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DNA match to Blacks/Lemmon
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Hi Guys, Glad to be here! I got my Y DNA tested - I'm L513, downstream of L21. Specifically, I sit on a branch downstream of Z17817 and BY615 with a guy called Meek. Right next to us, also down from BY615, is a big group consisting of Blacks, some Campbells (!) and a guy called Lemmon. Many of the Blacks have f...
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New DNA Match
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over the last week I have received a new match on FT DNA matchs are as follows step at 12 Step at 25 step 2 at 37 His last name is Lamont and has a UK email address
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The Lamont Clan 1235-1935
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I just received a copy of McKechnie's The Lamont Clan 1235-1935 that I found on ebay from a seller on the Isle of Man. It is Number 104 of a 400 copy run published in 1938 and has a piece of Lamont tartan commissioned for this printing bound inside it. It is a really cool book. I had recently downloaded a pdf o...
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EoinDubh
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The Lamont Clan CD
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I reveived the CD yesterday from Australia. Interestingly, it is labeled as from ScotPress aka Unicorn. It is quite well done and seems to be a very clean copy of the original.
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EoinDubh
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The Lamont Clan: 1235-1935
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A lot of people have been looking for this book without success. I have found copies available on CD from Australia for @ $40. The company is Gould Genealogy & History at https://www.gould.com.au/ I have also talked with Scotpress about reprinting it. Also, check out this link. There is a lot of L...
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EoinDubh
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Lamont Genealogy
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I wanted to share information about a Lamont web site that concentrates on genealogy, DNA testing & Lamont history might be of interest. The Lamont genealogy section is growing rapidly with 5500+ Lamonts already in the database. Contact me if you want to add your family or make any correction...
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Black
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Have traced this family to Ballilin, Augnish Parish, Donegal in the early 1700's. A John Black married twice second wife was Jane. Children were Samuel Black bn 1703 in Ballyin a sea captain and merchant he died Boston Mass. 1749. John bn abt 1715 died Boston 1751,Aaron, Alexander, Elizabeth, Marga...
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Family tree
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This is what my mother has came up with. David Lamont and his wife lived in Renfrewshire. He was born in 1848. I was wondering where do I look for more information.
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Genealogy Books
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I ran across a website yesterday when looking for a copy of The Lamont clan, 1235-1935 – by McKechnie. They basically get old, out of print and copyright genealogy books and scan them as PDF files. The cost to download a single book is $3.99. The Lamont book is 704 pages in length and has color photos wher...
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Lamonts in Fife
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After going through the Hector McKechnie book on The Lamont Clan, 1235-1935, I'm still pretty much in the dark about the involvement of Clan Lamont members in the life of the folks in Fife. I'm even plodding through (in Olde Englishe) the Diary of Mr. John Lamont in the mid-1600s and am about to dive in...
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Lamont Genealogy Spreadsheet
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I have attached a copy of the births, deaths, marriages, etc. posted to The Clan Lamont Journal in Scotland covering the period of 1912 to 1919. There is a lot of info here. I am working now on the casualties during WWI. Then I will start on the parish records. More to come as I get the time. The spreadsheet...
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Ancestry Day Texas
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I just got this email from Ancestry.com. they are having a seminar. if anyone around the area wants more information I will forward the whole email to you. Ancestry Day Texas!Saturday, September 21, 2013 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Arlington Convention Center Hosted by Ancestry.com and the Mid-Citi...
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Genealogy Book Recommendation
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I just finished reading "Reunion: A Search for Ancestors" by Ryan Littrell. Two thumbs up -- and here's why . . . The young author starts off as a "newbie" to genealogy. His curiousity about family and family places, plus his memories and love for his favorite grandmother (s...
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J2b Haplogroup question
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Hi folks! Thanks for letting me join you distinguished folks! Family history suggests Ulster-Scots roots, but I can't actually prove that yet. Oldest confirmed 4th Great GF William Black arrived in US around mid-1780s in NC Lincoln Co. I'm also confused by my J2b haplogroup, which doesn't seem ve...
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Geneology Questions
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So I have been on ancestry.com, trying my hardest to get a connection from my oldest relative to some parents or something. Was wondering if anyone could help me. I am stuck on John (Lemmons, Lemons, Lammons, etc etc.) born in Rockingham NC 1738, Died in either Franklin or Rockingham NC 1810. I have...
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I found a Campbell! :(
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I have been interested in my family history for decades. It became a time-consuming hobby for me in the 1990s and by 1995, besides helping my husband find his roots, I was assisting others by working as a volunteer on AOL's genealogy forum. (Also, and now I'm bragging I was the editor of the Dallas G...
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Looking for info on Caleb Lammon
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Has anyone come across anything on a Caleb Lammon Birth in Massachuesttes in 1794, Married to Bethia Ladd of Perinton, Monroe, NY in 1832 and Death 8 May 1855, Pavillion, Kalamazoo, Michigan Thanks for looking
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Mr. Richard Young
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George, is this one of yours? he just showed up on my Y-DNA as a 25 marker, 2 steps off He has this as most distant ancestor William Young, b. 1787 and d. 1841
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Black, Turner and White in North Carolina
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Here is some stiff, with sources, that I found in a book while researching my family in Mecklenburg, N.C.: Taken from: Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762 by Robert W. Ramsey Published by the University of North Carolina Press, 1964 Names: Black, David - Pio...
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My FT DNA 37 markers
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Per Sandy's request here is my 37 markers, if you find anything interesting please let me know one way or the otherPANEL 1 (1-12)Locus123456789101112DYS#39339019*391385a385b426388439389-1392389-2Alleles132415111114121212131330PANEL
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Turners in Georgia, US 1640?
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Good Day,I'm working on a website for Turners' located in Georgia, US. (http://myturnerfamily.org ) Incomplete information states that a William Turner (Could this be Sir James Lamont???) moved from Scotland in 1640 to Worchester County, Maryland. He may have been the father of James Turner of H...
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Calling all McPatrick Lamonts
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Hi All It is an enduring tradition in Clan MacLaren that although Paterson is a sept of MacLaren, a number of McPatrick Lamonts used the surname Paterson as an alias following the Dunoon massacre of Lamonts. Some may have reverted back to Lamont, but others may have retained Paterson as a surname. I'v...
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Dougie MacLean is a cousin!
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I don't know how many of you are acquainted with the music of Dougie MacLean from Perthshire, but no doubt you've heard the Song Caledonia - he wrote it and many other wonderful songs. Here's part of an article I found on the Ulster-Scot Forum about Genealogy, and it lists the Lamonts as one of the antece...
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Tracing Your Family Tree
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For the past ten years genealogy has been one of my major interests and hobbies. My mother told me many years ago that her mother's family was Scottish, I have always been interested in my Scottish roots but was never able to make much progress tracing the families of my heritage until internet usage ...
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