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Ancestry.com - A Visit to Bath, Ohio

From Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, August 31, 1998.

Ancestry.com - International (Surname) Family Yearbook from Morphcorp

Article by Dick Eastman.

Chris Rodda: Congratulations, Mom -- Here's Your Graduation Present

An article debunking materials from the Historical Research Center website.

Genealogy Scams - Surname Family Yearbook

Have you been contacted by Maxwell and Christina in Denver to buy a (enter your last name here) Family Yearbook?? It is a long-running scam selling you nearly worthless and usually incorrect information.

PSST! Wanna Buy Your Name?

From the National Genealogical Society Consumer Protection Committee.