We Made It to Burbank!! UPDATED!

We made it to Burbank on the 9:25 a.m. Amtrak out of San Diego today, arriving on schedule at 12:47 p.m.  Then we had to wait awhile for the Marriott Hotel van to pick us up, but we're in our room and ready to go.  Let the Genealogy Jamboree begin!!

I have no clue what we'll do this afternoon, but I know we have a dinner planned with some genealogy friends.  Maybe I'll add a photograph or two after we return.  Or not...it depends on the hour and what is happening in the Blogger Lounge between the hotel registration desk and the bar.  Usually, a number of us sit there and type on our laptops or tap on our mobile devices.  And some genea-celebrities come through - one year it was Henry Louis Gates, Jr. accompanied by CeCe Moore.

This was the DNA Day, which I didn't sign up for because I would miss half of it.  Friday is the first day of the Genealogy Jamboree, with classes and the Exhibit Hall opens after lunch.

Stay tuned!  I will try to keep track of the genea-bloggers I see and meet throughout the Jamboree.  And probably post some pictures every day.

UPDATED 6:30 p.m.:  We went to lunch, and from about 2:30 p.m. on we sat in the Blogger Lounge with a number of folks, including Thomas MacEntee, Kim Cotton, Jay Fonkert, Linda Okazaki, Ron Arons, Drew Smith, Jay Holladay, and several others, plus those who stopped briefly to say hello,  and now I can't recall all of them.  I didn't take many pictures, either.  Thomas had the geneabloggers beads and he gave one to Linda too, presumably for being a long suffering geneablogger's spouse.

I went over to the registration area and picked up my bag and put my name tag together, and saw Jane Van Tour.

When the DNA presentations were over, every 90 minutes, the area was flooded by geneabloggers, and I was able to speak briefly with Judy Russell, Angie Bush, Blaine Bettinger and Kitty Cooper.  Then they headed back in for the next session.  I saw Amy Urman and Leslie Carney in the restaurant, they were attending DNA Day.

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Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 265: 1830 Removal Order for Jane Morley from Little Bolton to Blackburn in Lancashire

t's Treasure Chest Thursday - time to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the  1830 Removal Order for Jane Morley and her twin daughters from Little Bolton to Blackburn in Lancashire, England:

The transcription of this record is (handwritten text in italics):

To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Township of

Little Bolton   in the said County.

Whereas you have made Complaint unto us, whose names are

hereunto set and Seals affixed, being two of His Majesty's Justices of the

Peace and Quorum, in and for the said County, That  Jane Morley

Widow and her two twin children Leah

and Rachael, each aged eleven years,

have come to inhabit in your said Township, not having gained a legal

Settlement there, nor having produced a Certificate owning them to be

settled elsewhere, and the said

Jane Morley and her two children

having become actually chargeable to your said Township.  We the said

Justices, upon due proof made thereof upon Oath, and likewise upon due

Consideration had of the Premises, do adjudge the same to be true: And

we do likewise adjudge that the lawful Settlement of them the said

Jane Morley and her two children

is in the  township parish or place of

Blackburn    in the County  aforesaid

                                        We do therefore require you, the

said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, or some one of you, to

convey the said

Jane Morley and her two children

from and out of your said Township. to the said  township parish

or place  of  Blackburn

                            and them  together with this our Order,

or a true Copy thereof, to deliver to the Churchwardens and Overseers of

the Poor there, who are also hereby required to receive and provide for

them   according to Law.

Given under our Hands and Seals, the  twenty ninth  Day of

November  in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight

Hundred and Thirty 

Confirmed as to Jane Morley     }

Set aside as to Leah & Bridget  }                  Ra:  Fletcher

In Consent                                  }                  W. Allen

The source citation for this document is:

"Lancashire, England, Quarter Session Records and Petitions, 1648-1908," indexed database and record images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 May 2015), Lancashire, 29 November 1930 Session, Reference RB 291, Jane Morley order, Little Bolton to Blackburn; citing Lancashire Quarter Session Records and Petitions, 17th - 19th Century, Microfilm, Lancashire Record Office, Preston, England.

This record is the Order requiring the churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor in Little Bolton to remove Jane Morley and her two daughters and transport them to Blackburn.  It follows on the petition submitted on the same day at the Quarter Session court in Little Salford.  

