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2016 Postmortem

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6. My family has been here since 1750

Mon Oct 17, 2016, 02:52 PM

Oct 2016

Some of the later ones came in by the 1820's....my husband has older roots, with ancestors that were killed here in 1690.

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Working on a theory [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2016 OP

One in row 3, one it row 5 Dem2 Oct 2016 #2

My moms grandparents got to Ellis Island in 1905. irisblue Oct 2016 #4

Don't know about mom's side yesphan Oct 2016 #5

My family has been here since 1750 Maeve Oct 2016 #6

Grandparents on my mother's side Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2016 #7

A mixture of recent and more distant immigrants. Binkie The Clown Oct 2016 #8

Different on different sides. Proably true for most of us, as we all have Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #9

Grandparents on paternal side DemonGoddess Oct 2016 #11

My families all immigrated WAY back in the 1600s-1700s. nolabear Oct 2016 #13

Far removed on all sides of my family. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #14

Potato famine Irish on one side BainsBane Oct 2016 #15

Kind of split TexasProgresive Oct 2016 #16