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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 1 Send Message	Douglas	Report	12 Mar 2003 11:12
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 1 Send Message	I found this information in the New York Public Library (Geneological Dept.)in the 1970's. A lot of the info was from the archives of Winchester Cathedral which owned land in Somerset in the old days. Originally the name was ORCEARD,which was a cultivated valley near Taunton, and tied later to the name ORCHARD PORTMAN. Itis remarkable that the place had already been given its descriptive name as early as the 9th century. ORCEARD Parish was given by AETHELWULF,King of the West Saxons, in about AD 854 to Winchester Cathedral

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