Good morning: Let me preface this mailing as one person's observations regarding the Kelham family history tracing its roots through Europe as recently posted on our web page last night. If anyone can correct my statements, please feel free to do so. I try to keep an open mind to new facts and materials but not at the expense of historical fiction. Before you all go running out and either enter or believe the latest quasi posting regarding the Kelham family history, please hold on. A few more days will not make any difference. Regretfully, I am familiar with this alleged pearl and may I point out it is apocryphal at best. It is a direct quote from a company that promised to trace your family history for a fee. They are no longer in business because it was proven their stuff was bovine excrement. The nobility was sexually active but we all can not derive our existence from their loins. One of the problems with this company's product was it cited well known resources but no pages or specifics as the their claims. In most peoples earnest desire to believe they sprung from a noble past, they became victims of their own desire to accept an unwarranted place in history for their family's name. If you reread the e-mail piece I am referring to, one will see that the facts do not live up to the genealogical standards of proof. I am sure the sender meant well, but we need to examine the proported facts as stated in the light of support by proper footnotes, and realize farmers made love too. I have read the Domesday Books, etc, and somehow I must of missed the factual pages eluded to as existing in these volumes. Don't you think some one of us might of noticed the Kelham tread in these resources before this point in time? With all do respect, if it is fiction you want then ! I would be more than happy to relate you to Christ. Just don't ask for specific factual citations. I am glad the sender provided us with an example of what is out there to mislead our earnest research efforts. There does exist formats and standards for genealogical research which one should always apply when viewing any material making statements or claims put forth as facts. Simply put, can anyone recreate this Kelham history with footnotes. The answer is no! Rick Kilham