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Originally Posted by imcarthur
Bear in mind that the Mormon church is actually the data pool for any ancestry information through their familysearch.org. They have amassed a huge database of microfiche that is slowly being transcribed into a web searchable format. Birth, marriage & death records exist from censuses that have been done in much of the Western world every 10 years since 1841 - 1851. They also have church parish records that pre-date the censuses that are gradually being copied as well. All of the genealogy websites tap into this data pool.
That all said, things get pretty fuzzy any earlier than about 1800.
Ian
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I went to the geneaology library in Salt Lake City when I was a kid and had no luck finding anything other than some names we thought were relatives, but nothing concrete.