I received this e-mail on another mail list I subscribe to. I thought you might find it interesting. Please use your own judgement. Cindy -----Original Message----- From: First Families [SMTP:firstfamilies@LINKLINE.COM] Sent: January 02, 2001 2:23 PM To: NC-SC-ROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: [NC-SC] Fraudulent Genealogies Hello Everyone: I am most surprised to see various posts on the works of Gustave Anjou. Professional Genealogists have been aware of the frauds of Mr. Anjou for many years now. ALL of his works are frauds. He was not a genealogist but a forger who served prison time in Europe before he came to this country. His only published work "Ulster County, NY Probate Records" contain valid wills and totally unacceptable abstracts that he himself created, most out of thin air. His other works were compiled privately and all are frauds. We have much Anjou information and also some data on some of the other famous fraudulent writers located on the web site at; http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/ Go half way down the page and enter the Fraudulent Lineages pages through the link there. One large genealogical library has over 100 of his frauds and many professionals believe there may be over 2,000 throughout the genealogy community. Try to remember any line that does not contain A1 sources is probably wrong!!! This applies to any published works by anyone. The very best of a productive New Year to you all. Harold Oliver Director America's First Families Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com