----- Original Message ----- From: <UTZ@aol.com> Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 9:43 AM Subject: Fraudulent Lineages > FRAUDULENT LINEAGES > > The following information was compiled by Mr. Robert Charles Anderson, CG, > FASG of 2 Fenway, Derry, NH 03038, and published in Volume 19, Numbers 1 & 2, > 1991 of the Genealogical Journal of the Utah Genealogical Association, PO Box > 1144, Salt Lake, Utah 84110. The title of the article is; We Wuz Robbed! > > Mr. Anderson is the Director of the Great Migration Study Project sponsored > by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. He is a Certified > Genealogist, a fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, a fellow of > the Utah Genealogical Association, and has published numerous articles in The > New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The American Genealogist, > the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, and The Genealogist, as well as > the Genealogical Journal. > > Professional genealogists and serious researchers alike, have been aware of > the forgeries and frauds committed by GUSTAVE ANJOU (1863-1942) and we of > this Society believe this material should be brought to the attention of all > who may come in contact with any the publications listed below. > > The sad fact is that Gustave Anjou was not a genealogist, but a forger of > genealogical records that have been passed on for years to unwary clients and > then through researchers who believed, or wanted to believe, they had a true > lineage. They in turn republished the material in their own works and the > cycle continues even today. > > Gustave Anjou produced these "genealogies" for wealthy clients at a price of > around $9,000 and the client. needless to say, always received what they > wanted. > > In the words of Mr. Anderson; > > " A typical Anjou pedigree displays four recognizable features: > > 1. A dazzling range of connections between dozens of immigrants to New > England; for example, connections far beyond what may be seen in pedigrees > produced by anyone else: > > 2. Many wild geographical leaps, outside the normal range of migration > patterns; > > 3. An overwhelming number of citations to documents that actually exist, and > actually include what Anjou says they include; and > > 4. Here and there an invented document, without citation, which appears to > support the many connections noted under item I above". > > The above mentioned publication is one that belongs in your genealogy > library. I urge you all to read the detailed account of this article and the > five other genealogy fraud articles that appear with it. Included is another > detailed article about Gustave Anjou's life and forgery methods, entitled > Gustave, We Hardly Knew Ye: by Gordon L. Remington, editor of the > Genealogical Journal. > > Please do not contact the Society in regards to copies of these articles. We > will honor existing copyright laws owned by the publisher and do not > distribute copies of their work. > > We owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Anderson for bringing these facts to our > attention and also to the Genealogical Journal for their courage by > publishing the material. > > The article further states; > > "The following 109 "genealogies" are found at the Family History Library in > Salt Lake City, Utah. All but those marked with an asterisk are cataloged > under Gustave Anjou, H. Anjou, or M. Anjou in the Author-Title Catalog. Only > three of the "genealogies" were actually printed, the works on the FREEMAN, > BLAISDELL, and SHAPLEIGH families -and only the FREEMAN was actually > published by Anjou- the other two were later publishings of his