I'm a professional business consultant who picked up the family archivist mantle in my youth - collecting stories, names, genealogies, and family historical documents - in an effort to understand better who we are and what impact we have had throughout history.
My focus has been on several family mysteries throughout the years - gaps in a family line, taboo subjects, and unexplained (perhaps inexcusable) behavior of ancestors. This includes the Little, Bennett, Parsons, Ledbetter, Pickett, Leake, Steele, Wall, Crawford, Covington, Dunn and Harris family lines. My maternal lines from Louisiana are still a challenge - Ardoin, Veillon, Lafleur, etc. - since their origins are not as clear cut as one might imagine.
I have completed many autosomal, mitochondrial, and Y-chromosome DNA tests. I look forward to sharing this knowledge and learning more from traditional practitioners of genealogy as I contribute to WikiTree.
It may seem morbid, but in the event of my untimely demise I want to be sure that none of my hard work on WikiTree ends up being deleted. While I fully intend on being around to manage all my profiles for the next 30 years or so, in the event of my sudden death I hereby give permission for all of my private profiles to be transferred to any of the following slightly-active WikiTreers in my family, whether or not they are currently on the trusted lists:
Christopher Little
Richard Little
Anne Bennett Little
Andrew Bennett Davidson Little
Thomas Little
I am also the sole profile manager of a large number of profiles in the Leake, Bennett and Little families. The living ones are private only because WikiTree requires it; they contain only information easily available on the web. They can be passed off to any interested WikiTreer before my account may be closed.
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Leake is 20 degrees from Joseph Biden, 20 degrees from Justin Bieber, 28 degrees from Jack Dorsey, 18 degrees from Bill Gates, 30 degrees from Emmanuel Macron, 20 degrees from Elon Musk, 21 degrees from Michelle Obama, 30 degrees from JK Rowling, 18 degrees from Taylor Swift, 19 degrees from Donald Trump, 18 degrees from Kanye West and 24 degrees from Gina Meyers on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Categories: Scottish Clans Project | Leake Name Study | Little Name Study | Clan Little
It’s time for a Project check-in!
Scotland Project Leaders check in with you at least once a year to see how you are doing. With the changes happening around the world, we understand that life is hectic right now.
What are you planning to work on for the Scotland Project this year? Are you happy with the team(s) you part of, or would you like to make some changes?
This time round, we’re also looking for feedback on the use of Google Group and Discord. Do you use one or both of these? If you don’t use either of them, what is the best way to ensure you receive Project communications? If you would like to join us on Google Group or Discord, let us know in your response.
We'd love to have you join the Twisted Thistles in the upcoming Connect-a-thon the weekend of July 17 - July 20. If you'd like to join us and help to develop our ever-expanding Scottish tree, please register on the G2G post here and be sure to mention you'd like to be on the Twisted Thistles team for Scotland.
We also have our team Chat page posted here.
We haven’t heard back from you concerning the Scottish Clans Transition. If we haven’t received a response from you by 1 April 2020, you will be welcome to rejoin by answering the current g2g thread for joining the Scotland Project.
Best Regards,
Sarah Mason, Scotland PC
My name is Sarah and I’m the Project Coordinator for the Scotland Project. As you may have heard, we have merged the Scottish Clans project into the Scotland Project. I am contacting you today to find out if you are interested in continuing with us under this new format. If you would like to go forward on the Scottish Clans Team, please reply and let me know which clans you have been working on or would like to work on. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Sarah Mason, Scotland PC
Both fathers have different names. Mothers also. Birth years and locations are different Siblings do not match at all. Nothing I see on their profiles match except the names and death year.
Chris
They are brother and sister. One question down, many more to go!
Leake-386 might interest you!
Chris
Yes it was fun going through court houses. So much fun I still do it and yes I have found some surprises along the way. One time I found written in a deed book, telling how the Ohio River flowed backwards during the earthquake of 1811. It said about that time the first steam boat came down the river, making a lot of noise. The noise from the boat and the cracks in the ground made the townspeople climb into trees so the demons coming out of the ground couldn't get to them. Anyway nobody in the courthouse knew anything about it. Court houses are fun sometimes if you don't get sidetracked. Best Wishes John R. Noel
Thank you for joining our ONS project.
The FAQ section on the project page should answer most of your questions.
Regards,
Doug
I've added the Scottish Clans Project badge to your profile.
Good luck with your research. Maria
Thanks for your note on my page. I am new to all this, but am happy to help if I can. Once I get my data import finalized, I think I'll have a better idea where I stand. Dan (Parsons-5429)