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Originally Posted by nj185
Depends on what you consider family tree. Many families no matter what their social or economic status kept records in family bibles or religious books. They have pointed me in the right direction plenty of times! The Victorian era seemed to encourage lots of trees to sprout, some good, some quite questionable. Aside from affection for your ancestors, 'trees' per se were more often used to prove lineage and thus some claim to property and the formalized ones were more likely produced for families of some substance.
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My mom wrote out one for me as far back as she knew, which was her great grand father. His line with land deeds wasn't difficult to uncover. She showed Dad's family back almost that far. And said there was the family histrory drawn from family bibles and records which may not exist anymore. Everything has checked out.
My great grandmother's story is still uncertain, but the family story IS backed by what was listed on the census, and I still want to solve that one.
So far, I think until later times my family were farmers and lived off their own farm and moved on a lot. I have serious doubt about any family crests I run across.
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