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- Four score and seven years ago...
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- Are You Just One Genealogy Search, or At Best Two Searches away from PROOF...
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Reading American English records can pose a challenge not anticipated by most genealogists–foreign words adopted directly from other languages. Case in point–French law terms and French phrases used in records and sources. Here is some easily retrieved help: Lavender, Abraham … Continue reading
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