Happily, Gail, I 100% agree that you can disagree with my opinion... About 21 years ago I searched back to the 16th Century and found that my maternal HUBBARD family moved around and within Suffolk and Essex, whilst I found a vast number within the wider area of these two counties I haven't been able to make a connection to ALL of them during that time, but what would I know as I have little idea as to their travels... If I have missed any during the last 2 decades of research, then maybe they weren't registered or weren't enumerated on census day. My immediate HUBBARD ancestor arrived in NZ in 1855. I have found at least 4 families of HUBBARD and DOIDGE in NZ that I haven't made a connection to... Yet. Although one of the NZ DOIDGE tell me "You wouldn't be related to me, MY ancestors come from Bere Ferrers in Devon"... I replied... "Mine too"... But still can't find a connection. Hilton Doidge Waikato -----Original Message----- From: Gail Riddell [mailto:grid2@wc.net.nz] Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 10:17 p.m. To: hilton doidge Cc: NZ L Subject: Re: [nz] Allan James HUBBARD m Margaret Jane McMILLAN c1952 Sadly, Hilton, I 100% disagree with you as to ruling out the connection. I say that, because I suggest you have little idea as to the amount of travel that our "olds" did in those days. You can truthfully only categorically rule such out such a connection if you have tested your oldest living HUBBARD connection (whether you or a cousin or whoever is still living on the HUBBARD side of your family) with one of their family via an autosomal DNA test. In other words, once you begin to use such a tool for both verification and confirmation, you will be astounded as just how much travel your ancestors did as well as the genealogical windows/doors that will open up to you, as a result. Gail On 25/03/2014, at 9:18 PM, hilton doidge wrote: > Thank you to Allan, Gail and Penne for your prompt responses... > > Parents are likely to be Edward HUBBARD and Margaret Vivian KEIGHRAN and > thanks to Gail I can possibly rule out this branch of HUBBARD being > connected to mine although Waltham Abbey is only a hop, step and a jump, > well maybe a couple of jumps from Saffron Walden where my HUBBARD ancestors > are from... > > Your answers have given me names and helped me to work out birthdates for 4 > generations back from Allan... [Including Allan] > > Thank you > Hilton Doidge > > -----Original Message----- > From: new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of hilton doidge > Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 7:29 p.m. > To: NZ L > Subject: [nz] Allan James HUBBARD m Margaret Jane McMILLAN c1952 > > I am trying to find out who the parents were of Allan James HUBBARD, 1928 - > 2011. > > He may have been born in Dunedin. He may have had four siblings, names > unknown. > > If anyone is researching this family I would like to know who his parents > and/or his grandparents were... > > I do not need anything else on this couple... Thank you. > > Hilton Doidge > Waikato > Researching HUBBARD in New Zealand, also Suffolk and Essex in England.