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<DIV>LINDA: i remember that woman's name very well. when i first
started gene. many, many years ago i was told by someone supposedly in the know
that it was dumb of me to do this. all i had to do was contact the lds
family history library and they would send it all to me. found out in
quick order that just wasn't true. remember this was 35 - 40 years
ago. i also just assumed that there were so few people in oregon that i
would instantly find anyone i was looking for. i do remember believing
that one. made sense to me. i have been caught in two family gene.
that had all the sources and proofs listed at the end. one was for peter
browne of the mayflower and it seems to me the other was reynolds, but just
don't remember. the browne one was very impressive. supposedly done
by a woman i copied it word for word. then on my first trip to england i
found out none of the sources existed. i fought the idea of destroying all
that data for quite a number of years. the sources looked so good.
that was my first trip into royalty. it was very interesting but very
confusing also. i have since found a royal entry in another line and i
spent about 5-7 years following that. i also found there was a rootsweb
board about royalty and became involved with that. if any of you think
there is a lot of dissention on the board you should go to the royal
board. they seem to call each other just about every name in the
book. the most foul=mouthed bunch i have ever run across. hopefully
the list owner eventually stepped in and put a stop to it. the royal lines
are very, very confuaing since the women were hopfully all chaste but the men
had 10-15 concubines. i come down from one english line where the head of
it was a prince and very royal but he m. adivorced lady and had to give up his
hope for the throne. i am not now or ever was interested in the bunch of
throwbacks they have over there now, that pass as royals. i read anything
and everything i could find on the royal families from victoria back and i mean
back. i had a ton of books on those people but donated all of them to the
forum when i moved here. no one on that royal board could agree on
anything. i bought many, many written pedigrees over the years. i
bought one that is 4' x 6' and was put out by the mormom church in 1939.
[good year since its the year of my birth] the lds were only interested in
showing how the leaders of their church were descended from royal lines but the
chart goes back to adam and eve and was fun. somewhere around here i have
the chart for all that and although i don't believe a word of it, it was great
fun. i still have the chart on the wall showing how my bonney clan goes
back to the mayflower. while i have been invited to join the mayflower
soc. and the soc. for the crown of charlemagne, i never have. the only
thing i joined ever was SDOP and after a year my belonging to this soc. gave
out, i would still like to rejoin but can't figure out how.
ANYBODY??????</DIV>
<DIV>MY BEST ROYAL DESC. IS from edward the III, king of england and i desscend
from one of his daughters. i bought a dvd on edw. II who had all kinds of
problems and it is a piece of garbage. i think someone wrote a play about
him that made no sense. it was bloody and horrible and was like nothing i
had ever read, except for the way he was murdered. so if you are a direct
on any bonneys, the line goes back to the immigrant, thomas bonney and then thru
his wife to just about every royal house in europe. HAPPY TRAILS.</DIV>
<DIV>gary in az.</DIV>
<DIV>i had an uncle that liked to tell everyone outside and inside the family
that we traced our lines back to the horse thieves and bank robbers and then
stopped. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=LinLouVan@aol.com
href="mailto:LinLouVan@aol.com">LinLouVan@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 28, 2005 3:09
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Re:Lawsuit Against
Morphcorp for Fake Family Hist...</DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV>Again ! ! !</DIV>
<DIV>Anybody remember Beatrice Bayley, then, Halberts, then "Your Name"
Researchers?</DIV>
<DIV>This scam has been around as long as we have been doing genealogy. Each
time they</DIV>
<DIV>are found out, they move and change names and/or someone else takes over.
