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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4 Send Message	Tesca	Report	19 Apr 2003 11:25
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4 Send Message	I understood that our version of the name Osman came from an old Dorset word for a river pilot. You can easily imagine "oarsman" quickly turning into Osman... And the family came from Wimborne Minster in Dorset. Have managed to track down most of the clan, except for our mystery Harry Osman, born in Wimborne? in the early 1900s? Apparently he went to Watford, and I've not been able to find anything about him.

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