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<DIV>In a message dated 11/28/2005 4:54:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
LinLouVan@aol.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Early on in my genealogy days, I bought two family books from Beatrice
Bailey. When you buy one for each of your lines, you soon see that not a lot
of thought was put into them.</DIV>
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<DIV>However, all was not lost. On my own Umpleby family, I sent letters to
the first 20 in North Dakota. I think I got two or three responses, but one
was a real cousin. They subsequently came to Oregon to compare genealogy with
mine. He sent me a box of photos from his side of the family when I first got
my scanner. That one contact was worth the price of both the books.</DIV>
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<DIV>I also ordered a couple of the FAKE Coat of Arms for my father-in-law for
a Christmas gift one year. He didn't know the difference. He wasn't interested
in genealogy and didn't understand why I wanted to know all that stuff anyway.
I also don't regret that purchase. It is now hanging on my genealogy wall and
is well marked as a fake.</DIV>
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<DIV>So, as long as one buys "with eyes wide open", they are not all bad. But,
their claims are</DIV>
<DIV>truly exaggerated.</DIV>
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<DIV>Linda VanOrden</DIV>
<DIV>Junction City, OR</DIV>
<DIV>LinLouVan@aol.com</DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV> Linda</DIV>
<DIV> Thank You.</DIV>
<DIV> Lola Rosella Newton Wetherbee Perkins (From Oregon, now
Nevada)</DIV>
<DIV> 217 Ash Street</DIV>
<DIV> Henderson, Nevada 89015</DIV>
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