I haven't posted on this blog in some time, but I have been in constant contact with all of my Dobbs cousins who care to communicate. I will continue adding ancestor information soon, so please stay tuned.
Rosemary Dobbs
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Welcom Teresa McKee
Teresa McKee is a descendant of Leslie Edwin Dobbs, the 2nd son of Rev. C.E.W. Dobbs. She lives in Texas. Her parents were Alva McKee and Edna Mable Dobbs, daughter of Leslie.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
I can't believe it has been so long since I posted on my Dobbs Genealogy Blog. For my cousins who are subscribers, never fear, I will finish it. I have many generations to post on and there have been many more births to report.
The next generation to report on will be the children of CEW Dobbs - Willoughby, Leslie, Gilbert, Charles, Mattie, John, and Annie.
Do any of my cousins have stories that would help round out these characters?
The next generation to report on will be the children of CEW Dobbs - Willoughby, Leslie, Gilbert, Charles, Mattie, John, and Annie.
Do any of my cousins have stories that would help round out these characters?
Friday, June 4, 2010
Cousins Meet in Maryland
3rd cousins Rosemary Dobbs Perticari and William Theodore Dobbs and Patricia Dobbs Berkley gathered at the home of Rosemary for a week long celebration of our family. We plowed through bins of old pictures and letters and swapped stories that we had heard about our ancient relatives. We visited our GGG Grandparents' graves in the Old Baltimore Cemetery. We found some additional Dobbs family members in the cemetery that we hadn't known about before. Today, June 4, 2010, we are taking old photographs and letters to Kinkos to make copies.
Bill provided a cassette tape of Willoughby Barrett Dobbs (1861-1931) and Hugh Barrett Dobbs (1885-1944) talking and singing during Hugh's radio show, The Ship of Joy. They sang Auld Lang Zyne in perfect harmony. What a treat to hear their long gone voices! Willoughby died a few months later after a mastoid operation. Hugh died in 1944 from a heart attack while eating dinner at the Yacht Club in Seattle.
Bill has provided many colorful stories of his grandfather, Theodore Roosevelt Dobbs, and his father Theodore Maxwell Dobbs. TRD took Bill to many baseball games at Yankee Stadium in New York. TMD was a larger than life flamboyant character with a big imagination. Bill will write more about them as we get to their generation in this blog.
Bill and I discovered that we are both INFP Myers-Briggs types and we have enjoyed talking about our life experiences and perspectives through the INFP veil.
Genealogy cousins are great! It makes this work all worthwhile. I love it.
Bill provided a cassette tape of Willoughby Barrett Dobbs (1861-1931) and Hugh Barrett Dobbs (1885-1944) talking and singing during Hugh's radio show, The Ship of Joy. They sang Auld Lang Zyne in perfect harmony. What a treat to hear their long gone voices! Willoughby died a few months later after a mastoid operation. Hugh died in 1944 from a heart attack while eating dinner at the Yacht Club in Seattle.
Bill has provided many colorful stories of his grandfather, Theodore Roosevelt Dobbs, and his father Theodore Maxwell Dobbs. TRD took Bill to many baseball games at Yankee Stadium in New York. TMD was a larger than life flamboyant character with a big imagination. Bill will write more about them as we get to their generation in this blog.
Bill and I discovered that we are both INFP Myers-Briggs types and we have enjoyed talking about our life experiences and perspectives through the INFP veil.
Genealogy cousins are great! It makes this work all worthwhile. I love it.
Friday, May 21, 2010
DAR Certificate
Our cousin, Eleanor Frances Dobbs Marler, daughter of Nelson Barrett Dobbs Sr., granddaughter of Gilbert Dobbs, great-granddaughter of Rev. Dr. C.E.W. Dobbs had done all of the hard work necessary to obtain DAR acceptance. She was inducted on May 19th. The posting below is a copy of her certificate. We all owe her a round of gratitude. Now, all of the females in our line are eligible for the DAR using Kedar as our ancestor.
The picture is a bit blurry. If you want the original, send me an email please.
The picture is a bit blurry. If you want the original, send me an email please.
Monday, February 8, 2010
DNA Project
"Genealogy has evolved tremendously in the last few decades. What was once the laborious reading through old Court House records (and other documents) became (in some cases) the reading of clean, published books. Beyond that, micro-fische became the preferred method of reading old records, as they could be reproduced and made available in multiple locations. However, nothing has had a greater impact on the efficiency of genealogy research as the new-fangled internet.
We can now view records, post questions, and review past conversations with the click of a wireless mouse. But that having been said, there may be even one greater advancement for family researchers than even the internet.
