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From: Kay Allen AG <>
Subject: Re: The Wallop Family
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 08:03:13 -0800


John Steele Gordon wrote:
>
> alastair swinnerton wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for that, Kay - I don't suppose Wallop Family is kept anywhere
> > in the UK, is it? Or has anyone put any of it online? And finally, is
> > it actually at all reliable?
>
> The Wallops are Earls of Portsmouth so I would be very surprised indeed
> if the book was not available in Britain. There is, of course, an
> American branch of the family, most notably represented by Malcolm
> Wallop, former senator from Wyoming.
>
> I have not looked at it for some time, but it is a beautiful example of
> bookmaking and I believe its reputation as a genealogical source is
> quite good.
>
> JSG
> --
> http://www.familyorigins.com/users/g/o/r/John-S-Gordon


I hadn't seen the original post from Alastair, so am replying via John's
post.

It might be in the British Museum Library or the Society of
Genealogists. If you are near a LDS Family History Center, it can be
ordered through them.

So far, I am not overly impressed, but it may have its uses...

Kay Allen AG

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