READ ALL ABOUT IT! 57th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is Posted

(Normally I would put this in really small print, but several leading eye physicians have advised me to stick to larger fonts).

Although I assume that everyone will understand that the information on this site is intended to foster knowledge expansion among the genealogy and family history community, other sites have these fancy disclaimers and it sure is fun to tug on their capes. So here goes:

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6. Comments: I am not responsible for any comments made by contributors in the Comments section. However I will exercise my right to moderate and edit comments which are deemed to be offensive, childish or just plain dumb as a box of hair.

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So there it is. I've done the disclaimer thing. Aren’t you glad we got that out of the way? Now back to the business of blogging about genealogy and family history.

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Sunday, October 5, 2008