original > typescript. > > Anjou's genealogy on the TONE family was later incorporated into Dr. Frank > Jerome Tone's History of the Tone Family (Niagara Falls, NY: the author, > 1944) FHL 929.173 T612t, which is not included in this list. The unprinted > genealogies were all bound typescripts or carbons of the original, and even > the unsigned ones are recognizable as being Anjou's creations-invariably > beginning with a history of the surname. Since four of Anjou's works were > found by looking at films that contained catalogues references, there may be > others lurking somewhere in the collection." > > In continuation; > > "Six of the catalog entries under Anjou's name, however, are to what appear > to be extracts of documents or original source material not organized or > typed us as formal "genealogies." These entries are marked with a !. Whether > or not they can be really be attributed to Anjou is not known. Excluding them > leaves 103 compiled "genealogies" by Anjou in the Family History Library. In > 1927 Anjou published a catalogue of 192 "genealogies", leaving 89 > "genealogies" unaccounted for by this list." > > The numbers given after the title are the call numbers at the Family History > Library. > > !The ANDREWS Family 929.273 A1 #688 > The BACKUS Family 929.273 B128a > The BACON Family FHL #908083 item 7 > BEACH Family FHL #908083 item 9 > The BELL Family FHL #908833 item 4 > BLAISDELL Family Manuscript 929.242 Al no. 25 > Histore de la famille BLOEDEL 929.273 B6214a > The BRAMAN Family 929.273 B7311a > BROOKING (Broquin) Family 929.273 B79132a > The BUCKNER Family 929.273 B857a > > CALDWELL Family 929.273 C 127an > History of the CARR Family of Scotland, England and the United States Part 1: > Scotland and the United States 929.273 C23a, > CARROLL Family FHL #908510 item 11 > CARUTHERS Family 929.273 C2372a > CARTER Families FHL #897418 item 22 > The CHALFONT Family 929.273 C35a > CHAPLIN Family FHL #908086 item 9 > The CHILD Family 929.273 C436a > CHURCH Family 929.273 A1 no. 544 > The CHURCH Family from 1202 FHL #389396 > > CHURCH, the English Ancestry of Richard Church of Hartford FHL #000 182 item > 1 CLEMENT Family 929.273 C59171a > The CLISE Family 929.273 C619a > COCHRAN Family 929.273 C643a > COOK Families FHL #90813 6 item 5 > History of the COPLEY Family of England with Ancestry of Thomas Copley, > Shelbrook, Yorkshire, Northampton, MA 929.273 C791an > History of the COPLEY Family of England with Ancestry of Thomas Copley, > Shelbrook, Yorkshire, Northampton, MA Revised Edition 929.273 C791 a > CORBIE Family 929.273 C8 1 a > CORLIEZ Family 929.273 C81342a > CORRY Family FHL #1651933 item 12 > > CRAWFORD Family 929.273 C856a > CUNNINGHAM Family 929.241 C917a > The DANIEL Family 929.273 D22 1a > De RONDE Family 929.273 R667a > DEVECMAN Family 929.273 A1 no. 542 > DICKEY Family FHL #924400 item 4 > The DORNAN History 929.273 D7345 1 a > DOTY Family 929.273 A1 no. 543 > DU PONT Family FHL #908504 item 1 > DUNCAN Family 929.273 D912a > > ERICKSON Family 929.273 A1 no. 551 > FICKEN Family 929.273 F446a > The FISH (FISK) Family FHL #908219 > FLANDERS Family 929.273 F613a > Early History of the FREEMAN Family; of Surrey, England, and New Jersey, > Michigan, North Carolina, and California in the United States FHL #1033558 > item 9 > GALWAY Family (GALLAWAY, GALLOWAY) FHL #908219 item 9 > ! GILL Family FHL #908504 item 10 > The HOLLIDAY, HALLIDAY Family 929.273 Al no. 545 > The HULBERT Family, 1305- {I 8841; with the Ancestry of Walter HULBORD, > Thomas HULBERT, William HURLBERT, and their Connections with Early Immigrants > to the New World: Connections with Samuel BENNETT in James 1635 to Lynn, MA., > the HYDE, HURD, PARTRIDGE, HARDY