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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: August 2005 Posts: 103 Send Message	Madeline	Report	30 Mar 2006 11:49
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 103 Send Message	Hi all, i know this sounds a bit stupid but does ''strays '' mean a person is straying from a place or to it.
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 1 344 Send Message	Anne	Report	30 Mar 2006 11:52
	It usually means someone found away from the area where they were born or brought up. In the days before Ancestry's census indexes it was almost impossible to find people who had moved away from their birth area. Indexes of strays have been produced by some family history societies to help track down strays. Anne

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