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The following links
are provided for your convenience in locating people
researching the surnames of Sikes or Sykes.
If you have a Web
page devoted to SIKES or SYKES and would like a link
on this site, or know of any other sites, I would also
appreciate notice of any broken links you may find. Directory of Family
Associations now
contains a link to our web pages.
Select .Surname.Website has some interesting information on our Sykes family name as well as quite a few collateral lines. Don McBride has a new link for his webpage of a Sikes Family site which resides under the broad heading of California Families. This site includes quite a lot of history and the lineages of some direct descendants (through John Jones Sikes) of Richard and Phebe Sikes of Springfield, MA with links to referring pages. A very interesting and well illustrated article on this web site could help you find your Sikes or Sykes ancestors burial locations using a Global Positioning System.. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azpgs For the story click on the link to "Chasing Dead People with GPS". This
page, in addition to mentioning our website, also
has several histories of different Sikes/Sykes
families. http://www.selectsurnames.com/sykes.html
Vicky Sikes has established a Sikes web page at MyHeritage.com The oldest ancestor on the site is Jonathan Sikes, of North Carolina and Alabama, who married Mahala __________. This is a site where one can visit as a guest, or request an invitation to join. The Russell County,Virginia GenWeb pages include quite a bit of information for the Levi Sykes Cemetery. Dr. Mark Sykes is
Director of Planetary Science Institute. His web
pages are very interesting with fascinating
reading.
Maggie Blanck has
spent many hours researching her ancestors who
include Elizabeth (Sykes) Land. She has
collected records from many American and British
sources, which she shares on her extensive web
pages, The
Family of Tom Blanck and Maggie Land Blanck.
You won't want to miss photos of people and places,
as well as documents cited.
Jim Sykes of Crossville, TN proudly announces a new web site for The Sykes Families of Smith County, Tennessee. Very good Sykes site. Quite a lot of information about our New England Sikes and Sykes Ancestors and their collateral famlies is now available online at the new web pages of the Suffield Historical Society. Check out this item from the Mount Clemens, MI Public Library's web pages on Reverend Dr. Thomas G. Sykes. Patricia (Holt) Juon is an Association member who has recently developed a web site for her Juon Family. Gayle Stanley has developed a Sykes family website dedicated to the descendants of Brice and Cora Jane Sykes of Dickenson Co., VA. Wanda Sikes has posted the transcription of James Washington Sikes' family Bible to the Internet. There is a lot of really good information on this page. Dennis Taylor has created a web site devoted to his 2nd great grandfather, William Sykes. A Reluctant Immigrant is a historical novel set in the mid 19th century based on real life events throughout the lifetime of William Sykes, a convicted killer, found guilty of manslaughter, who served his sentence in and around Fremantle, Western Australia. The Sikes Adobe Farmhouse is a State Point of Historic Interest and a City of San Diego historic site that is being restored by the San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority to its period of significance. Visit this site to learn more about the restoration project and Zenas and Eliza Sikes from 1851 to 1881 Those Sikes/Sykes researchers with connections to the Bliss family of Connecticut may find this biography of Mary Bliss Parsons of interest. Tracy Walker has put up a very nice genealogy web site which includes a page of Sykes, some of whom married into families of Rose and Rushton. Brian Edgerton is an Association member whose ancestry connects to the lineage of Richard and Phebe Sikes. He has a super site devoted to the Edgerton family. Pam Bretherton has a personal web site which contains information on her mother's Sykes lineage and will soon include additional data on the John Jones Sikes line. Robert Sykes is a young man in England who has created a very interesting web page called Sykes Silly Site. While it does not contain anything of a genealogical nature, I felt his work should be recognized and encourage you to visit his pages. After all, this young man will be carrying on our family name. L.
Leigh Sykes has a web site containing a page in
memorial to his dad, Lester E.
Sykes. Mary Wrenn Ellis, has a family web page, which contains data on her North Carolina Sykes family. She has some great photos on her pages, too. The Kent Memorial Library in Suffield, CT has a page dedicated to Henry A. Sykes, noted architect. The page includes a line drawing of Henry, his signature and a photo of the front of the Second Baptist Church in Suffield. The Library of Congress web site has a section titled American Memory which contains digitized items pertaining to Sikes (3) and Sykes (41) at the present time. By selecting "Search" and entering the surname a number of highly interesting records including photos, WPA narratives, sheet music, journals and other references may be viewed. Dorothy E. Adcox is Webmaster of a site containing her Ancestral Surnames including a good Sykes page. This site was recently recognized in Dick Eastman's On Line Genealogy Newsletter. Billy Sykes is Webmaster of The Sykes Family - My Mountain Heritage which contains the history of the Sykes Families from Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina. Wilma Carroll is Webmaster of Wilma's Family Research where descendants of John Sykes are recorded. David Dorsey is Webmaster of Ancestors of David Whitt Dorsey where his Sikes ancestors are recorded along with those of many other surnames. Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, features the latest computer and genealogy related technology and current events.
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