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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 2007 Posts: 33 Send Message	Jean	Report	15 Mar 2010 20:56
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 33 Send Message	my family has a varied background and i was wondering if it was easier to trace a family member backwards (eg i know when my grandfather died and where he is buried and the house my mother was brought up in I also have my grandfathers and grandmother marriage cert I know where my grandfather lived in 1911 aged 16 but there are no records of him before that that i can find The family said he was a foundling but if so should he not have been registered some where

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