It is clear from this record that Jane Morley and her twin illegitimate daughters were in Little Bolton without permission in November 1830.  It may be that Jane and her daughters had moved to Blackburn after the christening of Leah and Rachel on 25 December 1821 in St. Peter's Church in Little Bolton, Lancashire.  Then, before the 29 November 1830 petition and order, they had moved back to Little Bolton without permission. 

The handwritten note at the end of this record says "Set aside as to Leah and Bridget."  They got the second name wrong, it should be Rachael.  This indicates  that Leah and Rachel/Bridget were to stay in Little Bolton, but Jane was to be removed to Blackburn.  I wonder who were to be the overseers of Leah and Rachel.

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Downloading the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Handout Materials

We leave on Thursday morning for the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank, and I hope to see many of my readers there.  I have downloaded and synced the SCGS 2015 mobile app for my iPhone and my Samsung tablet, and have picked my probably classes using the app.

Now I need to download the syllabus materials for the classes I want to attend.  I will receive a CDROM with all of the syllabus materials which I can save to my laptop and desktop computers, but I want to be able to read the handouts while I'm in the classes.  That assumes, of course, that there is a significant wireless signal in the classrooms.  We will see!

Here is how I downloaded several of the handout items for classes of interest.  On the Classes button on the mobile app, I went to Friday and saw the list of classes:

The classes that have a handout have the PDF icon on the second line, seen on the screen above.  I picked one of the classes - FR003.  I tapped on the title, and the information for the class appeared:

I scrolled down a bit, and I could see the "Handouts (1)" button:

I tapped on the "\Handouts (1) button and a menu appeared, asking me what I wanted to do with the handout:

I could "Take notes on Handout," "Download Handout" or "Email Handout."

I tapped on "Download Handout" and saw another menu:

The options offered are "Take notes on Handout," "Open Handout In-App," "Open Handout in ..." or "Email Handout."  I tapped on  to "Open Handout In-App" and saw:

With the handout open on the app, I can zoom in and read the handout during the presentation.  I usually turn my iPhone to landscape mode to enlarge the type and scroll down.  

If I tap on the "Open Handout In ..." I have the choice of opening it in iBooks, in Adobe Reader, in Dropbox or in Evernote, all on my iPhone.

If I tap on "Open in Email" then I can send the handout to myself or someone else in a PDF format.  The email sends a link to the handout, so it has to be opened and then read.

This works really well.  I hope that the wireless systems at the conference center work well enough to be able to read the handouts while in the classrooms.  

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WikiTree Reaches 10 Million Profiles

This press release was received today via email from our friends at WikiTree:

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WIKITREE REACHES 10 MILLION PROFILES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 3, 2015

Contact: Eowyn Langholf, eowyn@wikitree.com

3 June 2015: This week the WikiTree community reached a major milestone: 10 million profiles on our shared family tree.

Since its founding in 2008, WikiTree has grown steadily but carefully. Although the community’s mission is to connect the entire human family on one tree -- ultimately including billions of people -- WikiTree prioritizes collaboration and accuracy.

Over 200,000 genealogists have added profiles to WikiTree. Many of them share ancestors. Rather than create duplicate ancestor profiles, they work together on the same profiles. When duplicates are created accidentally, they’re merged.

WikiTree’s most recent enhancements for accuracy center on the integration of DNA testing. More than 15,000 members have taken DNA tests for genealogy and are using WikiTree’s DNA features to confirm or reject genealogical connections. The ultimate goal is to use DNA to confirm each connection on our shared family tree.

Members are already marking certain family tree connections at “Confirmed with DNA” and DNA-confirmed indicators have started appearing in family trees and in WikiTree’s Relationship Finder, the tool that shows the connection between any two people.

About WikiTree

WikiTree: The Free Family Tree has been growing since 2008. Community members privately collaborate with close family members on modern family history and publicly collaborate with other genealogists on deep ancestry. Since all the private and public profiles are connected on the same system this process is helping to grow a single, worldwide family tree that will eventually connect us all and thereby make it free and easy for anyone to discover their roots. See http://www.WikiTree.com.

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I was one of the early adopters of WikiTree, and have over 5,000 ancestral family profiles on WikiTree.

WikiTree is, I think, the best collaborative online family tree on the Internet because of the careful way their system matches new profiles to current profiles, thereby avoiding many duplicate profiles for historical persons.

