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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: January 2003 Posts: 3 Send Message	Graham	Report	7 Apr 2003 18:40
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 3 Send Message	I also used to subscribe to the Yorkshire origin theory (Jump near Barnsley), but there is no evidence of any Jumps in Yorkshire in the Family Records Centre indexes around the mid-19th century. Over 90% are from the North West. There are Jumps in the North Meols area (now Southport) since 1381 (from Poll Tax Records - see 'North Meols and Southport' by Peter Aughton). I like to think this means we were originally Vikings landed in the 9th century. It's not a big migration from there to Ormskirk, West Derby, Liverpool, and beyond.

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