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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 6,440 Send Message	An Olde Crone	Report	10 Aug 2005 23:31
	Forgot to say - there were so many Yates in Darwen that they named an area after them - Yate Bank, now known as Yate with Pickupbank. It holds the world record for the greatest number of administration District changes over the centuries! (That is MY statistic, folks - having waded through the records Blackburn, Accrington, Whalley, Preston and YORKSHIRE for events happening in this tiny place) Olde Crone

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