(International Standard Serial Number) ISSN 1532-0340


McAninch Family History Newsletter

Volume XXIII, Number 1, April 30, 2015


A clearinghouse for McAninch and related surnames [McAninch, McIninch, McNinch (-sh)]

Quarterly (1993-2013), semi-annually (2014-present). Articles solicited, Queries accepted.



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Early William McAninch's in Kentucky and Tennessee

Page 2015-02

(nine different William McAninch's in early Kentucky and Tennessee)




Early McAninch's in Iowa, on Federal and State Census Records

Page 2015-05

before the Civil War (Samuel James McAninch and William McAninch)


Early McAninch Pioneers in Iowa

Whittled out of the massive 1803 Louisiana Purchase, Iowa became our 29th state in 1846,

and the first two McAninch families (Samuel James McAninch and William McAninch) arrived

in Iowa only a few years later (circa 1849). The combination of the Iowa state census records

(1851, 1852, 1854, and 1856), along with the Federal 1850 and 1860 records, can be used to

trace these two families through Iowa before the Civil War.


Lunar New Year

In the Chinese lunar calendar, 2015 is the Year of the (Earth, Yin) Sheep / Goat / Ram, which

started on 19 Feb. 2015 (Lunar New Year / Spring Festival) and will run through 7 Feb. 2016.


Groundhog Day

On Groundhog Day, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, Punxsutawney Phil in Jefferson County, Penn.,

came out of his burrow and saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of cold winter weather.


This McAninch Family History Newsletter is Published by Frank and Jan (Mauk) McAninch

17531 Montbury Circle, Huntington Beach, California 92649-4823    Telephone: 714-846-5134

email: frank[at]mcaninch.net, frankmcaninch[at]alumni.uci.edu, mcaninch92649[at]verizon.net


McAninch Family History NL v.XXIII n.1 / April 2015 / Copyright Frank McAninch / pg.2015-01

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