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The Fred and Bessie Seaver Gravestone in Leominster, Mass. -- Post 362 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

I'm posting old family photographs from my collection on Wednesdays, but they won't be wordless posts like others do - I simply am incapable of having a wordless post.

Here is one of the most precious (to me) images from my Seaver/Carringer family collection:

These photographs are of the Frederick and Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery in Leominster, Massachusetts.  They are my paternal grandparents.  

The photographs were taken on 4 May 2007 by Linda and myself.  We were attending the memorial service and inurnment of my father's youngest sister, Geraldine (Seaver) Remley (1917-2007).  There was one plot available in this family plot, so she arranged to be inurned in it as the last of her generation in the family.  That's why there is dirt piled up and a wooden cover over the hole in front of the stone.  

Gerry's name was to be engraved on the stone after her inurnment.  I think this has been done, but I don't have a photograph of the modified gravestone.  Note that there is a third person on the gravestone inscription - Stanley Richmond Seaver (1905-1910), the first born son of Fred and Bessie, who died of scarlet fever in 1910, the year before my father was born.

This trip was the last time we visited New England.  We need to return - I have lots more research to do, ancestral homes to find, and cousins to catch up with.

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The "New Ancestry Experience" is Active for USA Users

The Ancestry.com blog posted "Announcing the New Ancestry Website" yesterday (see the introductory video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o64ANeaQ8mA) and then "Ancestry LifeStory: The Life Lived in the Dash" today.  These two posts introduce the new Ancestry.com website, and the main new feature, to all US-based users.  They note that the rest of the world will be able to experience it in the coming months.

I wrote about the Beta site in Ancestry Introduces Beta "Improved Website" - And A First Look (4 February 2015) and have been working with it occasionally. 

1)  The way to experience the new Ancestry.com website on your home page is to click on your subscriber name and then select "New Ancestry:"

That opens the advertising for the new website, claiming it is "reinvented:"

If you click on the blue "Try It Now" button you can see a quick tour with a number of slides describing the new features:

2)  If you X out of the above, you get right into your Ancestry Member Tree in the "Family View:"

3)  I clicked on my father, and saw his profile in my Ancestry Member Tree:

There are four main tabs in the person's name area -" LifeStory," "Facts," "Gallery," and "Hints," plus links for "Search records, "View in tree," and "Notes."

In the "Facts" tab in a profile, there are three columns - the left-hand one for "Facts," the middle one for "Sources," and the right-hand for "Family."  I clicked on my father's name on the screen above, and the lines to sources for the name were shown in purple.  The same thing happens for each Fact - the Fact is highlighted in purple, and the lines go to sources for the specific Fact.

If you run your mouse over a Fact, an "Edit" button appears and you can add or edit information for that Fact.

There is also an "Edit" button at the top right of the person's name area, and the user can "Save to Tree," "Edit Relationships," and "Delete Person."

There are some hidden "Research Tools" in the "Tools" button at the top right of the screen.  Clicking on "Tools" shows you links to "Show in tree," "View Notes," "View Comments," "Merge with Duplicate," and "Hide Research Tools." 

4)  On the "LifeStory" tab, a short summary of vital records is printed (which can be edited), followed by a map showing where the life events occurred, and followed by life events, interspersed with historical events (only two screens shown below):

The user can ignore a specific "Historical Event" by clicking on the "Ignore" button below the photograph, or can ignore all of the "Historical Events" by clicking on the gear to the right of the profile's vital record summary.

5)  I clicked on the "Gallery" tab and saw all of the Media items attached to the person profile.

6)  Users can go back to the "Old Ancestry" by clicking on the user ID and selecting "Classic site" from the dropdown list:

This will take you to a "We're sorry to see you go" page and the opportunity to tell Ancestry.com why you want to switch back to the "Classic site," with an opportunity to tell Ancestry why you are switching.  

7)  Don't worry, everyone will be on the "new Ancestry experience" soon, according to the page that comes up when you give a reason:

Note the headline:  "Soon the new Ancestry will be the only Ancestry."

I can hardly wait to hear all of the complaints about the new site color scheme, the typefaces, the additional white space, the features that aren't in the same place, etc.

The screen above notes "All the research and information you have now will be on the new Ancestry."  I am relieved to hear that.

