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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: March 2003 Posts: 1 Send Message	Simon	Report	13 Mar 2003 09:39
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 1 Send Message	First Listing of Withey is in 1296 and the origins is either in Somerset and Danehill, Surrey (usual surnames books in libraries). Original spelling is de la Wythye meaning of the willow. My Uncle did research our branch as part of dissertation project years ago. Apparently our lineage in this country only goes back to around 1778 when one member of the French branch decided that having his head chopped could "ruin his whole day" and arrived in Cornwall/Devon. The family history in France is, if I remember correctly, part of the Royal Dukedom of Burgundy.

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