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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 11,081 Send Message	Mike *	Report	17 Jul 2010 16:12
	Excellent post ... only hope people read and digest it. Always amazes me how many people want to find answers without spending money on certificates. Censuses are not official data. I have a Gt Grandfather who appears on the 1911 census as head of the household,... except that I have his death cert for 1910. It seems he was "written in" by his widow afraid that she would be evicted because it would have been his name that was on the rent book. Countless children are recorded on censuses who were actually stepchildren or grandchildren. "Wives" who were not married at all, etc etc. If you want to guess and assume that some information fits, you will invariable go down the wrong track.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 12,586 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	17 Jul 2010 15:51
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Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 1 Send Message	Angelina0506	Report	14 Jan 2010 04:58
	Hi There Heather, I just wanted to 'Thankyou' personally for taking the time to write theses important tips and websites out for us. It has been a huge help to me! Bless Your Cotton Sox!! Kindest Regards Angelina
	Researching: Barber, Brelih, Baldwin, Chit, Coombe, Curnuck, Grimsdale, Hann, Howard, Holtorf, Ivey, Lentel, Lorenzen, McBrain, McMillan, Mills, Milna, Quanchie, Stella, Von Senden, Watson Germany, England, Wales, Italy, Isle of Mann, Australia: Qld, NSW,W.A, S.A.
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 2,034 Send Message	Linda in the Midlands	Report	12 Jan 2010 15:59
	great advice! especially the family stories part. Have spent many an hour searching for someone who didn't exist/wasn't actually related/had a different name. You really need to buy certs too, I would have failed at the first fence if I had believed the father my nan "invented" on her marriage cert. Her birth cert proved it wrong for me
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	12 Jan 2010 15:48
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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 12,586 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	6 Jan 2010 21:13
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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 12,586 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	30 Dec 2009 20:48
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	23 Dec 2009 21:09
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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 12,586 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	19 Dec 2009 11:23
	This is so true. Spent ages look for an Uncle Ben only to discover his real name was Thomas!!!
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	18 Dec 2009 21:59
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Member Since: December 2006 Posts: 273 Send Message	Pamela	Report	16 Dec 2009 06:29
	this is great advice................found most of it out the hardway...............especially the bit about family stories !!!!
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 12,586 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	15 Dec 2009 21:17
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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 7,431 Send Message	rootgatherer	Report	14 Dec 2009 16:09
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Member Since: August 2009 Posts: 4,576 Send Message	Freewheel	Report	13 Dec 2009 13:53
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Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 11 Send Message	Susanne	Report	8 Dec 2009 12:00
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 11 Send Message	Noted - many thanks for the sound advice, which I will follow. ...wish the searches on BMD could be refined a bit more, tricky for a newby looking for a death. With best wishes Susanne
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 12,586 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	7 Dec 2009 14:11
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Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 4 Send Message	Angela	Report	5 Dec 2009 16:29
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 4 Send Message	Gosh - how helpful..Just one thing - do you have idea how I can find the TIME? I've been in and out of the site for years on and off but never have the time to follow through. Thanks for all the info Angela.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 12,586 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	4 Dec 2009 18:37
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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 7,431 Send Message	rootgatherer	Report	3 Dec 2009 09:12
	Good morning everyone. Just another little nudge for this good advice.

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