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---------------------- FAQ 1 What is the Gene Lemmon Genealogy web site all about?Gene Lemmon spent about 25 years researching LEM(M)ON(S) Genealogy. He was very passionate about it. He accumulated an amazingly large database that he used to construct relevant family trees and it served as a basis for his goal of writing a book on the Lemmons in the United States. This web site provides some of the information he accumulated in textual format as well as various family trees and relationship lists. ----------------------- FAQ 2 Did Gene Lemmon do this by himself?Gene Lemmon had help from many people. The two most important people were his first and second wives: Joyce and Betty Lou. Joyce worked with Gene for many years. Sadly, she passed away at age 64 in 1989. Gene and Betty Lou met through a common interest in Lemmon genealogy and subsequently married. Gene and Betty Lou 3rd cousins once removed on the 'Lemmon lineage'. They continued to travel around the U.S. doing research for many years. Other close and distant relations also provided Gene with a variety of kinds of help. They are acknowledged in his book. ----------------------- FAQ 3 What kind of information will be on this site?The site has PDF files of his book on the Lemmon family. It also has information about using molecular biology to find paternal ancestors (Y-line analysis), various family trees, detailed ancestor reports, relationship lists, and descendant reports. ----------------------- FAQ 4 Was Gene Lemmon descended from anyone cool?Gene Lemmon was very proud of being a descendant of President Thomas Jefferson's parents and sister (Mary Jefferson Bolling) and Pocahontas. You have to admit that is pretty cool! Equally cool is that Betty Lou is the 9th great-granddaughter of Governor William Bradford (Plymoth Plantation). ----------------------- FAQ 5 Why is there a Gene Lemmon genealogy web site?Gene Lemmon worked very hard to critically evaluate all the conflicting information at his disposal to make well founded judgments about the genealogical record about Lemmon family ancestors. He often had multiple sources for any conclusion he would reach and he documented them in detail. He wanted other genealogists to benefit from his work and he decided to self-publish his work. His family concluded that in the age of the internet it was important to provide the information in a readily downloadable from that could be searched with standard software. Hence, the creation of this Web Site. |
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