So of the ten most common last names in the US, 7 of them are the last names of direct line ancestors. Sigh.
A bigger sigh when you consider my 6th great grandmother is Mary Jones. Walter Johnson is my great great grandfather. Martha Williams is my 4th great grandmother.
It's harder to find information on women than men. Especially when you are Mary Jones born in 1710.
Really makes me appreciate some of the more unique names in my line: Utoka Violet Pearce or Argyle Johnson Stancil.
When I was about 10 years old, my father and I sat at the kitchen table and drew a family chart with a chewed and nubby old #2 pencil and a sheet of notebook paper. I still have that paper, yellowed and creased. It was the start of a life long hobby and one of the greatest gifts my father gave me. I study the Allen family of Wake County, NC, the Davis family of Granville County, NC, the Stancil and Johnson families of Johnston County, NC and all their collateral lines.
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