Thanks, Teresa, I've ordered the book through the inter-library loan and hope it is available. Very much appreciated. Emily E. > In Gary Boyd Roberts' book 2nd edition pg 204, there is a Mary Harris who > married Col Thomas Ligon. The line is traced up through Ligon line to Edward > I. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gordon Banks [mailto:geb@gordonbanks.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 3:35 PM > To: PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANTS-PROJECT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PDP] Proof of descendancy? > > > First, look up Mary Harris in one of the books like Gary Boyd Roberts' > Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants. If she isn't there, you will have to > do primary research and more likely, your cousin was wrong. > > If she is there, then you have to document his work back to Mary. > You'll start with census information, then before there were censuses, > vital records, land records, wills, etc. You'll need a basic > understanding of how to do American Genealogy to do that. > > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 08:45, favreoaks@comcast.net wrote: > > Hello, > > I am fairly new to family history research and very new to research on > this branch of my family, so I hope you will forgive what may be a "dumb" > question. > > > > First some background. About 40 years ago my mother was given a family > history by my cousin, her nephew. At the time, I was a young wife and mother > and thought it was interesting but I had no time to indulge in further > explorations or explanations. Now that I am old, I am vitally interested and > would like to know how I should go about authenticating the family history > my cousin compiled. > > The cousin is deceased and there are no sources listed for most of the > information, only occasionally is there reference to a source document. > > > > In the history my cousin states, "Col. Thomas Ligon was born in England > and came to VA abt. 1641. He died in 1675. He married Mary Harris and Mary > is descended from Edward III, King of England, and thus from William the > Conqueror, through Lionel Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence and his daughter > Phllippe, who m. Edward Mortimer, Earl of March, and their daughter > Elizabeth, who m. Sir Henry Percy, (Hotspur of Shakespeare's 'Henry IV'). We > descended through the Percy and later the Harris lines for 12 generations, > etc., etc." > > > > Can anyone tell me how I should proceed? > > Any help or advice will be appreciated, > > Emily Elstrott in Washington State > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >