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From: Rhonda Brown <>
Subject: Re: [GEORGE] Pennsylvania Georges
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:43:14 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <8CACBB48A4A5B8A-C90-3258@WEBMAIL-MC11.sysops.aol.com>


Did any of your George's migrate to Western New York?
I know that my Georges came from Pennsylvania in the
early mid-1800s, but I have no idea where they came
from in Pennsylvania.

-Rhonda
--- wrote:

> I too have enjoyed all the postings about
> frustrations with finding Georges. My father's name
> is William George and many of his ancestors up the
> line are Williams. Add William and George together
> and you get a recipe that includes thousands and
> thousands of ancestors. My Georges are from central
> PA--Columbia County specifically. And to add insult
> to injury, when I look at census data, I have
> discovered that the counties in PA were sliced and
> diced, patched together, pulled apart, and changes
> so many times over the years that a searcher can't
> tell which county to look in from one census to the
> other. But if it were easy, it wouldn't be fun,
> would it? Jennifer George Maybin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James George <>
> To:
> Sent: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 8:02 am
> Subject: Re: [GEORGE] A Friday Afternoon Rant
>
>
>
> Thanks to everyone for your kind replies. Many of
> you sent replies to me
> privately that were quite interesting and funny. I'm
> glad that all of you
> received the comments as they were intended: nothing
> more than some silly
> sentences hoping to garner a chuckle or two. While
> they did do that, they
> did so much more. I have really been quite educated
> by many of the responses
> on this board! Whether discussions about the Welsh
> ancestry of many Georges
> to a discussion about women being excluded from
> wills, I am learning lots.
> This list is quickly becoming one I look forward to
> reading every time I
> open my InBox. I know that we probably only share a
> molecule or two of
> blood; yet I really think of all of you as family. I
> wish you all well in
> your research, and look forward to learning more
> from you all.
>
> --
> "If everybody's thinking alike, somebody isn't
> thinking." - General George
> Patton
>
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