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From: "Worth S. Anderson" <>
Subject: Janis Joplin's Germanna Descent
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 21:09:25 -0500


1. John Joseph Martin & Maria Catharine Otterbach, Germanna immigrants
2. Henry Martin & Mary Ann --?--
3. William Ball & Sarah Martin
4. George Ball & Jemima Martin
5. George J. Ball & Martha Overby
6. Ludwig Roberson & Mary Eleanor Ball
7. Robert Ury Porter & Arminta Roberson
8. Seeb Winston Joplin & Florence Elizabeth Porter
9. Seth Ward Porter & Laura East
10. Janis Joplin, dead 60s rock icon.

Sources: 1. Gens. 3-10: Gary Boyd Roberts, "Notes on the New England
Ancestry of Janis Joplin," New England Historic Genealogical Society
website, <http://www.nehgs.org/gbr/GBR37.htm >.
2. Gens. 1-7: Ancestral File, <http://32.96.111.13/default.asp >.

CAVEAT EMPTOR: I don't have any Martin, Otterbach or Ball descents, I
haven't done any research on these lines, and the Ancestral File is a lousy
source. Nevertheless, I hope this will be of interest to someone out there.

"'Cause freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. . . ."

Worth S. Anderson

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