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IMFA Y-DNA Testing Candidates
By US332 Wayne J. Straight

As you know by now, as we the core cadre have continued to try to depict the state of our Mx knowledge in a variety of formats, we’ve also pushed hard to get each of you to adopt a Line (as illustrated in both our newsletter and on our Website), build a community of interest, do the research and collaboration, and let us know what additional data you have or where you think what we’ve said about a particular Line is wrong. Please take the time to look at what we’ve said about your Line today and get involved in improving the state of our knowledge about it. If you find a mistake, and I’m sure there are plenty of them, let us know. Prove us wrong, but be prepared to defend your assertions. We’re especially keen to see primary or secondary evidence that extends, corroborates or contradicts what we’ve published. The following article is yet another take on the corporate Mx data, as we know it. Read more ...

Mx Line Relational Diagram
By US332 Wayne J. Straight

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150th Anniversary
of the Start of the U.S. Civil War
by US101 Marie Mx Spearman

2011 Marks the 150th Anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. IMFA has a list of Mx Civil War Veterans at our website, which were extracted several years back from microfilm. Today these files/records can be accessed on Ancestry.com and/or Footnote.com and no doubt there may have been records missed at the time I made the extractions, and it is possible that the digital files are more complete a decade later.

US360 Peg Redfearn suggested IMFA join in recognition of the sacrifice made by our ancestors – and their families – by documenting their military service. If you have details regarding your Mx ancestor’s Civil War military service, photos or stories, please send for inclusion in MxWorld and at our website. As you may recall, US084 Kermit Bird (deceased) honoured his ancestor Joel Molyneux by publishing Joel’s Civil War diaries in Quill of the Wild Goose. We have lengthy excerpts from Quill in back issues of MxWorld. Read more ...

More Civil War Resources at Mx-World

Civil War Military Records extracted from the General Index to Pension Files view now ...

Consolidated Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers view now ...

Extracts From “Quill of the Wild Goose”
by US084 Kermit Molyneux Bird

Civil War Letters and Diaries of Pvt.Joel Molyneux, 141st Pennsylvania Volunteers. Following previous pages 4-8 with Index of Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1864, kindly sent by Marie Mx Spearman, it is perhaps appropriate to follow on with Mx related material to the Civil War in US 1861-65.

Dead & Wounded in the Civil War. 1861-1865.

Partnering Genealogists With Historians

US332 Wayne Straight and US033 Marilyn Mx Blanck, aided by Rebecca Snyder, Research Librarian and Associate Director at the Dakota County Historical Society (DCHS) in South St. Paul, Minnesota (www.dakotahistory.org) researched an erroneous 1891 newspaper article alleging Eli Mx was a murderer. See MxWorld, August 2010, Volume 25, Issue No. 1, pp. 9-13.

Rebecca wanted their story for the DCHS's publication Over the Years, where the tale has been reproduced virtually verbatim in the October 2010 issue (Volume 51 No. 3, pp. 17-21).

A great example of good research and good teamwork partnering genealogists and historians!

The International Molyneux Family Association is a forum for the exchange of genealogy and family history for people interested in the Molyneux surname (and its many variants). Our publications and online forums include our 28-page quarterly newsletter, this website, our DNA project, and our Wiki and Blog. IMFA relies on members to provide content for these media. We welcome your participation!