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Do you have a secret family history you wish to share? Do you have a secret family history you wish to share?
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A website that enables you to research your family tree has put up 2.5m crime records dating between 1770 and 1934. People will be able to discover whether they have any dark secrets hidden among their ancestors, and see how their relatives were dealt with in a harsher time.A website that enables you to research your family tree has put up 2.5m crime records dating between 1770 and 1934. People will be able to discover whether they have any dark secrets hidden among their ancestors, and see how their relatives were dealt with in a harsher time.
In honour of this news, we want to know if you have any notable ancestors. Are you related to anyone famous? Do you have any eccentric family members whose stories have been passed down through your family history? Perhaps you have a family member whose life story your parents always hushed up. Tell us your interesting family stories, and spare no detail.In honour of this news, we want to know if you have any notable ancestors. Are you related to anyone famous? Do you have any eccentric family members whose stories have been passed down through your family history? Perhaps you have a family member whose life story your parents always hushed up. Tell us your interesting family stories, and spare no detail.
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