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From: "Lois Long Carey" <>
Subject: Re: [PACE] Frederick of Wales group - Preliminary results 113987
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:48:15 -0400
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Is Dempsey related to a Burrell Pace? I was doing a search for a Burrell
V.Pace who married a Hannah and came
across a Dempsey who had a Burrell in the household. Is this the same
Dempsey who was from the Wales family?
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From: "Janders 45" <>
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Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [PACE] Frederick of Wales group - Preliminary results 113987
> This got started over a year ago when Kim Zapalac and Darlene used census
> records to trace descendents of Dempsey P. Pace, the youngest son of
> William Pace (d. 1826) to their present location in central Alabama. A
> quick check of the Montgomery area phone book turned up several candidates
> and I think that we hit the right person on the first or second phone
> call. However, we were not able to follow through since all three of us
> live some distance away from Central Alabama.
>
> In the meantime, my sister in Alabama, Miriam Nixon, retired (almost) and
> found time amid her current consulting jobs to do some of the legwork for
> us. She contacted the donor in person, met the family, and did all that
> was necessary to get the sample sent in. Interestingly, the donor had
> seen Bruce Howard's book and thought that he descended from Richard Pace
> of Jamestown via John the Tory. Now Miriam gets to go back and tell him
> that the data shows that he is who we told him he was, rather than who he
> thought he was.
>
> The moral here is that the DNA sample that you are after can be found with
> some work and luck. As to finding a sample from the Dempsey line, there
> are lots of leads in the J.V. Pace books, "Pace, Your Family and Mine."
> Numerous male Pace descendents of Dempsey with their locations 50 or so
> years ago are listed. If we check enough phone books and dial enough
> numbers, there is a reasonable chance of finding a donor from the Dempsey
> line.
>
> Joe Anderson
>
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>> Job well done, Miriam and Joe. And I'm glad to hear you are still >
>> looking for a donor from the Dempsey line. Exciting stuff!
>
>> Bob Webb
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