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can someone help me find the family trees of the schmuck, savidge, washburn, and mahowald familiesWww@QuestionHome@Com


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Wendy's tip!.!.
change your perspective, and look for your own ancestry!.!. not a family tree, since every person with a name, is not always going to be related!.
In other words!.!. your request is so broad and generic, that you won't get good results!. If you know you are looking for the ancestry of John Washburn, who died in Virginia in 1872, you will normally get a ton of relevant 'hits'!.
Genealogy is about ancestors!.!.!. not surnames!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You cannot take as absolute fact everything you see in family trees on ANY website, free or paid!. The information is subscriber submitted and mostly not documented!. You might see different information on the same people from different subscribers!. Then you will see frequently the same information from different subscribers on the same people, but that is no guarantee at all it is correct!. A lot of people copy without verifying!.

You might not find any of your family trees!.
You might just find some of your family lines but it must be verified!.

The only way a family tree is online is if some
family member researched it and put it online, and it should be verified!. Just don't expect to put in a name and up pops your family tree!.

also living people will not be on those trees!.
It is considered an invasion of privacy and can lead to identity theft!.

If you really want to research your family history, then there are lots of good people on this board that can give you some great tips and advice!. It is a matter of starting with yourself and working back one generation at a time!.

also realize that not everyone with the same surname are related or shares ancestors!. Surnames were not take until the last melennium!. When they were it was possible legitimate sons of the same man could each have a different surname!. Still they each could have shared their surname with others not in their family!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Schmuck - 4,281 entries
http://worldconnect!.rootsweb!.ancestry!.co!.!.!.

Savidge - 2,829 entries
http://worldconnect!.rootsweb!.ancestry!.co!.!.!.

Washburn - 99,083 entries
http://worldconnect!.rootsweb!.ancestry!.co!.!.!.

Mahowald - 1,256 entries
http://worldconnect!.rootsweb!.ancestry!.co!.!.!.

After you click on one of the links, scroll to the bottom of the page and narrow down your search by entering a first name (should be someone born before 1930)!. If you have no luck, take only the first name out and try a specific town, or spouse's name matched with the surname!. Good Luck!

Thks Donkey :-*Www@QuestionHome@Com

To kpfrombc!. Before 1930 or earlier!?Www@QuestionHome@Com