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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. 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?Holiday sales!Ancestry extended their holiday sale price, keeping their autosomal AncestryDNA test at $39. The new sale runs through 6 p.m. ET Dec. 31.FamilyTreeDNA has holiday sale prices; some are the same as the Black Friday/Cyber Monday prices, some are a little higher, and some a little lower. The Y-DNA upgrades to the Big-Y 700 test are cheaper than I think they've ever been. Great time to buy yourself an upgrade! Sale prices good through Jan. 1, 2025.
23andMe has extended their autosomal DNA test kist for $49, or two kits with the "Health" addition for $99. Sale ends Dec. 9. MyHeritage has their autosomal DNA test for $29, or for the same price, the test plus a month's free membership to MyHeritage to use all their genealogical records and other features. Website says "Sale ends in three days" so presumably Dec. 8. Older News.New email address.After many years of paying EarthLink to keep my old email address active, I'm phasing it out. The new address is slavens.net@gmail.com If you added me to your address book under the EarthLink address, please update it as it will be discontinued sometime in July.Another descendant of John and Elizabeth (Stuart) Slaven, through their daughter Elizabeth, has been added to the "Cousins DNA Registry." They're working on joining the Sons of the American Revolution and are looking for DNA connections back to patriot John Slaven. We have a new addition to the "Cousins DNA Registry," a person who descends from John and Elizabeth (Stuart) Slaven two ways, thanks to second cousins who married in 1852. Look for matches on Ancestry or GEDmatch. The Independent Herald of Oneida, Tennessee, has continued to add stories to its Sacred Ground series on cemeteries in Scott County. (See older news below for more information on the series.) Be sure to press the "Load More" button at the bottom of the index page as there are a lot of them, and practically all of them have Slaven burials. You can also enter "Sacred Ground" Slavenin the search bar to only see the cemetery pages where the Slaven name appears. The latest (as of this writing May 1) is on the Davey Boyatt Cemetery. A couple more Civil War pension files have been added to the NARA files page. If you have a relative on this list of pension files, you've had a stroke of luck-- a full pension file available for free online! The files are also available for download as pdfs. We have a new entry in the "Cousins DNA Registry," a descendant of a Slevin family in County Longford, Ireland. He has matches with several of Slaven/Slavin/Slevin families on FamilyTreeDNA, including another member of the Slaven DNA Project. Joesph is also on GEDmatch. Are you a match? Changes are in the offing at the major genealogy/DNA sites. FamilyTreeDNA is to start adding a Y-DNA haplogroup to male FamilyFinder (autosomal) DNA results. This will not be as specific a haplogroup as one would get with the more sophisticated (and much more expensive) Big Y-700 test, but it could have some value if a non-paternity event is suspected in a male tester's paternal line. No word on when this will be rolled out, other than "soon," and it will be rolled out in waves-- basically, the longer you've had your FamilyFinder results, the longer it will be before they get to your results. If you transferred your results from another company (such as AncestryDNA) to FTDNA and paid for the "unlock," they'll also give a Y-DNA haplogroup if the tester was male. Also, there are rumblings that AncestryDNA is going to cut back on what it offers for folks who don't have an Ancestry subscription, but there's been no official announcement as of October 12. A descendant of John and Elizabeth (Stuart) Slaven, through their daughter Elizabeth (married Abraham Ingram) has been added to the Slaven Cousins DNA Registry, a table of people who have had DNA testing done and are looking for connections. Also, Bev Jenkins, with Slavin ancestry in (Northern) Ireland and Scotland, and a few hits on descendants of John Slaven of County Tyrone/Highland County, Virigina, was added a few weeks ago. Check out the registry! Seeking descendants.
Alexander Slaven. Looking for direct male line descendants of Alexander Slaven (born ca. 1794 in Rowan County, NC, died 1847 in Williamson County,
TN) for DNA testing to help confirm the family lines descending from William and Isabel (Luckey) Slaven/Esleven/etc. of North
Carolina. This would be a male Slaven/Slavin who can go through his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, etc. to Alexander
via his sons James B., Franklin, Newton, or George. In the 19th and early 20th century descendants were mostly in Texas, Oklahoma,
and New Mexico. If this describes you or a family member-- or are unsure-- contact me at iarooster@earthlink.net. Funding is
available to cover most or all of the testing cost.
