Results are in for the first of the DNA giveaway tests mentioned below. This County Fermanagh family has been placed in our Group D. See the results on the basic and extended results pages.

Two of the three DNA tests being given away for the tenth anniversary of this website have been claimed. There's still one test yet to be awarded-- to a member of a Slaven, Slavin, Slevin, Slavey, etc. family line that's not already represented in the DNA project. More information on the giveaway can be found here.

A dozen new links have been added to the "In the News" page.

On our bookshelf page, we've added information about a family/history book on a Slaven family that has lived in the Barrhead/Nitshill area in western Scotland for nearly 200 years. Also added information on a booklet containing the reminiscences of one of the Mitchell's (aka Andrews') Raiders-- while it doesn't mention Samuel Slavens, "great locomotive chase" fans will find it quite interesting. I've also picked up a copy of Stealing the General bu Russell S. Bonds, and will add it when I've had a chance to read it.

We've added a page of bounty land warrants awarded to Revolutionary through Mexican War veterans. I sent to the National Archives for one of the bounty land applications, and we've extracted information from it concerning John Slavens, a veteran of the War of 1812 from Smith County, Tennessee, and later of Illinois. (Some great info for Slavens researchers here!)

A new section has been added to the website, dealing with Australian heavyweight boxer Frank Slavin. All 16 chapters of Frank's life story from an Australian newspaper in 1926 have been posted, along with some information on Frank's Irish heritage.

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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

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