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From: djoldenboom <>
Subject: Re: Phony 19th-century pedigrees
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:46:19 GMT

In article <>,
says...
>
>I have also found that family legends may have a spark of truth to them
>even if the tale as a whole may be wrong. My later brother repeated the
>story that our great grandmother was the first woman doctor in
Switzerland.
>After MUCH research, I found that her mother had been given a land grant
>in Canada, because of her years of service as a mid-wife. Wrong woman,
>wrong professshe was in the medical field, sort of, and she was
>of swiss descent. That little grain of truth....interesting I think.
>Willette Wood.
Hello, Willette,

I read your message, and i am curious because my name means in English
Old Tree or Old Wood, and I think my name comes from the German name:
Altenbockum; do you think there might be any relations?
what is your eldest ancestor you could find?

greatings Derk Jan Oldenboom

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