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Surname Saturday. My Bonnet Ancestors of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France and Berlin, Germany.

I have been doing further research on my Bonnet ancestors. I was going to add the new information to my original post about my Greatsinger ancestors: My Greatsinger (Gretzinger) and Bonnett ancestors of Berlin, Germany and Related Lines, but that post … Continue reading

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My Beauharnais Ancestors of Orléans, France, and Our Close Connection to St. Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc).

In the past, I have written about my maternal ancestors Daniel Streing/Strang, Sr., and Charlotte Marie Lemaistre. I discussed their lives in France, England, and New York. In my writings about them, I did not take their lines further back … Continue reading

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Surname Saturday: My Wentworth Ancestors of Colonial Virginia, Maryland & Yorkshire, England. Our Kin Barbara Wentworth & Robert Holgate, Archbishop of York.

Many describe our Wentworth ancestors as Gateway Ancestors, meaning a direct link to being descended from royalty. This is partly true, via a female line some generations back lead to being descended from King John I of England. I would … Continue reading

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Daniel Streing / Strang, Sr. and Charlotte Marie Lemaistre – My first confirmed French Ancestors.

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