my surname is lay which comes from mclay. my like great great grandfather i think was an orphan and i knwo nothing about my history past him. i would like to learn. also any information on the surnames lay or mclay would be handy.
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he's an exotic dancer in guatemala!
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That is a fairly common name.  Could you please provide more specifics?  Check out this link. http://phone.people.yahoo.com/py/lg:us/lc:us/psPhoneSearch.py?FirstName=Robert&LastName=Mccauley&Business=&City=&State=&PostalCode=&srch=bas&total=181&index=1
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Try Ancestry.com or Rootsweb.com and enter your family name.  If someone has already posted a family tree it will display it for you.  Ancestry.com charges a fee for more in depth searches but some areas are free.  And Rootsweb.com has more free searches but will sometimes boot you right back over to Ancestry.com.  Or try typing your family name along with 'genealogy' or 'family tree' behind it into your search engine...that will sometimes display some existing family tree where someone else has done the investigating.  Happy hunting to you.
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I feel sorry to say this, but no one who isn't biologically related to you can even guess at your heritage.\n\nDo your adoptive parents have knowledge of who your biological parents (or any blood relative) are/were? \n\nI don't know if you are old enough to do this or not, but when/if you are, their are agencies, etc. who will try to find out the who, what, where, when, about your biological parents.  \n\nMany people of European descent have your qualities (not only Germans and Scandanavians).  I've known a couple of Jewish and Italian people with very light features.\n\nYour breast and butt size don't mean squat - as far as what country you're descended from.  That would be heredity.\n\nI do hope that you are able to find your heritage (at least some names of relatives).  It's possible that adult relatives are looking for you.  Good luck, and have faith.
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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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hey, i'm a stevenson! i don't have a clue about what you are talking about with royalty..however, i would like my stipend too...and i suppose a title so i can prove it's owed to me, also...i'm into genealogy and i did some famdamily history on stevenson..and i actually found living relatives who also do tree limb leaves...who are realted to me by stevenson..if you'd like i can get you his name and you can see if you are realted to him, me and robert louis stevenson...i also found 5000 plus other names that were related!
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i do not know them, but i think yuo should try familyfinder.com or some link around that catagory. Good luck i hope you find them..
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Yahoo Answers has a Genealogy category under "Arts & Humanities". Half of the questions there are inane. Most of the rest are either "What is the meaning of the {xyz} surname?" or "How do I find my family tree?".\n\nYou can't find your family tree without spending a month or two at it, unless you get REAL lucky. (For instance, an aunt has spent 30 years at it and has you in her tree.)\n\nYahoo! itself doesn't have any genealogy data.\n\nThe resolved Q in the Genealogy category have some links that will get you started, if you are still interested.
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I need to know the exact names of your parents and your grandparents and your great grandparents to search for them.\n\nI also need to know the names of all the brothers and sisters of your parents and grandparents and great grandparents.
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WELL, GO TO SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH  INDEX FIRST AND SEE IF THEIR STILL LIVING IF YOU HAVE  A NAME THAT IS.\n  WAS HE ADOPTED? ARE THE RECORDS SEALED?
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Here is a good list of Jewish surnames and what biblical name that are derived from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_surnames\n\nI also find it interesting, doesn't mean that I'm racist either. Jewish history and culture are fascinating and teach us valuable lessons.
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Gosh that name sounds familier. Seriously...send me as much as you know. \nkribble2002@yahoo.com
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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 will check and get back to you as soon as possible.\n\nOK,I checked on my ancestry site and this is what I found out for you:\n\nMost Burkhardt families came to the US from Germany.\n\nThe top occupation for Buirkhardt in 1880 was a farmer.\n\nBerkhardt is a German variant of Burkhart. It is German and Dutch in origin.\n\nPersonal name Burkhard,composed of the element,Burg,meaning "Fort","Castle" and Hard, meaning, "Hardy","Brave","Strong".\n\nHope this helps you. There are many Burkhardt family trees in One World Tree on Family Tree Maker.
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1st name is originally Roman\nmiddle name is Greek in origin\nfamily name is Scots in origin\n\nnever thought about liking it or not, so I suppose i must
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Yes i would equally be curious because there's one part of the puzzle missing.  I would pursue this and get as much backing as possible. If you have a really good friend, ask her if she would like to help.  That way if you dont find him you have a close friend to turn to.  If your Mum at least knows his name that's a start.  the look in the births marriages and deaths register for more info.\n\nYou can find him if your Mum is helpful enough to give his name - then go from there.  It wont be easy and i dont envy you in the least but i think it's a good thing wanting to know the other half of where u came from.\n\nGood luck
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go to myheritage.com that site should help. \n\nthere is also ancestry.com but you have to pay for that I think.