Re: Swarens from Illinois
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Swarens from Illinois
Michelle Lockhart 7/23/05
Michelle,
I think all the members of the Crawford Co. IL SWAREN family descend from the William Albert Swaren who married Martha Burch in Ohio.
I've looked at that line but haven't worked on it since I'm pretty sure William's father is that line's immigrant ancestor, and therefore, if related to our SWARENS family, the connection would likely have to be made in Germany.
And I'm pretty sure since this is a name that designates a place (Mecklenburg-Schwerin or Mecklenburg-Swerin in Low German), there will be multiple family lines who are unrelated to each other.
At some point in the not-too distance future, I hope to start a Y-chromosome DNA study of SWARENS and related surnames, so that we can look for connections that we may never find in records.
Regards,
-doug q
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Re: Swarens from Illinois
Daiyu Hurst 9/16/07