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Where To Find ’Em 2022 NEWS 2021 NEWS 2020 NEWS 2019 NEWS 2018 NEWS 2017 NEWS 2016 NEWS 2015 NEWS 2014 NEWS 2013 NEWS 2012 NEWS 2011 NEWS 2010 NEWS 2009 NEWS _________ _________ Additional LINKS History of NC Counties CARS Catawba Station Township Catawba Elementary & High School Cemeteries The CIVIL WAR DNA 1 Testing (Male DNA) DNA 2 Testing (Autosomal DNA) Additional Family SURNAMES Genealogy HUMOR Goble Locations ILLNESSES Covid-19 Dysentery Measles Pneumonia Polio Spanish Flu Typhoid Fever Virus Johnson Locations Loftin Locations Loftin Name Origins (Before 1600) PHOTO LINKS Recent UPDATES The "ROYAL" Lineage Setzer Locations Slavery Twins WHERE TO FIND ’EM PAGE ________ CHURCHES & Cemeteries Bethlehem Methodist Catawba, NC Center Methodist Catawba, NC Mathis Chapel Baptist Catawba, NC ____________ GENEALOGY LINE FAMILY NAMES LOFTIN: Beatty Corzine Cranford Fisher Givens Harwell Kaiser Lanier Lomax McCorkle Rudisill Sherrill Upright Washington Work SETZER: Aderholdt Barringer Bovey Bushart Deal Heavner Herman Ikert Miller Motz Rankin Witherspoon GOBLE: Babst/Bobst Douglas Faber Fink Fulbright Hefner Meinhert Miller Muller Pabst/Bobst Robinson JOHNSON: Corzine Fink Hamilton Kaiser Leslie Lewis Moore Sherrill Upright Wilkinson ____________ Additional Family SURNAMES ____________ Loftin Family Descendancies Alonzo Lester Loftin (1867-1937) Eldridge Edward Loftin (1782-1842) James Loftin (1768-1836) James Franklin Loftin (1827-1864) Leonard Loftin (Before 1610) Sam William Loftin (1918-1979) Thomas Loftin (1798-1860) William Alexander Loftin (1851-1939) Just LOFTINS The Loftin Family Genealogy Website Psalm 45:17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Deuteronomy 30:6 The LORD your God will change your heart and the hearts of all your descendants so that you will love Him with all your heart and soul and so you may live! Proverbs 17:6 Children’s children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children are their fathers. The Latest News If you’re a "regular" to our FAMILY GENEALOGY WEBSITE , be sure to check out the 2021 NEWS page. Each month as I add new pages or update information and photos on the various individual pages, I add a link to those changes on the NEWS page. I also include information on the NEWS page about Deaths In The Family. Be sure to check it out - as well as the previous years - here’s 2018 NEWS . Who Are They? Who doesn’t like great photos? I certainly do. I’ve created a page on the Loftin Family Genealogy Website that I’m calling "Who Are They?" . On this page, I will be displaying photos that I’ve gotten from cousins in my LOFTIN and GOBLE lineages - but they might just be photos from our other family lines such as Cranford , Beatty , Lomax , Douglas , Miller and so on. These same cousins inherited these photos from their parents and grandparents but unfortunately they have no idea the people in the photos are. I’d like to ask you to take a look at the new web page, look at the photos, look at the houses and backgrounds, and see if there is anyone you recognize. Then, if you do, email me. There are some really great photos that deserve a home, but that won’t happen if they can’t be identified. Here are a few samples. The 3 on the left came from a Goble cousin - the 3 on the right came from a Loftin cousin. Thanks for your help. DNA Test In the Fall of 2006, I ( Curtis Loftin ) took my first DNA test with Family Tree DNA and I upgraded the test on several occasions. Male DNA passes down from Grandfather, to Father, to Son, to Grandson, and so on, virtually unchanged from generation to generation. Over the years, Family Tree DNA continues to send me updated information and thus far I have matched male DNA from all over the world. The most significant matches were the "Loftins" that I connected to in other parts of the US - which also showed that our Loftin male DNA has not changed over the years. That was good to know because it showed that we were