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From: "Philip Van Camp" <>
Subject: Re: Reynolds
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 10:31:48 -0700


Sue ... welcome to the list, & to the challenges of genealogy. Online resources can help a lot, but family history is a real education in doing research.
Ireland is a particular challenge because so many of the records we need are not centralized, & it is essential to have at least a clue as to where people came from. You really have to start with yourself, your parents, & work back. It is also necessary to gather info on the siblings of your parents, & grandparents, because finding the birth / marriage place of one of your cousins may give you the clue to find those in your direct line.
Records in the US, census, marriage, naturalization, military, ship manifests, voters, land records, probates, church, etc. can all give clues as to where to look in IRL.
There's a huge amount of info that is not online, & if possible you need to spend time at the local LDS Family History Center looking at microfilm. Subscribe to at least one of the genealogy magazines, & submit your names there.
Read the footnotes that pop up here, post your names to RSL, Ancestry, & other name lists. You may luck out & find another searcher has already done it all for you.
BTW ... it can be confusing when a lister has a signature of one name, & the message is from another. Weeks from now someone may have some info for you, & be looking for a message from "sue", & they won't find it. Also, if you join many lists, you'll be getting a lot of msgs, & "Trey" may appreciate it if you get your own account. I get 100+ a day, & if my wife didn't have her own account she'd probably strangle me.
© Phil Van Camp,
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From: Trey Kirkpatrick <>
To: <>
Date: Monday, July 05, 1999 7:42 AM
Subject: Reynolds

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>Hi everyone,
> I am new to the list and am interested in the family name REYNOLDS, I really don't know where to begin my search but any help would be appreciated
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>Thanks Sue Ghani
>ani
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