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Author: divadc
Surnames: Cissell
Classification: queries
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Hi Eric,
The family is definitely English, but we do not know where they lived in England prior to coming to Maryland. I think researchers have been trying to determine that for over a hundred years now, but no written records to answer the question have yet been found. I have tried as well, looking at a large number of archival records both in the States and in the UK, but with no real success.
Given the apparent lack of records, we did start a family DNA project a few years ago to try to work around the problem. This has given us some useful and interesting information about our family branch as well as a few others. We have had difficulty, though, in getting participants from the various family branches in the UK that are needed to try to locate the actual family origins.
For your family tree, I would suggest that you try to get copies of the birth, marriage and death records of as many of your direct ancestors as possible. As a family member, I think you can probably get copies through a Government of Alberta website at: http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/766.cfm This might cost a little bit, but it will help document your family and hopefully help you to later connect to the records in Kentucky and then Maryland.
Cheers.
Dave Cissell
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Author: EricCissell
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I had my Dad look at this information you have given me and was blown away. So this is absolutely the right information. I was just wondering if anyone knows where in Europe the family had moved from, or any roots tracing back to Europe. I always hear people say "I'm a third English and a third Russian." I always wondered these things about myself.
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