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The Genealogy Handbook: The Complete Guide to Tracing Your Family Tree

by Ellen Galford

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read in April 2015

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“I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.”
― Dorothy Parker

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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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