Mathew Carley
Honor Code SignatorySigned 28 Aug 2020 | 59 contributions | 4 thank-yous | 271 connections
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As you have been a member of WikiTree for a few weeks now, I thought I would check in to see how you are getting on with the site.
Has the New Member How-To been helpful, or left you with any questions?
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Cheers, Liz
P.S. I'm a Peyton descendant, but not of that Robert.
I've just imported my GED file and am sorting through ~800 matches for suggested profiles and will eventually create profiles for the rest (...in some lines I'm looking at going back as far as the late 1000's!)
I think the ancestor which triggered this tag for me was actually https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Peyton-119
edited by Mathew Carley
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