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From: Sharon Sergeant <>
Subject: [VT-L] Re: millions of new records on-line
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 14:19:59 -0700 (PDT)



--- Sharon Sergeant <> wrote:
>
> Here's a real holiday gift! This database is well worth a visit ...
>
> Over 23,000 records mention Canada, over 17,000 for NB, over 31,000
> for
> NS, 17 for PEI, 911 for PE, over 3500 for Quebec, over 76,000 for PQ,
> almost 69,000 for ON, over 8,000 for Ontario, over 21,000 for Boston
> MA, over 500,000 for MA, over 91,000 for NH, 111,000 for ME, 70,000
> for
> RI, 284,000 for CT, 96,000 for VT and 382,000 for NY !
>
> You get the idea - combine a surname with a state or province
> location
> or a town. Great resource. I have found clusters of info by surname
> and
> location that I did not have before.
>
> ============================================================
> DATABASE OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!)
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> ============================================================
>
> GENE POOL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
> The Gene Pool was created while gathering genealogical data for use
> in
> the
> study
> of human genetics and disease. Compiling data for genetic research
> does
> not
> require the same type of documentation as traditional genealogical
> research.
> The genes themselves verify relationships and qualify or disqualify a
> person
> from a particular study. Citing the source of every genealogical fact
> in the
> electronic gene pool was deemed unnecessary and cost prohibitive by
> medical
> researchers. By that time, though, millions of individual records had
> been
> created from birth, marriage and death records, obituaries, probate
> records,
> books of remembrance, family histories, genealogies, family group
> sheets,
> pedigree charts, and other sources. The records collected that did
> not
> fit a
> specific study became the project's "by-products" and were scheduled
> to
> be
> discarded. After viewing the quality of the source material used to
> create
> the
> gene pool, and despite the absence of cited documentation, the
> electronic
> rights
> to the data were purchased rather than see it destroyed.
> Source Information: Lineages, Inc., comp. "Gene Pool Individual
> Records."
> [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.To search this
> database, go
> to:
> http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4725.htm
>
>
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