Researching Abby Kelley
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The name Abby means "Form of ABIGAIL - my father's joy" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Abby Kelley on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Abby Kelley and the Kelley Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kelley Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Kelley family tree.
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Kelley Family Tree Databases
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Kelley Forums
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Miscellaneous Kelley Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Abby Kelley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Abby Kelley
Abby Kelley
Abby Kelley Foster (January 15, 1811 – January 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist and radical social reformer active from the 1830s to 1870s. She became a fundraiser, lecturer and committee organizer for the influential American Anti-Slavery Society, where she worked closely with William Lloyd Garrison and other radicals. She married fellow abolitionist and lecturer Stephen Symonds Foster, and they both worked for equal rights for women and for Africans enslaved in the Americas.
Her former home of Liberty Farm in Worcester, Massachusetts has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
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