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?!

Special sale price on DNA test at FTDNA
FamilyTreeDNA, one of the labs that we work with in the Slaven DNA Project, has an EXCELLENT price currently on the "combo" test of the 37-marker Y-DNA test (a man's paternal line) and the high resolution mtDNA test (his maternal line). While mtDNA isn't used in surname studies like ours (since in western culture a woman's surname changes when she marries, every female generation has a different surname) many people find it interesting. It's more of an ancient origins test-- see Brian Sykes's classic book "The Seven Daughters of Eve" for the story behind the seven groups ("daughters") that make up a large percentage of the world's population.

The price, ~~available only from June 9-24~~ extended to June 30, is $119-- this is $30 less than the price of the 37-marker Y-DNA test by itself, and HUGE discount over the normal $278 combo price! Email me at iarooster@earthlink.net for more information or to get the invitation to join the project.

The annual "SLAVEN, SLAVIN, SLAVY, SLAVEY (any spelling)" reunion in Tennessee will be held in July this year. Check out the details here. If you know of another similar reunion, drop me an email to get the informaton added to this site.

A photo of Jack and Mary (Ingelson) Slavin has been added to the photos page. The couple married in Iowa in 1905 and moved on to California. Can you add more information on this family? Check out what we've gleaned so far.

A reasonably close match between a descendant of a mid-nineteenth century Irish emigrant from Couny Meath or Westmeath and a descendant of John H. Slaven born ca. 1846 in Louisiana has been found in the DNA project. Their results have been set up as "Group D" the DNA results page. As seen in our Group B, differing by two markers and having a common ancestor in the past 2-300 years in very possible. An upgrade has been ordered to see if the match holds up at 37 markers. (Several other project members took advantage of recent special pricing on upgrades so watch for those results in early July.)

A photo of Henry B. Slavens's headstone at Madden Cemetery, Miller County, Missouri has been added to the cemetery page. Photos of Slaven family headstones in cemeteries in Wayne County, Kentucky, were also added recently.

If you missed the information on St. Sléibine and his feat day, a page has been prepared and linked to from the origins page.

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 goldmine 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 gravsites. 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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