Diggin' for Davises

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Editor: Richard R. Dietz.

Publication in hard copy ceased with vol. 8 issue 3 (June 2002). Later issues available over the internet by subscription. Password obtained through membership.

Published: El Monte, California; Temple City, California.

Back issues available on CD-ROM.

Not yet available in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at this time. (21 Nov. 2005).

Indexes for back issues are available free on the web site.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Davis (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Some allied families came from the West Indies. In the 1600-1700s, Davis families lived in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Early progenitors include (but are not limited to): Samuel Davis I (ca. 1610-1667) of Isle of Wight County, Virginia; Jonathan Davis of Orange County, Virginia who married Lucy Gibbs in 1756; John Davis (died ca. 1799) of Edgecombe County; and Richard Davis (born ca. 1690) of Granville County, North Carolina. During the 1800s, some moved to Alabama, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, the Indian Territory of Oklahoma, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, and Vermont. Later descendants and relatives also lived in Mexico, and in Florida, Idaho, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Utah, Washington, and elsewhere. Some have African American bloodlines, and some slaves' names are included. Back issues, indexes, subscriptions, and other information is available on the editor's Web site. Some current issues are password protected, but indexes and other items are free.

Includes queries.

Includes Dafydd, Daves, David, Davidson, Davie, Davies, Davin, and other variant spellings.

Also includes Applewhaite, Deitz, Gibbs, Marshall, Pence, Shelby, and other related families.

Also includes historical and current information about the Davis Family Association (mainly for descendants of Jefferson Davis), and the Davies Surname Organization Research Center, Inc., and the John Davis of Derby, Connecticut, Association, and the James Hyrum Davis Family Organization, and the Samuel H. Davis Family Organization, and the Davis Clearning House, Inc., and the Davis Family Association or Robert Davis Descendants Association, and the Henry William Davis Family Organization.

Indexed.

Free cumulative topical indexes to the data base and some newsletter issues are available through the web link note below.

Bi-Monthly

Bimonthly (1994-1995); 7 issues (1996); bimonthly thereafter.

Some numbering and publication date inconsistencies.

CD-ROM requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.

For some topical indexes to data base and newsletter back issues, order forms, and other information, see the Web site: http://www.gwest.org/ (viewed 29 Mar 2018).

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