Franklin Union I

Forest Library, Forest, Bedford, Virginia
15583 Forest Road, Forest, Virginia 24551, 434-525-1817
1-4 PM, Saturday, 10 November 2007

Franklin Union IV

Purpose of Franklin Union I

The purpose of this meeting is for members of Franklin families, that have been in Virginia in any time period, to come together to learn about the genealogy of their Franklin family and to share family genealogical information.

There are many unrelated Franklin families that have been in Virginia from colonial days to the present .Collecting data on all Franklin families helps to gain knowledge about which Franklins are related. L. David Roper, a retired physics professor at Virginia Tech, has been collecting data for all Franklin families for ~45 years, since his mother is a Franklin whose ancestors came from Amherst County. He regularly helps other Franklin family members learn more about their Franklin ancestry and cousins.

Agenda

If you have genealogical data about your Franklin family, please bring it to share with others.

The organizers of this meeting are L. David Roper of Blacksburg, Virginia, Rodney A. Franklin of Moneta, Virginia and Mildred V. Franklin of Amherst, Virginia. For more information contact L. David Roper (roperld@vt.edu). It is being held in Forest, Virginia because there is a high density of Franklins in the several counties surrounding Forest. The meeting is called a “Franklin Union” because most people there may have never met each other.

Please contact David Roper (roperld@vt.edu) if you plan to be at the meeting. It would be helpful if you would send genealogical data for your Franklin family to him several weeks before the meeting, so that he can incorporate your Franklin family's data in the presentation.

Location

Forest Library, Forest, Bedford, Virginia:

Attendees (some with spouses):

Unless otherwise indicated above all attendees descend from Lawrence Franklin (b c1695 Albemarle Co. VA, d c1800 Anson Co. NC) and Martha Mathis (b 1684 Essex Co. VA, d c1720 Essex Co. VA)

Franklin Male-Lines Surname Project

There is a Franklin male-lines Y-chromosome project to help determine which males with surname Franklin are related to each other. The web page for the project is http://www.roperld.com/FranklinGenetics.htm.

Several Y-chromosome test kits will be at the Franklin Union I meeting, in case a male with surname Franklin at the meeting wishes to join the project.

There is a fund for the Franklin male-lines Y-chromosome project that anyone can contribute to at http://www.familytreedna.com/contribution.html. One just has to type in the Franklin name on the Surname Project line. This fund helps pay for Franklin Y-chromosome tests for those who cannot afford to pay for it.