52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
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52 Ancestors #14: Pick a Lindsey, any Lindsey!

ByNiki Davis

I have spent the better part of the evening deciphering my Lindsey heraldry. Okay, it was actually only one family, quite a distance from any royal line, but I had names and birth and death dates completely out of joint and it was driving me nutty. So, like any good family historian, I pulled the…

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #1 Margaret Ellen Lindsey
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #1 Margaret Ellen Lindsey

ByNiki Davis

Margaret Ellen Lindsey is my 2nd great grandmother on my mom’s side.  She was born on November 17, 1841 near Pomona, Illinois to Lewis and Nancy (Sumner) Lindsey. The Lindsey family settled in this area in the early 1800s. She was among the first generation of Lindsey’s born here in Southern Illinois where much of…