Articles by Francis M. Smith “Eleanor Lexington” – Frank Allaben Genealogical Company
by Laura Stolk
There are over 650 articles in several newspapers from about 1908 to 1938, each focusing on a particular surname. These are wonderful surname sketches that give in-depth family histories that often include family crests. Check below to see if your surname is listed!
They are all written by “Frances M. Smith (Eleanor Lexington)”. The early articles reference “The Frank Allaben Genealogical Company”. The information found for that company can be found here.
I have been chronicling and clipping the articles and they are listed alphabetically below. Click on the link for any surname listed to be taken to the original publication. Check back periodically to see updates to the list.
| Surname | Publication Date | Source |
| Advertisement | 6/5/1921 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Andre | 10/10/1909 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Asfordby | 5/31/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Bailey | 8/30/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Baker | 4/14/1935 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Baldwin | 8/30/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Baldwin .2 | 9/18/1927 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Ball | 7/29/1934 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Bancroft | 8/30/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Barclay | 1/27/1935 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Barker | 5/31/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Barton | 8/13/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Bassett | 3/25/1934 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Battelle | 2/13/1910 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Battelle .2 | 10/28/1923 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Bayard | 9/1/1932 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Bell | 9/1/1935 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Beresford | 6/28/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Bland | 8/30/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Bowie | 4/22/1934 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Branch | 5/31/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Brooks | 10/29/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Burton | 6/14/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Cabell | 1/8/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Childs | 8/30/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Christmas | 1/1/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Colton | 9/22/1935 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Corbin | 9/16/1923 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Cunningham | 3/1/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Dabney | 8/28/1932 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Davis | 11/6/1910 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| De Rapalle | 3/15/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| De Rapalle 2 | 3/8/1931 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Douglas | 5/17/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Downing | 9/6/1908 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Draper | 7/12/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| English | 11/16/1930 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Evans | 1/17/1909 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Fitch | 4/4/1909 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Fitz Walter | 3/1/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Flournoy | 8/26/1923 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Fox | 8/26/1923 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Frank Alleben Geneological Company | 10/10/1909 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Franklin | 7/30/1911 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Franklin | 8/26/1923 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Glenn | 12/15/1929 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Griffith | 11/22/1908 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Hall | 10/14/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Habersham | 10/3/1909 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Hayes | 9/27/1908 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Heiskell | 10/14/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Holmes | 9/13/1908 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Hooker | 10/24/1926 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Houston | 10/14/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Izard | 8/26/1923 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Jessup | 3/2/1930 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Johnston | 3/1/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| King | 3/15/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Lamprey | 1/11/1914 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Langton | 4/26/1931 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Lansing | 5/17/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Lawrence | 1/9/1910 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Lawson | 10/16/1932 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Lawson .2 | 9/16/1923 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Lockhart | 5/17/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Loomis | 9/16/1923 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Lynch | 12/19/1909 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Mann | 11/19/1911 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Martin | 9/16/1934 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| McCarthy | 5/1/1932 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| McCormick | 5/17/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Meacham | 5/31/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Mead | 10/22/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Needham | 7/12/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Neville | 9/18/1927 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Orr | 10/24/1926 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Page | 11/24/1912 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Park | 6/13/1920 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Parker | 6/14/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Parker | 10/24/1936 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Parsons | 9/22/1935 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Peabody | 1/12/1930 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Peern | 6/28/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Perry | 10/24/1926 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Pierce | 5/31/1931 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Pleasants | 8/30/1931 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Polk | 11/19/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Pope | 6/28/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Popham | 6/26/1932 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Prescott | 9/18/1927 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Price | 4/9/1909 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Putnam | 2/27/1910 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Raplage | 3/8/1931 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Read | 8/6/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Reyngout | 9/2/1934 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Richardson | 10/14/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Ringo | 9/2/1934 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Robert | 5/24/1908 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Roguefeuil | 3/15/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Salisbury | 3/1/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Sands | 10/22/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Savage | 7/12/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Seymour | 11/11/1934 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Sharp | 6/18/1911 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Signers of Declaration of Independence | 11/15/1931 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Simpson | 3/9/1924 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Sinclair | 10/28/1923 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Soskins | 9/18/1927 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Spelman | 6/28/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Spooner | 9/1/1935 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| St. John | 2/15/1931 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Stark | 3/31/1912 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Stokes | 1/17/1909 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Sutton | 12/5/1909 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Swan or Swann | 8/29/1926 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Talcott | 3/17/1935 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| The Battle of Point Pleasant | 1/29/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Thorton | 3/25/1934 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Tompkins | 9/25/1932 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Trotter | 6/11/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Underhill | 4/19/1931 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Valentine | 10/28/1923 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Vance | 10/28/1923 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Verrers | 9/16/1923 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Wade | 5/21/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Ward | 3/18/1934 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Washington | 6/14/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Washington-Butler | 6/14/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Wheeler | 3/15/1925 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| White | 2/4/1934 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Willett | 11/18/1934 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Woodhouse | 12/3/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Woodward | 2/12/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Wright | 3/10/1935 | Cincinnati Enquirer |
| Yuille or Yewell | 1/1/1933 | Cincinnati Enquirer |