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Article: Genealogy Web site has 400 million names

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May 24, 1999
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Did your ancestors include pioneers or immigrants, villains or soldiers, princesses or tailors? A Web site that officially kicks off today and offers the largest collection of genealogical data in the world may help you find out.

The site, put up by the Mormon church, contains links to 400 million names of people who lived dating to 1500 many with family pedigree charts. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will add millions more names this year from its records on 2 billion dead people.

Cyndi Howell of Puyallup, Wash., creator of a popular index of genealogical Web sites, says the new site is "a real boon to genealogy. It's like bringing Disneyland into your home." The Web ...

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