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All Surnames Genealogy Family Tree Circles Genes Reunited Heritage Recipes Looking 4 Kin LostCousins TribalPages Find news and reviews on more great Web sites in the August 2005 Family Tree Magazine.
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all-surnames.com
Follow the links to more than 2,000 surname Web sites, and register your family's own surnames to connect with kin.
www.familytreecircles.com
Family Tree Circles goes beyond uploaded GEDCOM files to let you create and share an online research journal, which can include stories, questions, brick walls, tips and advice. You can browse or search other users' info so that once you find someone researching a related line, it's easy to keep up with his or her latest finds.
www.genesreunited.com
When searching for pedigrees, don't overlook overseas connections. This is the United Kingdom's largest family tree site, with more than 31 million people listed.
www.heritagerecipes.com/Recipes.htm
Get the flavor of yesteryear—literally—with this exchange of "recipes that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers shared with their daughters and friends and used every day." This may be the only genealogy-related site that's bad for your waistline, as the recipes are heavy on baked goods such as Aunt Reet's Rolls, Grandmama's Banana Cake, Grandpa's Cherry Cake and Mom's Amaretto Pound Cake. The webmasters invite you to share your own family favorites.
www.looking4kin.com
Maybe someone in this friendly site's genealogy chat room can solve your brick-wall problem. You'll also find an extensive list of well-categorized links here.
www.lostcousins.com
Although limited in scope so far, this British site offers an intriguing model for connecting with kin. Simply register (it's free), enter the names of ancestors you've found in the 1881 censuses of England, Wales and Scotland, and the site will automatically search its databases for your cousins. Future census connections are in the works.
www.tribalpages.com
We thought the Web had enough pedigree-sharing sites until we discovered TribalPages, a free service that lets you not only share but also document and view your family history online. Besides searching the database of 12 million-plus names, you can store your own data and get online charts and reports.
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