I've written an analysis of the first Big Y-700 test results in the Slaven DNA project. These detsiled tests show that the Robert Slaven of Georgia/Indiana line, John Slavin of Kentucky line, and the Richard Harve Slaven line have a common ancestor born ca. 1708— pretty much dead-on for it being William Slaven/Esleven/etc. of Rowan County, North Carolina. The John Slaven of Virgina line does not connect to this line until you go back approximately 1,900 years, well before surnames were used in Ireland. Looks like I'll have to update the 20-year old web pages here that thought the connection was closer! I stumbled across a couple YouTube videos that descendants of Richard Harve Slaven could be interested in. "Big South Fork- No Business, Looking for the remains of Richard Harve Slaven’s Homesite, or a hike looking for the homesteads of Charlie, Nimrod, and Dewey Slaven. "Papaw in the Woods" has posted a ton of videos of hikes in the Big South Fork area; this should pull up the full list.
Last fall, I started working with a Richard Harve Slaven descendant to take a new look like at his life.
New records have become available, older records become more accessable (like FamilySearch "filmstrips" now available
online), DNA testing has becoming more popular, etc., so maybe we could get a more definitive answer on his parentage
and other questions. A major discovery has been made. But first,
let's cast a critical eye at Richard's "accepted" date of birth and supposed parents. Another post will follow around
June 10. I've also updated the the other posts on that North Carolina
Kin for clarity.
I have added a nice batch of early deeds, wills, and court minutes records for North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee, the fruits of a search to learn more about the William Slaven/Esleven/etc. family of Rowan County, North Carolina, and if/how the Richard Harve Slaven/Slavey, John Slavin of Garrard County, Kentucky, and Robert Slaven of Georgia/Indiana families connect. Work is continuing. Find links to the new and updated record pages on the Courthouse page. Update: I've also added a few deeds to the Arkansas page; I suspect these gentlemen are the Rowan County, North Carolina to Georgia to Indiana line. I've also added some Kentucky marriages. A little update......to the missive below: Upgrades to the "Big Y-700" test have been ordered for a descendant of Richard Harve Slaven, John Slavin of Garrard County, Robert Slaven of Georgia/Indiana, and John Slaven of County Tyrone. Results for the descendants of the two Johns are in, and the Richard descendant's results should be here any day. I'll keep giving progress reports! Further update: Through analysis of will, deed, court, and other records, I had created a working theory as to the parents of Richard Harve Slaven and of other connections in the Rowan/Iredell County family. I have found a tree on Ancestry that has those same connections; I've exchanged emails with the tree owner and confirmed that the birth/marriage/death information come from a family Bible. Upcoming:
Attention descendants of John Slavin of Rowin Co., NC/Garrard Co., KY, and of Robert Slaven of Georgia/Gibson Co., IN, and Richard Harve Slaven of Tennessee. Y-DNA testing indicates that these families are connected, possibly through William and Isabell (Luckey) Slaven of Rowin Co., NC. Let's look hard for autosomal DNA connections between the families with the Ancestry DNA test. The connection between families would be far enough back that many descendants of these family lines won't show a connection simply because so little Slaven DNA has been passed down that it can't be differentiated from random matching segments. But if enough descendants have tested (and the families truly are related) we may find matches. For example, I have many matches with descendants of Isaiah Slavens's brothers and sisters; our common ancestors (John and Elizabeth (Stuart) Slaven) would be contemporaneous with the common ancestor of the Richard/John/Robert families. If you are a descendant of one of these family lines and have done the AncestryDNA test: Set up a family tree at Ancestry and attach it to the DNA results. (You do not have to have an Ancestry subscription to post a tree.) It doesn't have to be a detailed tree or trace back all your family lines; getting it back to your Slaven/Slavin/Slavey ancestors is sufficient. Make the tree public, or searchable if private, so that we can find you as we search for DNA matches. While not necessary, dropping me a line with your Ancestry ID will also help in identifying matches. PLEASE send me this info if you don't have the time to make a tree, or have one that is private and unsearchable, but still want to help. If you're a descendant of one of these families and haven't yet been tested, or have tested elsewhere, consider testing at Ancestry. The more descendants that have tested, the more likely we are of finding DNA matches if the families are connected. If you have questions or suggestions, email me! Here's a nice blog with instructions on how to download your autosomal DNA data from each of the major companies and upload it elsewhere, such as to GEDmatch. Descendants of Richard Harve Slaven/Slavey might be interested in this newspaper story about hiking in the No Business area. Attention Richard Harve Slaven descendants. The Oneida (Tennessee) Independent Herald had a nice story on the (former) No Business community, and Richard Harve Slaven and a few of his descendants. It's probably not news to family who still live in the Big South Fork area, but it appears to be a good overview for the general public. You can find it here. A quick scan of used book sites don't come up with any copies of Dusty Bits of the Forgotten Past, which is mentioned in the story. About this site
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