Welcome to the Slaven Genealogy Exchange.

Welcome to the Slaven Genealogy Exchange! Our purpose is to be a central location to collect and exchange information for Slaven, Slevin, Slavin, Slavey, and other surname variations. As a registered one-name study, the scope of this exchange is world wide. We hope there's something here for the beginning genealogist, the old hand, and the merely curious!

What's new?!

The National Archives of Ireland have added the 1901 census to the 1911 census that was previously available through their website. Even if you don't have relatives or ancestors in Ireland in the early 20th century, it worth a visit to see how well they've presented the data and all the information available from the scanned census returns. Keep in mind that the 1901 and 1911 censuses contain all 32 counties, as the partitioning didn't take place until 1921.

Scans of a couple 18th century Virgina land grants relating to John Slavin have been added to the courthouse page.

Photos of the gravesite and memorial for John Slavin of Highland County have been added to the cemetery page.

The Slaven etc. entries from several early Irish census substitutes have been added to the site: the 1664-5 County Armagh Hearth Money Rolls, the 1766 Religious Census for some County Tyrone Parishes, and the Irish 1796 Flax Growers List. Links to them can be found on the Irish census information page.

Slaven DNA Project members who log on to their personal page at FamilyTreeDNA will see that they now offer a new product called Family Finder. Like the mtDNA (female line) test, this new test is of limited value to a surname study and will not be a part of the Slaven DNA project. It does has its uses-- I've been tested by 23andMe for their version of this product-- so I'd be glad to discuss the uses for the test. Just drop me an email.

More old news and other items have been transcribed for the Old News, Bios, and Obits pages.

About this site

This is a private, noncommercial educational site for the free exchange of information. It is not associated with Ancestry.com, Rootsweb, MyFamily, or any commercial site. (That means no banner ads, no pop-up or pop-under windows, no unsolicited email!)

All content on this site is believed to be compliant with U.S. copyright law and Fair Use provisions.

Because the site is an outgrowth of my personal research, it's tilted towards the Slavens surname. But that's easily fixed-- contribute your Slavin, Slevin, etc. data for the site! Here are some of the types of information that you can share:

Census transcriptions Census returns can be a gold mine of information for both the beginning and the experienced researcher, but many people don't have easy access to films. Finding your family in a transcription here makes requesting a film or a lookup much more worthwhile, so won't you share? We need people who have access to their state's Soundex indexes and are willing to transcribe the Slaven(s), Slavin, Slevin, etc. entries! It's S415 and you'll see about 20 Sullivans for each Slaven.

Biographies and reminiscences Share the bios from county history books, reminiscences from ancestors, old family letters, your own memories, the family history that was written for a reunion decades ago...

Obituaries Transcriptions of obituaries and death notices.

Photographs Share family photos, or photos of grave sites. Photos continue to be the most popular items on the site.

Links Do you have or know of a family-related site? Does a GenWeb county site offer information on a branch of the family? Share it here!

Other help! Other information that doesn't fit the categories above is also welcome.

All corrections, suggestions, criticisms, etc. are welcome too! Be sure to put Slaven, Slavin, and something meaningful in the subject line-- I get tons of spam so an email with no subject or "Hi!" will probably be deleted unread!

Larry Slavens
7018 Airline Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50322

iarooster@earthlink.net

About me
I'm a senior programmer/analyst for a company in the Des Moines suburbs. Besides genealogy, I'm also involved with collie rescue and am working on completing my degree though guided independent study at the University of Iowa. I'd love to spend much more time working on this website but until retirement in 15 years or a lottery jackpot win, it's going to have to remain a hobby.

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