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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: May 2003 Posts: 9,629 Send Message	MR_MAGOO	Report	15 Feb 2021 09:46
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,629 Send Message	The country went into decimal money and weights and measures. Never had a problem with it but many did especially the old. There are some that still have a problem with metres and litres.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	15 Feb 2021 10:56
	£122.9 per litre=at my sainsburys.... £5.53 Per gallon I could buy 4 gallons for less than a pound!!! no one would have stood a 88p increase on a gallon, in my day
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

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