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Prominent Ancestral Lineages, Part 1

It struck me recently that I had never really thought about which surnames in my tree are the most prominent in terms of generational length. Certainly my paternal line, marked by the surname Jones (or more recently, Jonnes) is one that looms…

Climbing Houghton Hill

It's always cool when you discover a place named after one of your ancestors.  Manhattan has Vermilyea Ave. and Ross County, Ohio has Jones Road, for example. So, here's a new one: Houghton Hill in Homer, New York.  Homer is 30 miles due…