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Ancestry/Genealogy

Rosie1223

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5. One of my brick walls, unfortunately

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 12:43 PM

Nov 2013

Joseph (1810-1854) lived in Western Tennessee.

There were 2 migration paths there -- 1 up the Mississippi and the other overland via the Cumberland Gap. A fellow researcher is very insistent that Joseph came up the river but he cannot find any records that direction. I think he has made a faulty assumption. There are many with Joseph's surname in eastern Tennessee in the early 1800's but I cannot establish a connection. Frontier records --argh!

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How far can you trace your surname back? [View all] YoungDemCA Nov 2013 OP

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I've been able to pipi_k Nov 2013 #3

I'm stuck in Tennessee in 1832 Homer Wells Nov 2013 #4

One of my brick walls, unfortunately Rosie1223 Nov 2013 #5

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My great, great, great, great, great grandfather in Scotland in the early 1700s. applegrove Nov 2013 #7

Direct ancestors in the paternal line, to Maryland, 1665. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #8

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1880, but I can trace my paternal line back farther than that... Thor_MN Nov 2013 #10

My paternal family is supposedly rather old, but so far.......... AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #11

300 B.C. CountAllVotes Dec 2013 #12

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