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Old 03-23-2009, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jester
I would also suggest that some small primative cultures many who have an oral tradition of passing down stories and liniage could do a good job. As well as I said families who have lived in a small community that has been more or less isolated who have a cemetary that is maintained and....it is even better if there are is a church record.
Oral tradition is how Alex Haley found his ancestors in Africa in Roots.
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