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I am now willing to agree with you both that it is more likely that James Livingston was a Scot than a German. With the information you've both provided, I can believe it. First, assuming James did not Americanize his name, it is a name found more in the British Isles than in Germany, where it would...

Hi Roberta, Glad to hear from you! I also saw this connection on Ancestry in a few trees. That is what got me back into researching our Livingstons again. Do you know if there are any source records or books to support this? Not that I don't believe it. I just want to be sure as is reasonably possib...

Hi Donald, Thank you for your reply. Although I have seen references to Palatine Germans, I somehow missed the historical reference and what it was. And so I spent some time this morning getting at least a surface education on the topic. I thank you for bringing that to light! I would agree now that...

Greetings Roberta! I am also working on my NY Livingston line which appears to go back to the same James Livingston being discussed in this post. Unlike you, I do not have any solid family stories to substantiate any research that I have completed. My grandmother didn’t like to talk about past famil...

Hi All, I am new to the forum. I have been researching my Livingston ancestry, along with all the rest, for about 15 years. My grandmother was a Livingston and grew up in Afton, NY. I have not seen reliable proof yet to go beyond James and hoping to discover new facts to get me there. I believe this...