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(Halbert’s, Bath, Ohio / NUMA Corporation, Akron, Ohio) (no longer in operation) |
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“World Book of (insert surname)”, and then “New World Book of (insert surname)”, |
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promising “a limited Heirloom Edition” book about “your family”, with generic data,. |
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for example, “first McAninch . . . came to Philadelphia in 1837 . . . name was James”. |
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The books had general articles about genealogy, a few pages of commonly available |
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biographies, Soundex equivalent names, an (incomplete) list of census index hits up to |
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1910, lists of names and addresses from telephone directories all over the country, etc. |
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Complaints to the U.S. Postal Service and competition on the internet shut them down. |
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D.9. |
(Family News Network / MorphCorp) (Denver, Colorado) (not found online today) |
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“The (insert surname) Family News”, "Three Centuries of (insert surname)", and |
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“The Year 2004 (2005, etc.) International (insert surname) Family Yearbook”, etc. |
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Consumer complaints, the Better Business Bureau, and the Colorado Attorney-General |
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shut them down: https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/co_genealogy.html |
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D.10. |
(‘mini book’s / Amazon.com) (currently available through amazon.com) |
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On Amazon.com, enter almost any surname and add a phrase like "clan" or "name" . . ., |
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“Discover the origins of your Scottish clan and family history with this easy to read |
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entertaining mini book. Learn about the start of the famous Scottish clan system . . . |
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There are over 160 scottish clan history books available and all are printed in Scotland” |
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Recommendation: Save your money. |
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D.11. |
"Authentic Coats of Arms" and "Family Crests" (false claims) |
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(e.g. swyrich.com, historicresearch.com, www.family-crests.org,, www.4crests.com) |
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Beware of these scams; there are NO authentic coat of arms, crest or shield for any of |
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our McA/I/Ninch surnames. ‘Arms’ and Heraldry can only be granted by the Lord Lyon |
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in Scotland, see Clan MacInnes discussion re these: https://macinnes.org/symbols.html |
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D.12. |
(The ‘Three Brothers’ tale) |
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“There were three brothers . . . one went north, one went south, and one went west . . .” |
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This is a classic fantasy, in a lot of families, and, today, we know better. See the article |
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"Eleven Early McA/Ninch's in western Pennsylvania", MFHN v.XXI n.2 Apr.2013 |
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p.2013-10, http://www.mcaninch.net/Newsletter/mfn21y2013/m21p10w6.htm |
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D.13. |
"Genealogy of The McAninch Family" (1946) |
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“Shortly after the Revolutionary War, a young Irishman living in North Ireland |
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by the name of MacAninch or McAninch began paying attention to a young Highland |
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Scotch lady who had some royal blood in her veins. Her parents objected to these |
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attentions but the young lady favored them, so they eloped and were married. |
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They came to America and settled in Pennsylvania . . . they had four boys . . . ” |
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(Analysis) a very interesting tale, however, there is no supporting evidence, and there |
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were McAninch pioneers in Colonial Pennsylvania before the American Revolution. |
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See the analysis and interpretation article, MFHN v.III n.1 Feb. 1995 p.1995-05 |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XXVIII n.2 / Copyright Frank McAninch / p.2020-19 |
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