The Troutman Family of North Carolina

A Genealogy from 1690 to 1850 with some records up to 1900

Descending Jacob's Ladder

Thomas L. Troutman is currently developing the new "Descending Jacob's Ladder" site at this link: http://troutmangenealogy.homestead.com.

DJL Code Explanation

Note that beginning with Jacob Troutman (1767), I provide the code used to identify his descendents in Descending Jacob's Ladder, which I abbreviate as the "DJL Code".

The DJL Codes can be used to find people in Descending Jacob's Ladder.

• Generation 1 - Jacob Troutman (1767) - [DJL Code: a]
• Generation 2 - The children of Jacob Troutman (1767) - [DJL Code: aa thru DJL Code: ah]
• Generation 3 - The grandchildren of Jacob Troutman (1767) - broken into three sections -
  • [DJL Code: aaa thru DJL Code: acf]
  • [DJL Code: ada thru DJL Code: ads]
  • [DJL Code: afa thru DJL Code: ahb]
• Generation 4 - The greatgrandchildren of Jacob Troutman (1767) - broken into four sections -
  • [DJL Code: aaaa thru DJL Code: aafb]
  • [DJL Code: aaga thru DJL Code: acfb]
  • [DJL Code: adba thru DJL Code: adli]
  • [DJL Code: adma thru DJL Code: ahbe]

Only the first four generations of Descending Jacob's Ladder are online, but the book covers several more generations. I do not currently own a copy of the book.