's new plan of government, these pe...
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Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid, Irish Slaves in the Caribbean, The World of Genealogy Research
New Group Discussion
Evelyn_Saenz wrote...
Thank you for including Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid. I have updated it and will continue to do so, so please return often. I look forward to reading all your lenses.
kab wrote...
I just added my lens on Irish Slavery in the Carribean. It is not specifically on genealogy, however knowing about this may be helpful in finding how your ancestors crossed the ocean, or help you determine how your african american family got the name O'Connor!






