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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (131918)	5/6/2004 8:02:33 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

If you actually have nobility in your pedigree, chances are you don't have to go hunting for that, you're already in some peerage book or other. As an example of what can happen, one of my ancestors was named Valentine Peyton, which at first blush seems like it should be an uncommon name, but in Virginia, it was actually a fairly common name, there are dozens. A very respectable genealogist connected himself, and, by extension, myself, to Valentine Mason Peyton, born about the same time at about the same place, a descendent of George Mason. Wrong. Date of birth off by about ten years, and the man would have had to live in two different places (Louisiana and California) with two different wives at the same time. Possible, but I worked on it a bit and it's not at all the same man, there were also two different death dates and two different burial sites. I would love to be descended from George Mason, but it's simply not so. That particular line, BTW, is often traced back to various lords and ladies in England, also undeserved. The more common "pot of gold" in the US is being able to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogy is one of the biggest driving forces behind the Internet, along with porn and stock trading.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (131918)	5/6/2004 8:25:47 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 281500

Are the nobility over-represented in genealogical searches, since they have better records than the lower classes? No, I don't think so. It's just they are easier to research for the connections because the records are easier to come by.... But as CB noted, some of the records indicating a family line might be connected to someone who was well known, are incorrect. The last part of the 19th century, and early part of the 20th, genealogy was a "big thing" to do as well....Especially for the men. I've noticed most of those lines only detail the main surname, but very seldom were the women's last names included. (Remember, we didn't get the vote for years, either....) Sometimes, the men in their zeal to attach themselves to royalty, were inaccurate in their work. To be an amateur genealogist, one has to like history, and be a detective, as well as a pack rat. <g>