I'm talking about Genetic Genealogy, or DNA testing. In just the last few years, DNA testing has become an absolute main-stay for serious researchers. No amount of Archive or Library research can match the dead on certainty of a DNA match between DNA participants. As such, ANY serious family researcher will include this tool in their arsenal for breaking down brick walls and confirming family connections.
To some, DNA research may seem confusing, as the science involved is very technical. But in reality, the process is exceedingly simple. Fathers pass along their personal male DNA to their sons, and mothers pass along their female DNA to all children (although only daughters pass this along to the next generation). Mutations occur over several generations, which allow scientist to predict how closely two individuals are related.
So, anyone can be tested for their DIRECT maternal DNA (mother's mother's mother's mother, etc.) Only males can be tested for paternal DNA (father's father's father's, father, etc.). Because surnames are typically passed along from father to children, and because sons typically maintain the surname of their father, male DNA is usually passed from generation to generation along with the last name.
As such, we can use DNA testing to see if two men with the same last name share a direct male Common Ancestor. I am very pleased to announce the creation of the Dobbs DNA Project to absolutely prove the relatedness of each and every Dobbs family in the world. All we need are willing participants from each family.
Many researchers have spent years trying to prove whether or not they are related to another Dobbs family. With the right male descendants, this can be confirmed or refuted with a simple and painless test (no blood). The test results are irrefutable.
In America, we have long standing traditions of Dobbs connections back to Europe. These traditions were made back in the days when genealogy was far less exact than modern research allows. We need a broad spectrum of Dobbs DNA participants to sort out which families are related to which. Hence, the Dobbs DNA Project was just started this past week.
If ANYBODY knows a man still carrying the Dobbs name, then I'd like to talk to you to see if your line needs to be included in our study. If ANYBODY has any questions or concerns about the DNA testing process or ramifications, I'd love to address these privately or publicly.
Genetic Genealogy is the solution to many historic brick walls. I could site hundreds of examples, but I don't wish to become more tedious than I've already been. Suffice to say, no modern family researcher can say they've exhausted all resources until they've taken advantage of DNA testing.
Please contact me directly with any questions, especially if you know a living male Dobbs.
Stan Bevers scbevers@comcast.net
We can now view records, post questions, and review past conversations with the click of a wireless mouse. But that having been said, there may be even one greater advancement for family researchers than even the internet.
I'm talking about Genetic Genealogy, or DNA testing. In just the last few years, DNA testing has become an absolute main-stay for serious researchers. No amount of Archive or Library research can match the dead on certainty of a DNA match between DNA participants. As such, ANY serious family researcher will include this tool in their arsenal for breaking down brick walls and confirming family connections.
To some, DNA research may seem confusing, as the science involved is very technical. But in reality, the process is exceedingly simple. Fathers pass along their personal male DNA to their sons, and mothers pass along their female DNA to all children (although only daughters pass this along to the next generation). Mutations occur over several generations, which allow scientist to predict how closely two individuals are related.
So, anyone can be tested for their DIRECT maternal DNA (mother's mother's mother's mother, etc.) Only males can be tested for paternal DNA (father's father's father's, father, etc.). Because surnames are typically passed along from father to children, and because sons typically maintain the surname of their father, male DNA is usually passed from generation to generation along with the last name.
As such, we can use DNA testing to see if two men with the same last name share a direct male Common Ancestor. I am very pleased to announce the creation of the Dobbs DNA Project to absolutely prove the relatedness of each and every Dobbs family in the world. All we need are willing participants from each family.
Many researchers have spent years trying to prove whether or not they are related to another Dobbs family. With the right male descendants, this can be confirmed or refuted with a simple and painless test (no blood). The test results are irrefutable.
In America, we have long standing traditions of Dobbs connections back to Europe. These traditions were made back in the days when genealogy was far less exact than modern research allows. We need a broad spectrum of Dobbs DNA participants to sort out which families are related to which. Hence, the Dobbs DNA Project was just started this past week.
If ANYBODY knows a man still carrying the Dobbs name, then I'd like to talk to you to see if your line needs to be included in our study. If ANYBODY has any questions or concerns about the DNA testing process or ramifications, I'd love to address these privately or publicly.
Genetic Genealogy is the solution to many historic brick walls. I could site hundreds of examples, but I don't wish to become more tedious than I've already been. Suffice to say, no modern family researcher can say they've exhausted all resources until they've taken advantage of DNA testing.
Please contact me directly with any questions, especially if you know a living male Dobbs.
Stan Bevers scbevers@comcast.net
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