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From: Madaline Preston <>
Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Maiden Name/Success Stories?
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:12:05 -0400
In-Reply-To: <006f01c1094e$e69c8140$d9522141@cfl.rr.com>


If I may, let me share how one of my "cousins" and I finally found a maiden
name.

We both are ardent fans of the naming game for children. You know, 1st boy
child after the husband's father, 2nd after the mother's father, etc. We
looked for a common name used down from her children to grandchildren, etc.
In our line it happened to be Hiett. This name showed up in 3rd
generations even.

Then we went back to wills, deeds and most importantly the final accounting
of the property of George Hietts. In our case I found a land grant thru
the Library of Virginia digital records on their website, my cousin found a
will in a near by county. Bingo, there in the estate settlement was
Charlotte, d.o. George Hiett.

And that is exactly what Charlotte had named her son....George Hiett Harper.
Wish you luck.
Mitzie
--On Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:45 AM -0400 Pam Moats <>
wrote:

> Hello All:
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for finding a married woman's maiden
> name?
>
> My ancestors Daniel & Rosina Gingrich/Kingree were married around
> 1759/1760 in Lancaster. They had their first child in 1761 and were in
> VA by 1766. Their youngest son died in 1872, so I was hoping I could
> find her maiden name on his death record. Alas, she was named only as
> Rosina Kingree.
>
> I have searched everywhere I can to try and find their marriage or the
> birth of Solomon in 1761 to no avail. Apparently Daniel married in his
> early 20's and took his young family to VA, so there are virtually no
> records in Lancaster on him (that I have found).
>
> Anybody have any suggestions, or success stories?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Pamela Moats
>
>
>
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Preston, Madaline H


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