Welcome to Jill's Genealogy

Here you will find information on the Revolutionary War both Patriot and Loyalists, The Civil War both Confederate and Union, and the World Wars. This site will also feature other countries, and historical information representing many different eras.

You will also find information on Jill's ancestors as well as her extended families ancestors.

Jill actively supports the preservation of family history and supports her ancestors patriotism no matter what side they supported.

Jill welcomes you to look around and see if any of her information might help you in your genealogical quest.

This site will always be a work in progress.

To have access to certain areas you will need to register for a free account. This helps reduce spammers from posting to our forums and harvesting e-mail addresses from postings.

Admin note--Customise this in the Admin_message panel.

Genealogy News: Bureau of Land Management can offer insight on whether relatives used Pre-emption Act

Posted by: Admin on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 07:17 PM 692 Reads

Genealogy: Bureau of Land Management can offer insight on whether relatives used Pre-emption Act
By Tammie Dehler
Special to the Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — The Pre-emption Act of 1841 was approved by Congress in September of that year. This act permitted “squatters” on federal lands to be allowed to purchase that land at a low price from the federal government before it went up for public auction. The Act specifically allowed single men, widows, male or female heads of households, and aliens who intended to become naturalized, if 21 years old or older, and who lived on the land for at least 14 months, to purchase 160 acres of land for the price of only $1.25 per acre.

Read full article: ' Bureau of Land Management can offer insight on whether relatives used Pre-emption Act' (1732 bytes more)

Genealogy News: DNA accepted as Mayflower descent proof

Posted by: Admin on Friday, June 15, 2007 - 06:12 AM 706 Reads

Monday, May 28, 2007 - Bangor Daily News

It’s accepted that John Hawes married a granddaughter of John Howland, Desire Gorham, thus making John and Desire Hawes’ children descendants of the Mayflower.

They had a son John Hawes, who left New England and popped up in North Carolina. Same person? If so, his issue could join the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.

Historian General Ann S. Lainhart and Assistant Historian General Alicia Williams recently accepted this line — on the basis of a Hawes DNA study of the Hawes Y chromosome.

I didn’t necessarily expect a lineage society to accept DNA studies as proof this soon, but I know Ann Lainhart to be a thorough and fair researcher. This use of DNA to join a lineage society is certainly a major step in such research.

Read full article: 'DNA accepted as Mayflower descent proof' (1608 bytes more)

Levi Willson

Posted by: Admin on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 12:11 PM 1646 Reads

Please help the efforts that are underway to have Levi Willson Home/property 5576 Regional Road #25, Milton, Canada designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. Currently, the house is on the Town of Milton's inventory which means the Town has identified it of having some historical/architectural significance but it is not formally designated under the Ontario Heritage Act Part IV. (Click the "Read full article" to see how you can help)

Read full article: 'Levi Willson' (2483 bytes more)



	Genealogy Member Login Genealogy Member name Password Remember me Log in Problems? Genealogy member? Sign Up!



	Awards and Amazon.com Looking for Genealogy Books, DVD's or Software? Shop through Jill's Genealogy on Amazon.com Shop Amazon Jill's UDC certificate March 2008-John Henry Williams Not displayed Jill's UEL certificate Dec 2006-Robert Lottridge Jill's UEL certificate Sept 2006-Michael Showers While Jill was the SVSAR webmaster, SVSAR presented Jill with SVSAR's 2006 Best Web Page Award SVSAR presented Jill with SAR's Martha Washington Award December 2005 Gail's Genealogy Award of Excellance March 2007 Ancestry Connections Award Jan 2007 Shawna's Southern Pride Award Jan 2007 Sixty Plus Design Genealogy Award Heritage Awards July 2006 Honoring The Ones Before Me Genealogy Award June 2006 Honoring The Ones Before Me Pure Gold Award. Jill's Genealogy is the first site to ever receive this award June 2006 Special Gold Award. June 2006 Click on any of the award thumbnails for either a larger image or to be directed to the presenters' website.