- Chopin’s roots traced to 1444
- Polish researchers extend composer’s genealogical tree further into the past. An article published in The Nation (Thailand), November 6, 2005.
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- Colin Powell proud to be a Scot
- General Powell’s coat of arms contains symbols including the Azure, which shows "two swords in saltire, points downward, between four mullets Argent in a chief of the second a lion passant Gules". An article published in The Scotsman, May 11, 2004.
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- Descent from Genghis Khan
- Descent from Genghis Khan is traceable primarily in Central Asia. With the recent popularity of genealogical DNA testing, a wider circle of people started to claim descent from the great conqueror.
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- J. K. Rowling Family Tree
- Joanne (J.K.) Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury near Bristol, England, on 31 July 1965. This is also the birthday of her famous wizard charachter Harry Potter.
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- L'Arbre de Jacques Cartier
- Descendants of Jehan Baudouin, grand father of French navigator Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), who first explored the Gulf of St-Lawrence and the Saint Lawrence River valley. Web site in French.
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- Osmond traces Welsh roots
- Who would have thought Donny Osmond, the American heart-throb whose picture adorned a million teenage bedroom walls in the 1970s, had his roots in Wales? A BBC News article, March 1, 2005.
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- Pennsylvania's Land of Lincolns
- Dozens of relatives of the 16th president rest in an obscure Fayette County cemetery, while the family maintains a mostly quiet Western Pennsylvania presence. An article published in The Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Pennsylvania), February 20, 2006.
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- Rich, Famous, and Questionably Sane
- Psychiatric records from a government hospital provide a peek into the private lives of wealthy and prominent families and their squabbles over sanity. An article published in the Summer 2007 issue of Prologue Magazine, Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration.
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- Voyage of discovery
- A family historian looking into his Portuguese genealogy discovered that explorer Christopher Columbus is part of the family and lived many years in the Madeira islands. An article published in The Maui News (Hawaii), October 7, 2005.
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- Who Do You Think You Are?
- U.K. celebrity stories and related sources at the National Archives or England and Wales.
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- BURNS (BURNESS) : Robert Burns Family History
- The most famous member of the Burness family is the poet Robert Burns. He signed his name Robert Burness until March 1786. This page contains information on his family including his wife, Jean Armour, the other women he had relationships with, and many of his descendants.
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- Colonial Hall: The Biographies of the Founding Fathers
- Colonial Hall now contains 103 biographical sketches of America's founding fathers, divided up into 3 groups: Signers of the Declaration, Signers of the Articles of Confederation, Signers of the U. S. Constitution
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