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More Than 400 Years of London Church Records
Church records are one of our most important sources of information about the births, marriages and deaths of our ancestors. Now you can search millions of records from more than 1,000 London parishes, extending all the way back to the 1500s.
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No, my friends, I go (always other things being equal) for the man that inherits family traditions and the cumulative humanities of at least four or five generations.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
When you hear an unsubstantiated family story, write it down, but be sure to note it as a tradition or legend rather than as fact.
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Question My grandfather was adopted as an infant. How do I go about
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Once you’ve found your ancestors in the 1930 census, you’ll want to
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