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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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Thanks for mentioning that site. Within half an hour I was able to find info about my great grandparents from the side of the family nobody really knows anything about along with my grandfather's true name. I'll be busy researching all weekend!