Hi all guess I should have sent this to the distribution list, rather than replying directly, as there may be other descendents of Johan Hancock who are haven't found this info yet, and would enjoy. best wishes Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Hancock" <donna@nethancock.com> To: <HANSER5@aol.com> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Re: Hancock Project > Hi Jim > > I see we are both descended at the Samuel Hancock/Johan Hancock level. I > see that you have found a lot of info from Johan Ligon (Lygon) her mother, > and have traced the Ligon/Lygon side back many generations to royalty etc... > > But you're missing info on her father, Thomas Harris. Interestingly, these > websites I found show that he also is linked back to the same royalty! So > both Johan and Thomas were descended from children of Edward I, but from > different marriages. Thomas is descended from Edward II, while Johan is > descended from Prince Thomas of Bretherton. > > This one is great, because it gives lots of narrative about the royalty > (battles, etc...): > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/persons.html > It also goes back a ridiculous number of generations. I think I found > something back to 3rd century, having left england, and gone through norway, > sweden and ireland I think. (you know, all those royals married off to > other countries for political reasons). You can surf this one forever, > because it is so comprehensive. > > This is another good one with lots of the same info back to late 1st > century -- I think you probably have all this info: > http://www.worldwidecommerce.com/carter/ click on the Genealogy online link > to see the tree. You can download it all. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <HANSER5@aol.com> > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 1:28 PM > Subject: [HANCOCK-L] Re: Hancock Project > > > > Hello list: > > > > Julia, if you would like to add the link for my GEDCOM, called "James R > Hancock and Connections," to the Project, here it is: > > > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=hanser5 > > > > I don't know how many names are in the Project but I have over 8000 names, > and use Rootsweb World Connect which is excellent! It is so easy to simply > update at any time. As long as your data is in GEDCOM format there's no > problem. If the main problem is download time then this might be great for > the Project. > > > > We could have volunteers for each line who would be responsible to keep > their lines updated. > > > > When there are conflicts we might discuss them in this forum and unless > there's some kind of consensus then conflicting data could be rejected. > > > > It really is a shame that we don't keep up with the new info as it comes > along. > > > > Jim Hancock > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > Thank you for your support of The HANCOCK Family Discussion List. Please > post your HANCOCK folks periodically so we will all know who you are looking > for. > > >