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this ancestry.com thing is amazing. Only 15 minutes in and I'm back to 1704 on my father's side.

Posted by CQ (aka CQ) Feb 8 '10, 10:06

Interesting names I've come across with my same last name

Andrew Jackson B.
Stonewall Jackson B.
George Washington B.
Robert E. Lee B.

I'm guessing we were southerners.

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I'm reluctant to get into something like this... I'd rather keep working to get rich and famous myself, and if that works, some secretary can look - Facto Feb 8, 10:18
I need to do this one of these days - znufrii Feb 8, 10:12 4
- they may not be referenced, but i almost guarantee someone has entered the data. -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 10:14 3
  - I'd be more interested to find out info on the other branches of my family, which are much less documented. - znufrii Feb 8, 10:16 2
    - you can do a two week free trial -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 10:23 1
      - I just might, can't do it while I'm here at work, though... -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 10:24
everyone's Famous - lafarrow Feb 8, 10:11 4
- I was just saying that those are the first and middle names and have my last name, not that i'm related to those exact individuals -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 10:16 1
  - that's pretty neat... -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 10:17
- oh, i have servants, waitresses, and whole lot of farmers. -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 10:14
- I'm sure we have plenty of those in our family tree -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 10:12
oh sure, I talk it up for years, and then some hot blonde canadian comes along and everyone is all 'oooh blah blah blah blah giggity' - Max Feb 8, 10:09 3
- Most of us are terrified it might tell us we are related to you. I would rather not know. -- nm - Redmond Feb 8, 10:11
- who are you again? -- nm - mr. reliable Feb 8, 10:10
- well Max, she is a whole lot better looking than you -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 10:09
the most interesting part is that even for things for which no official records exist, another person may have put in the info, and you can access tha -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 10:08 2
- yeah, it's pretty cool. I knew we'd be well documented, but it's fun as hell -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 10:09 1
  - totally addictive. -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 10:09
Here's your $5. -- nm - Ancestry.com Feb 8, 10:08

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this ancestry.com thing is amazing. Only 15 minutes in and I'm back to 1704 on my father's side.

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