On 2011/07/04 18:43, Elizabeth Cunningham wrote: > My ancestors were all very poor, and most lived below the radar. With > my father's family, I feel lucky to have gotten > to 1850 in one line. In my mother's it is easier. Her mother was from > a group of Bucks County people who actually owned land. I can get my > father's mother to a ship manifest, and that is it. Good for all those > people who can go back farther, but > a lot of us cannot. I feel very lucky to have 1200.
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