The only family surnames that we knew before I started our family tree included: Zaun, Crofford/Crawford, Abbott, Bryant, Powell, Hall, and Wandell. The names that I already knew about go back three generations thanks to my great grandmother Ada, and to myself for interviewing my great grandmother Georgia before she died.
Through my research, I've added many new names to our tree:
On my paternal side:
Germany: Wellner
New England: Judd, MacDonald, Bradley, Bishop, Thorpe, Thompson, Merriman, Perkins, Bidwell, Welles, Hawkins, Wilcox, Tuttle, Dickerman, Abernathy, Whitfield, Godfrey, Sabin, Ashton, Greene.
Virginia: Owens, Chandler, Monroe, Joyner, Cobb, Edwards, Barnes
... and many more...
On my maternal side:
New England: Dillingham, Hickox, Merrill, Tompkins, Foote, Warner, Doolittle, Cunnabel, Edwards, English, Wilson, Brown, Buckley, Waters, Haight, Stillwell, Pope, Gerretson, Fowler, Thurston, Stringer,
Virginia: Lewis, Scott, Neblett, Dozier, Gayle, Stokes, Sterling
...and many more....
The surnames that most commonly appear in my "Shared DNA cousins" trees offer confirmation that I am on the right track! They are:
Wilson (this is the #1 recurrence), Owens, Dillingham, Hickox, Haight, Brown, Greene, Allen, Lewis, Hall, and Doolittle.
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