"Cobb and Cobbs"

"Cobb and Cobbs"

Welcome to the "Cobb and Cobbs" surname research website, a central meeting place for anyone researching a Cobb genealogical connection. You will find here more than just another long list of links to other websites...or just another massive collection of disjointed and uncoordinated GED files. Our goal is to place here a single, organized, consolidated, and well-documented database on each of the "Cobb and Cobbs" family lines that have immigrated to North America. We believe that an organized and centralized location for the collection of surname Cobb files will not only improve everyone's accuracy, but also significantly enhance the ease and convenience of internet research. You are encouraged to search these files for your own use. All we ask is that you share your own research data with others in return, by submitting it to the appropriate File Manager listed at the bottom of this page.

The website README file contains important and useful information. Please take a moment to read it.

DNA Analysis

The COBB DNA PROJECT sponsored by Ancestry.com is now in its seventh year; and has virtually revolutionized research of the surname Cobb and its variations. There are now more than 300 DNA samples on file. The results have been astounding.

It has now been clearly shown that unless one is fortunate enough to have an unbroken chain of PRIME SOURCE DOCUMENTATION, it is not possible to be really sure of anything without a DNA analysis. A number of people who have been working their ancestry for a long period of years have been shocked to learn they were looking up the wrong tree.

Yes, DNA testing can be expensive; about $200. But depending on circumstances (at least partial) funding may be available. And think of all the time and money you could be wasting pursuing a lineage that isn’t even yours.

And since money is involved, a word of 'consumer caution' would be appropriate here. There are several companies offering DNA tests, and several websites recommending one or another of these tests. "Cobb and Cobbs" recommends ONLY the Ancestry. com test. The integrity of the company and the level of customer service has met all expectations over the years.

The only requirement is that the submitter be a biologic male Cobb. The test does not involve any needles. No blood is required. It’s a simple matter of rubbing a cotton swab around the inside of the mouth for a minute. Send in the swab and the results come back in about two weeks. That’s it.

The project coordinators are Robert Stricklin and Betty Harris. You are the one being cheated if you do not participate in the project. Go to Ancestry.com and click on the DNA tab at the top of the page.

Contact Robert at rstrickl@q.com

Contact Betty at betty@bettyaharris.com

Website Table of Contents:

Next scheduled update: Summer 2011

Please remember...

#1: There is no master index of surnames or individuals. Each family line has its own index.

#2: Contact the appropriate File Manager with your questions, corrections, and additions.

#3: If you have any difficulty linking between the various files, email Website Mechanic immediately. Since there are more than 20000 separate files in this website, please be as specific as you can as to which file could not be linked to/from, the individual's name, etc.

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The Cobb Archives

Organized by state, a collection of census reports, cemetery transcriptions, military indices, marriage records, and various legal documents.

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DNA Analysis proves the following Cobb families are

NOT RELATED

The Cobbs of Kent and the Descendants of Ambrose Cobbs of Virginia     Click here for a Hoax Alert

File Manager Mike Cobb

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Descendants of Henry Cobb of Barnstable, Massachusetts   Click here for a Hoax Alert

File Manager Paul Cobb

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Descendants of Thomas Cobb of Boston, Massachusetts

File Manager Paul Cobb

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The Cobb Families of Isle of Wight County, Virginia

File Manager Betty Atkinson

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Descendants of Morgan Cobb of County Dorset, England and New Jersey

File Manager Lyn Brudnicki

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The orphan Cobb Families of Georgia and the Southeastern US

File Manager Betty Atkinson

This is a grouping of eight families who DNA analysis has established as being related. However, the common ancestor they shared is not yet identified.

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Descendants of Thomas Cobb of Nova Scotia and New England

File Manager Loren Cobb

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Descendants of Jasper Edward Cobb

File Manager Robert Cobb

This is the ancestral line of Ty Cobb the famous Baseball player.

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SPECIAL REPORTS

(Multiple Cobb families in the same geographic area simultaneously)

The Cobbs of Madison County, Alabama

The Cobbs of Fannin County, Texas

The Cobbs of Northwest Tennessee

The Cobbs of Western Kentucky

The Cobbs of Fayette County, Tennessee

The Cobbs of Southeast Tennessee

The Cobbs of Lincoln County, North Carolina

The Kopp/Cobb family of Guilford County, North Carolina

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