Isn't it sad</DIV>
<DIV>that there are opportunists out there and enough gullible people to
support them - for a </DIV>
<DIV>while?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Linda VanOrden</DIV>
<DIV>Junction City, OR</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:LinLouVan@aol.com">LinLouVan@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 11/28/05 10:29:52 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
whizinc@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My Dad received this. I don't remember
which genealogical society LCGS is. I considered buying one of these
books.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ronda Howard</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=mailto:sanders922@msn.com href="mailto:sanders922@msn.com">Alice
Sanders</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:sanders922@msn.com
href="mailto:sanders922@msn.com">sanders922@msn.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 28, 2005 8:10 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> LCGS FYI Lawsuit Against Morphcorp for Fake Family
Histories</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
class=406535714-28112005><STRONG>Bill Mahoney sends the following to
share. An FYI warning was sent out earlier about these fake
histories. It is nice to know </STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
class=406535714-28112005><STRONG>something may be done about the people
running this company. Let's wish Arapahoe County much success in
this.</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
class=406535714-28112005></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">THE FOLLOWING
IS FROM THE </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">DENVER</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
POST</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">25 Nov 2005</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">State Sues
Genealogy Company</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The suit claims 150,000 people
nationwide were swindled out of $49.95 each when they bought a book with
fake family histories from Morphcorp of Denver.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">By Manny Gonzales
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Denver</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Post
Staff Writer </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For $49.95, people who bought
genealogical "yearbooks" from a Denver-based company got the same family
coat of arms, the same family recipes and even the same family jokes,
according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And it was a lucrative scam that
swindled 150,000 people nationwide who bought into fake family histories,
according to the civil suit filed by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The suit, filed in Arapahoe
County District Court against Maxwell MacMaster and his company, Morph corp
LLC, seeks to cease the operation and penalize him up to $2,000 per book
sold, which could amount to $300 million. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"This is a guy who has been
exploiting a natural human emotion, a curiosity about our family history .
and he made a lot of money doing it," Suthers said. "People got a standard
book that really reflects no individual genealogical research. The books
come with a family (crest), but if your surname is Jones it would be the
same (crest) used if your last name was Smith." </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">MacMaster, who has residences
listed in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Denver</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kailua</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hawaii</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, was
contacted about the suit but said he had not read the specific allegations
and declined to comment. His lawyer could not be reached for comment.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Aurora</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
resident Lynette Dahl is one of 21 alleged victims in </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Colorado</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. Dahl
said her family purchased a yearbook a couple of years ago in hopes of
learning more about where she came from, but what she got was "generic."
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"They make it sound like you're
going to get all this great information, but you get it and it's generic,
fill-in-the-blanks stuff," Dahl, 42, said. "The book had a coat of arms for
my family, supposedly. But when I opened it, immediately I could tell this
was some kind of cruel joke." </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dahl said that after numerous
attempts to reach the company and after filing complaints of unfair business
practices, she finally was refunded her money from Morphcorp.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">According to the suit, MacMaster
advertised in magazines and sent out mailings offering a yearbook detailing
"2,000 years" of family history. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The suit claims MacMaster and
his then-wife made various false and misleading statements in direct-mail
advertising claiming that they shared the same last name of the consumer
targeted by the flier. The suit also alleges that Morphcorp engaged in
improper pricing practices. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The company mailed out 250,000
fliers a month, the suit claims, and targeted mostly people over the age of
60. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The books sold contained much of
the same information, including "family jokes and recipes," and family
pictures appear in each yearbook regardless of the surname of the consumer,
the suit claims. There were some variations, Suthers said. For a German
surname, the books contained the same German family recipes and jokes.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Because jokes were the same in
many of the yearbooks, some Jewish customers were offended when their
families were referenced as being Catholic, the suit claims.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It's the second time MacMaster
has gotten into hot water for an alleged genealogy scam. In 1996 he signed
an assurance as president of a company called Mountain Pacific News Service
to cease operations. Suthers hopes to prove MacMaster violated the
agreement, which would be another violation of the Colorado Consumer
Protection Act. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The attorney general has been
investigating the company for about a year, since complaints were submitted
to the Better Business Bureau. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"As these complaints roll in,
it's almost comical how this guy would try to fool people," Suthers said.
"Anyone with any sophistication almost immediately would identify the
yearbook as boilerplate." </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Staff writer Manny Gonzales can
be reached at 303-820-1537 or mgonzales@denverpost.com.
</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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