Bogus Gateways
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− | '''Bogus Gateways''', "alleged gateway [ancestors] for whom there was a | + | '''Bogus Gateways''', "alleged gateway [ancestors] for whom there was a reasonably well publicized claim to medieval ancestry which has since either been definitively disproved, or more commonly shown to be based only on a guess (usually of the name's-the-same variety) unwarranted by available evidence." — Nat Taylor |
The definition above is by Nat Taylor, and was posted to the soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup, 4 Oct 2008 subject "Re: 17th century medieval gateways in America - first steps". The responses elicited so far in that thread are: | The definition above is by Nat Taylor, and was posted to the soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup, 4 Oct 2008 subject "Re: 17th century medieval gateways in America - first steps". The responses elicited so far in that thread are: | ||
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*Richard Hawkins of Virginia | *Richard Hawkins of Virginia | ||
*William Ijams of Maryland | *William Ijams of Maryland | ||
+ | *[[Evan Ragland]] -- submit by Will Johnson | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://homepage.mac.com/mhollick/Genealogy/Bogus.htm "Bogus"] list by Martin Hollick | *[http://homepage.mac.com/mhollick/Genealogy/Bogus.htm "Bogus"] list by Martin Hollick |