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Subject: [DNA] Genealogy by geography: Examples of living in the same area for centuries
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 18:28:58 +0100

Mr Hansen, I found your explanation regarding genealogy by geography to be
very well thought-out and valid. To substantiate what you have written I
should like to bring up some examples from my own family history: My
maternal Parrott line lived for 200 years in Talbot County, Maryland (and
some descendants are still living there) until my own ancestor left because
the Parrott lands (Canterbury manor) had over the centuries been divided
amongst so many heirs that some of them had to begin to move away. My
direct Parrott ancestor moved 'back' to England. My maternal Stones family
still lives in Yorkshire, England. I have written documentation for my
direct Stones forefathers as living there in Cowick since the year 1700.
Four years ago I was there visiting relatives. The Stones surname is known
in Yorkshire since the middle ages. The MacNamara sept is well-documented
as living in County Clare and neighbouring county Limerick, Ireland for
many centuries, although I have documentation for my own branch of the
family only as of 1800. My paternal Dutch lines are mostly from Amsterdam,
some though are from further south - my Dutch ancestors moved around within
the Netherlands. I, the end-product of modern-day migrations and upheavals,
have come back to live in one of my ancestral cities, Amsterdam, where I
daily see the church in which many of my paternal forefathers were
baptised. And that gives me a feeling of satisfaction.
Bert de Friest Macnamara




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