indeed "Loftins" and not some illegitimate lineage we knew nothing about. To find out more about this first DNA test, CLICK HERE . In January of 2016, I took my second DNA test - this time with Ancestry.com . Unlike the Male-DNA-Test that I took with Family Free DNA, this test used the Autosomal part of my DNA and tests for "Ethnicity". Since the first Loftin to the US (Leonard Loftin) sailed from Kent, England before 1636, it has long been believed that our ethnicity was English. When the results of my DNA test came back, it confirmed that 64% of my DNA was England, Wales & Northwest Europe. The other parts of my ancestry were 19% Germanic Europe and 17% Ireland & Scotland . The results of this test changed several times with the most current results in Oct 2019. In February of 2016, I decided to have Mom ( Willie Goble Loftin ) tested at Ancestry.com, too. This test is valid for everyone who descends from Martin Luther Goble and Beulah Vernesta Johnson since Mom carries their DNA. As it turns out, Mom was 75% England, Wales & Northwest Europe . She is also 19% Ireland & Scotland . We know that there is a Scottish connections since we have names in our lineage like Douglas , Hamilton , Johnson , Leslie and Lewis . We also learned that she had 2% Germanic Europe ancestry. The most surprising part of her test revealed that she was 3% Swedish . To find out more about Mom’s Autosomal DNA Test, CLICK HERE , and scroll down the page until you find her portion of information. We also decided to have my wife, Carolyn Weeks Loftin , tested at Ancestry.com. As it turns out, Carolyn is 96% England, Wales & Northwest Europe ancestry with a 2% ethnicity from Ireland & Scotland and 2% French ancestry. To find the other parts of her ethnicity, CLICK HERE . This test would be valid for anyone who descends from Albert Sidney Weeks and Viola Eason Weeks - including our children, grandchildren, Carolyn’s brother, niece & nephew, and their children. Loftin Descendancy Pages The main descendancy page for the Loftin family on The Family Genealogy Website is called The Loftin Family Descendancy but there are also smaller pages with fewer names going through specific patriarchs of the Loftin Family. If you discover that your name or our family has been left out, email me with the information and I’ll be glad to add it. The various Loftin descendancy pages are: Loftin Descendancy Pages Name of Page Birth & Death Spouse Link Alonzo Lester Loftin Descendancy (1876 - 1937) 1. Cornelia Estelle Lowrance 2. Ida Lillian Setzer Click Here Eldridge Edward Loftin Descendancy (1782 - 1842) Mary Sherrill Click Here James Loftin Descendancy (1768 - 1836) Susannah Sherrill Click Here James Franklin Loftin Descendancy (1827 - 1864) Frances Elizabeth Fisher Click Here Sam William Loftin Descendancy (1918 - 1979) Willie Aleen Goble Click Here Thomas Loftin Descendancy (1798 - 1860) Sally Lavina Beatty Click Here William Alexander Loftin Descendancy (1851 - 1939) Laura Rossie Cranford Click Here The Loftin Family Descendancy 14 Generations Are you listed? Click Here 6 Generations of Loftin Men All except for Alonzo carry the name "William" (Left to Right) William Alexander Loftin, Alonzo Lester Loftin, Sam William Loftin, William Ray Loftin, William Ray Loftin Jr. and Nicholas William Loftin My Own Personal Quest into Our Family Ancestry I knew nothing about my family genealogy beyond my grandparents names before I began this study in September 2006. Researching my family history became one of the most exciting, interesting and consuming hobbies I’ve ever had. Researching them gave me a deeper look into their lives and a connection with previous generations of ancestors that I would never have the privilege of meeting. I got to know them and felt connected to them. As time passed I visited relatives, churches and cemeteries - spent hours in the genealogy department at the Catawba County Library as well as browsing through Ancestry.com and Roots Web - spent additional hours researching marriage...