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Author: davesmith8633
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A suggestion might be to try DNA testing if you can locate a direct line male Bowman
related to you. We did that to try to find out more about the ancestry of the Jacob
Bowman (1771-1835) who moved to Indiana from Virginia in 1832. A male Bowman cousin
provided the DNA sample. We had some success in that the test results (See Kit 120039 at
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/bauman/default.aspx?section=yresults) matched closely
those of a Heinrich Bauman from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The project administrator
(Mel Bowman, see
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/bauman/default.aspx?fixed_columns=on)
helped us make contact with some of Heinrich Bauman's descendants. We've not
quite made a paper trail connection though but the science involved helped provide a
strong case of where to look.
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