http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/ This is a list for anyone searching their Gibbs family roots in the British Isles or for anyone with an interest in Gibbs in Br Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:01:37 GMT trurider trurider http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/432 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/432 Regrettably, you do need to set up a Yahoo account to get in but it doesn't cost anything and if you were ont the Gibbsbrit site which is on Yahoo you Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:44:55 GMT Bob and Pippa VanVelzen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/431 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/431 I think it is time to start looking again into my Gibbs family. They are from Buckinghamshire. Anyone out there have any links to this area of England? It Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:24:37 GMT Richard Gibb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/430 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/430 Follow this link to a relatively NEW information site about the family. http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/Gibb-Gibbe/ or if this doesn't work try a search on Sun, 04 May 2008 14:08:45 GMT bbig1uk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/429 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/429 In looking through my old records this morning I found this. For all you Gibbs descendants who have been wondering how my search for Wallruth is progressing, I Sun, 04 May 2008 12:23:10 GMT bbig1uk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/428 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/428 You have to copy and paste these links into your URL as they will not auto open when clicked on. You could try a general search but that really like looking Fri, 02 May 2008 21:04:10 GMT Margarette G. Ogle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/427 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/427 Hi, I'm back. I tried your links and was unable to click it and it would not work. I also tried manually putting in the url and I just couldn't get it Fri, 02 May 2008 20:16:21 GMT Margarette G. Ogle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/426 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/426 You are so kind and helpful. I can see how the name, as all German names, can be mispronounced and then spelled incorrectly. What you sent has all been so Fri, 02 May 2008 19:59:54 GMT bbig1uk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/425 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/425 In proof of what I have been saying, I refer you to the following : An Archaeological Study of Rural Capitalism and Material Life: The Gibbs written by Mark D Fri, 02 May 2008 18:42:10 GMT bbig1uk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/424 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/424 I require no payment for what I do. It's a hobby. If you re-read what I wrote you will see that I am saying that were you to test your DNA and my DNA against Fri, 02 May 2008 17:01:18 GMT Margarette G. Ogle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/423 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/423 Oh my gosh, what a treasure trove of info. Your two letters today have excited me so much. The Nicholas who md. Mary Ephland/Efland is definetly my Nicholas Thu, 01 May 2008 23:02:20 GMT bbig1uk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/422 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/422 O.K Here is the bad news first. The story about the Gibbs leaving England for Germany just does not ring true or fit the facts. Gibbs is a name found in Thu, 01 May 2008 18:50:43 GMT bbig1uk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/421 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/421 I have had a look at my records and find one which may be relevant a Nicholas Johann John Gibbs born 29 SEP 1733, Wallruth,Duchy Of Baden parents Nicholas & Thu, 01 May 2008 00:56:25 GMT Margarette G. Ogle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/420 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/420 Thanks Richard I am going to have to look further. Somewhere I have a Gibbs young lady who came to America and I can't remember the date, but maybe I will Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:01:12 GMT bbig1uk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/419 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/419 Hmmm. Herman is not an English name nor is Peter or Johan and I doubt therefore that there is an English Connection. Also Herman Gibbs was the father of Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:51:20 GMT Margarette G. Ogle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/418 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gibbsbrit/message/418 Dear Richard Lookin at more info I find that the fartherest (is there such a word?) back is a Herman Gibbs who had a son Peter who md. in 1695. This Peter had