and Other Families/Henry Carlton HURLBERT, > Descandant of Thomas HULBERT of Saybrook, CT and Wethersfield 929.273 A1 no. > 540 > The HULL History: Containing the Ancestry of Richard HULL of Dorchester, 1634 > 929.273 H877a > > HUNGERFORD Family 929.273 A1 no. 548 > The Jack Family (JACQUES, JAMES) 929.273 J12a > The JOHNSON Family 929.273 J63an > The JOHNSON Family 929.273 J63ab > JONES Genealogy, A Welsh Family 929.273 J71a > KENNETT Family 929.273 K393a > KLAUS (Claus) Family 929.273 K668a > ! LANE Family Extracts from Suffolk Probate Record FHL #908071 item 7 > LEE Family 929.273 Al no. 549 > The LENMAN Family (LEMAN, LANHAM, LENHAM) 929.273 L547a > > The Lewis History; Containing Also the History of Various American Families > FHL #908006 item 1 The LILLY Family: LILLIE, LILLE, LILLI, and LILLY: A > Complete History of the Lillie, Lille, Lilli and Lilly Families from Sweden > to France to America, 1291-1898 929.273 L628an > ! LINCOLN Family 929.273 no. 550 > MARK Family 929.273 M34a > The MARSHALL Family 929.273 M355a > The McVICKAR History FHL #908006 item 4 > MONS (MANTZ) Family 929.273 M758a MOORE Family 929.273 M78 1 a > The NICHOLSON Family 929.273 N52a > ORD Family 929.273 Or2a > > ORMOND Family 929.273 Or45a > PARSON Family Records 929.273 P25 I a > The PULLMAN Family 929.273 P967a > REDBURN Family 929.273 R246a > History of the RICHARDSON Family Q929.273 Al no. 24 > ROBINSON Family 929.273 Al no. 556 > ROBINSON Family: Genealogical History of the Robinson Family from John > Robyson of England in 1374, to Henry and Richard Robinson of Maryland in > 1650, to John Robinson of Delaware in 1698, to John M. Robinson, 1878 929.273 > Al no. 556 Rev. Ed; > ROCKWELL Family 929.273 Al no. 546 > ROGER Family FHL #9085 10 item 12 > The ROSS Family 929.273 R733a > > RUNK-RUNCK Family 929.273 R874r > RUSSEL Family 929.273 R91 I a > History of a German Family: the SCHNEIDER Family of Friesland, 1492 A.D. etc. > with the Ancestry of Various American Immigrants 929.273 Sch58a > SEAMAN Family 929.273 Sel6a > SHAPLEIGH Family 929.273 SH64ag > The SPROULL Family from 1283 A.D.: with Ancestry of, e.g., Governor W.C. > Sproull of Pennsylvania. Also the Affiliated Families; CLARK, with the > Ancestry of Sen. W.C. Clark, MURE, PATTERSON, > CARRUTHERS, etc. 929.273 Sp87a > STONE Family 929.273 St72a > ! STOWELL Family FHL #90854 item 12 > SWIFT Family 929.273 Sw54a > ! THAXTER Family FHL #908504 item 11 > > THOMPSON Families 929.273 T371an > The TILNEY Family 929.273 T468a > The TONE Family 929.273 T612a > TOPPING Family FHL #924086 item 4 > The TRAYLOUR Family (TRAYLOR) 929.273 T699a > TURNER Family FHL #924400 > The von HORN Family 929.273 H783a > WALLEY and other Families 929.273 Al no. 599 > WARD Family FHL #908504 item 3 > WATERBURY Family FHL #908504 item 5 > > The WELD Family (WELLS, WELLES, WILLIS), 1066 A.D.-ca. 1910; and WILDS FHL > #928025 item 2 > WELLING Family FHL #908504 item 2 > WHEELER Family FHL #908834 item 6 > The WHITMAN Family 929.273 A1 no. 582 > WILSON Family 929.273 W691c > WITHERSPOON Family 929.273 A1 no. 558 > WOLFF Family, ca. 760 A.D.- 1916 929.273 W832a > WOOLEY History 929.273 W888a The WORCESTER Family 929.273 Al no. 557 > > ATTENTION RESEARCHERS > If you or you know of anyone researching any of the above lines, you are > going to have serious problems with your lineage somewhere when you run into > a brick wall you can not scale. Not only will the above mentioned > "genealogies" steer you into uncharted waters but any other genealogies that > followed later and have used this material for their source. Any of your > sources that trace back to anything compiled by Gustave Anjou will prove > suspect. > > > Always optimistic--Dave >