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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: February 2003 Posts: 1 Send Message	Jacqueline	Report	14 May 2003 07:06
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 1 Send Message	Whilst on holiday three years ago in Scotland, I visited a heraldric shop. I had my surname, Hellawell, researched. The name is a northern name, probably orginating from Lancashire. It means 'holywell'. The earliest record of the name is in the first people census of 1273, a Adam de Holywell. The spelling of Hellawell is an unsual varient of the more common Halliwell. I found it really interesting, so hope you do too. My father's family orginate from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, although they are now scattered far and wide.

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