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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: March 2005 Posts: 15 Send Message	muddybootz	Report	27 Oct 2009 16:03
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 15 Send Message	Dear Tabitha, Thank you so much for that wonderful explanation. It makes it all the more amazing that my relation went from poverty in rural Dorset to that status. Thank you again for your help. Jo
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 15 Send Message	muddybootz	Report	26 Oct 2009 13:25
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 15 Send Message	I have an ancestor who emigrated to the USA in the 1870's and became county commissioner of Polk county according to his tomb stone. Can anyone tell me what a county commissioner is?

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