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Ancestry/Genealogy

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LeftInTX

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Mon Nov 27, 2017, 12:24 AM Nov 2017

Family Search.org [View all]

I was reading a thread in this group, but I can't find it.

They recommended familysearch.org

So I plugged into on my mom's side, which is Southern/Anglo.....

The bad: I found a record that showed one of my relatives owned slaves. I was expecting it, but it still hits you, just like it does on TV. I'm sure there will be more of them down the road. (grhh)

The good: Someone did a bunch of research on this family. I've got relatives going back to 1540. A fellow by the name of Simon De Villepontoux De Jaure from Bergerac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France. (I have no idea where that it is, except that it is in France)

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