I need a link to a few stories about people searching for their family histories and finding out amazing things-- like that their ancestors were kings, pirates, politicians, etc.-- anything amazing, even if it's not that crazy, that came as a result of searching for one's family history/genealogy
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My cousin did our genealogy and discovered our family descended from English royalty. I don't know his name, I was young and was kind of ho-hum about it at the time but other family members were real excited about it. Sorry, no link.
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Newspapers have archives of all their past publications. You might have to go to the newspaper's main office and ask someone to help you out. Good luck with your search!
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Sir or madam, I can do this kind of search, but oddly, every search came to a dead end. I am curious about this.  I will attempt to ask someone else who is better at searching than I am and return if fruitful.  Later . . .maybe Yellowstone,  Bev Pierson?
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I don't know about that,but here in the US they have a great geneology site: familysearch.org  They also have places to research your  family history.
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You might try here. There is a link about searching home histories, but it apparently is focused on the historic.\n\nhttp://www.essexcc.gov.uk/vip8/ecc/ECCWebsite/dis/faq.jsp?channelOid=13813&guideOid=14788&oid=17353
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This is a great source... and if it's not in their database, they'll research it.\n\nGood luck
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How about trying to do a search in family trees, or just try typing the name in quotes in a search like "nevins" or "Norma nevins" is any one has done a family tree with that name you will find it.
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I particularly like "Same Sex Unions in Pre Modern Europe" by John Boswell and it would be neat to see his evidence online, perhaps in timeline form.  Gay marriage is a hot topic, and those of us who do history know that this whole "marriage has always been between a man and a woman" thing is total crap.  Plenty of societies have had, allowed, and encouraged same sex marriage, like Native American societies.  I would like to see more about that online.
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wow! that's an awesome discovery!!!!\n\n\nthanks a lot for the links.\n\npeace.
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with my father passing away Oct. 05 - once the obituary was posted in the newspaper - I was able to get and keep a guest book for him online, but in the mean time able to look up many other obits. www.legacy.com is the easy way to locate obituary/old & new - some you may have to pay for
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I hear storys about people finding all kinds of old and cool stuff on E-bay.  Try a search I bet you're find something that you're looking for.
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Try clicking on the site below.  It has all sorts of different stories written by fans of various authors such as Stephen King, J. K. Rowling, etc.  Some of it is good and some is horrible; however, there's tons and tons of it.
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I have been told these site are good and to ask the Mormon church research people questions..I have not done this as of yet..\nmost local and main libraries have this type of information for you to look up..( a lot of work..but free) and at theses libraries..there are usually volunteers all willing to help you out and get you going on your search..plus if you get stuck or need more help..they are there to help and teach you...and some libraries have a type of school to teach you what and where to look for this info..\nGOOD LUCK\nlet me know..\nsmile\nand GOD BLESS\n\nhttp://www.searchforancestors.com/mormongenealogy.html\n\nhttp://www.genealogysearch.4t.com/genealogy_search/morman_genealogy_search.htm\n\nhttp://www.ancestralfindings.com/
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I have been looking for my half brothers and sisters for 4 yrs. I live in Ca, and last I knew they did too. Ultimately, after searching many 'people-finder' websites, some I even paid for, I got an address from my grandfather in Pennsylvania. Who knew? Anyway, best ( and cheapest ) way to find a long-lost relative is to get a hold of a relative that you both might have contact with.
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Google people you know.  Sometimes you find out interesting things.
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I'll check my family tree maker site,but are they from the U. S.? I will come back and edit,but may need more info.There are a lot of Carney's across the US. I would suggest you go to superpages.com and then click on people pages and follow the prompts from there.  Good luck!\nZoya.
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