(7:00 P.M.) A very good day!! I arrived, unplanned, in my Smith family tree. Years ago, I did in-depth research but hit that proverbial “brick wall.” I could not get beyond Persons Smith. In 2010 I visited the Dunkirk, New York area hoping to locate new data. (Nope!!) ~~ It was exciting, today, to find the records in Ancestry. It wasn’t simple, it takes repeated searches and then comparison, and finally save the record so individuals are linked. Below is a highly abbreviated record. I have the wives and children, too.
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Rev. Henry ” Immigrant” Smith (1610 – 1648)
is your 8th great grandfather
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Preserved Samuel Smith (1638 – 1703)
Son of Rev. Henry ” Immigrant”
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Preserved Smith (1677 – 1715)
Son of Preserved Samuel
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Chileab Smith (1708 – 1800)
Son of Preserved
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Moses Smith (1736 – 1829)
Son of Chileab
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Salmon Smith (1768 – 1867)
Son of Moses
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Persons Smith (1790 – 1872)
Son of Salmon
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Gideon Watson Smith (1841 – 1930)
Son of Persons
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Ina Bird Smith (1884 – 1976)
Daughter of Gideon Watson
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Pearl Olma Showalter (1906 – 1994)
Daughter of Ina Bird
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Lorraine Evon Frantz
You are the daughter of Pearl Olma
Three Quarters & Counting 