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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: November 2003 Posts: 1,461 Send Message	Judith	Report	8 Mar 2005 15:44
	My gt gt gt grandfather bequeethed ' the dividends of £1700 three per cent consolidated annuities standing in my name in the books of the Bank of England' to his wife in 1799. I've always assumed it was some sort of investment with a fixed dividend of 3% per annum.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 3,797 Send Message	Zoe	Report	8 Mar 2005 15:37
	I have a couple of wills from the 1820s and 1830s which bequeath 'one thousand pounds in the three per cents stocks and funds of the Bank of England'. I've googled and I'm no clearer - anyone explain what this means?

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