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When researching this family the researcher must also look for references under
other spelling variations, notably Stiles & Stits. To quote Edmund J. James
in 1897 (see 1.) :- There are many pedigrees on the Stites line available mainly on the Internet. These pedigrees have extensive details on the American line back into the 1600's and thence back into England and Western Europe (France, Germany, Holland). These pedigrees need to be checked and properly verified against source documentation. Some claim to go back to Charlemagne and can never be reliably proven or researched. However they do make very interesting reading of the exploits and history of people (family or not) in the past. However the American history of the Stites family have been reliably researched by many people with many articles being published. Some of note include :- 1.
"The Stites Family" by Edmund J. James.
New York Genealogical & Bibliographical Society Record, Vol XXVIII (July
1897), 165-166; (Oct 1897), 237-239; Vol XXIX (Apr 1898), 93-98. Also
"Genealogies Long Island Families Vol II by the same. Other
references appear in my web pages for specific events or notes on the page of
the person concerned. |