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Ancestry.com - Debunking Myths About Southern Research

Article by George G. Morgan.

Ancestry.com - Myths in Your Family Tree

Article by Kory L. Meyerink.

Beginning Genealogy - Scams

Beware! Cybersquatting & Typosquatting

Article by Mark Howells about digital claim jumpers in genealogy.

Caveat Emptor - Buy a Noble Title and Become a Lord

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Scams

By Dick Eastman.

faq.scams from the Roots-L Library

Genealogy Misconceptions

This article discusses several misconceptions about genealogy. From the Ancestry Daily News by Michael John Neill.

Genealogy.com: Family Legends and Myths

Article by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, CG. Includes: The Cherokee Indian Princess Myth; The Three Brothers Myth; The Stowaway Myth; The Claim-to-Fame Myth; The Wrong Ethnic Identity Myth; The Ellis Island Baptism Myth.

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Safe Genealogy - Protecting Yourself from Hoaxes and Scams

Yahoo! Groups: Gen-Fraud

Gen-Fraud - Genealogy Fraudulent Business Hot-List.

YouTube - Hoax Busting

Sharon Sergeant has become widely known as a hoax buster, using forensic skills shes honed over 20 years to debunk three fraudulent Holocaust memoirs.