As long as all of the information I want is available in the "new Ancestry experience," I can deal with it.  Change is not difficult for me.  I think that the LifeStory is a big improvement over the earlier "Story View" but wish there were more "Historical Events" throughout the life of the person.  I like the ability to Edit specific Facts, and to see which Sources support a Fact.  

I haven't discussed in this post the rest of the Ancestry.com pages, but there seem to be no big changes other than the major tabs and the site colors (now black and blue" instead of "white and green").  I much prefer the "white and green" but it's not that important to me, 

What do you think of the new Ancestry experience?  Tell me in Comments.  Ready, set, go!!!

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New MyHeritage Video on "Instant Discoveries" in Oslo

MyHeritage has released a new video about "Instant Discoveries" in Oslo, Norway.  They took to the streets of Oslo to test the feature with passersby on Oslo streets.  You can see their reactions here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9wE_3Luh4I

The video shows how genealogy can inspire anyone, and portrays the emotional experience of making family history discoveries. It also demonstrates the extent of MyHeritage's reach in Norway, and Scandinavia as a whole, as I noted in First Look at MyHeritage Scandinavian Matches (13 December 2013).

I posted about the earlier video on the streets of New York City in MyHeritage Introduces Instant Discoveries Feature (posted 10 December 2014) and my further experiences with "Instant Discoveries" in Another Try at MyHeritage "Instant Discoveries" Feature (posted 11 December 2014).

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Tuesday's Tip: Sign Up for the FREE LostCousins Newsletter for UK-Related Information

This week's Tuesday's Tip is to sign up for the FREE LostCousins Newsletter for up-to-date information about UK-related genealogy. 

I receive about ten genealogy newsletters in my email on a regular basis, and they all have something to offer.  Why do I subscribe?  The main reason is that they provide specialized information and context that I don't get on the other genealogy websites.

One example is the LostCousins newsletter that arrives every week via email.  You can sign up for this FREE weekly newsletter on their website, http://www.lostcousins.com/.  Here is the top of the email:

Further down the email is a link to the specific newsletter - in this case, the one for 1 June 2015:

It is all on one page.  The links take you to specific articles on the page.  For instance, here is the first article:

From this article, I learned that the cost for BMD certificates in England and Wales for "historical persons" obtained from the GRO may be reduced as a result of this Member of the House of Lords submitting legislation and getting government support for it.

The second article discussed "Is it legal to copy certificates?" calling to mind that some persons posted Princess Charlotte's birth certificate recently.

The third articles discussed "The surge in baptisms in 1837" and revealed that it occurred because the cost of filing a baptism was going to significantly increase once civil registration started.  My Rich family in Hilperton, Wiltshire did this - all of the children were in the baptism register prior to June 1837.

This was a very useful newsletter.  If you have English ancestry, then I recommend that you subscribe to the LostCousins newsletter.  It's FREE - you can't beat that!  Think of it as a weekly genealogy magazine.

I save the newsletters in my Genealogy Newsletter file folder in Gmail so I can access them with my desktop, my laptop or my mobile devices any time I want.

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Are You Attending the Global Family Reunion on Saturday, 6 June 2015?

I am not able to attend the Global Family Reunion in person in New York City on Saturday, 6 June 2015.  However, I plan to "be there" at the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree when the Virtual Reunion occurs at 12:50 p.m. PDT.

The Global Family Reunion is being hosted by A.J. Jacobs, my distant cousin, who has put together an interesting day.  The web page for the Global Family Reunion is  http://globalfamilyreunion.com/:

Tickets to attend the GFR in person can be reserved at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-family-reunion-festival-tickets-15739970676?aff=GFRsitePRESALE.

The "About" page on the website says:

"The Global Family Reunion – coming June 6, 2015 – is the biggest, most extraordinary and most inclusive family reunion in history.

"Come meet fascinating cousins you never knew you had — and learn about how we are building a Family Tree of the entire Human Race.

"And do it for a good cause: The fight against Alzheimer’s. 

"Some details on the Global Family Reunion:

"What: An event like no other. Presentations by entertainers, authors and scientists! Music! Food! Exhibits! Comedy! Games for kids!

"When: June 6, 2015, from 11:00AM to 8:30PM.

"Who’s Invited: You! All seven billion members of the human family. Those with a proven connection to the world’s biggest family tree (currently at 77 million people) get a bracelet and take part of the largest family photo in history.

"Presentations: The GFR will feature talks and presentations by a wide range of fascinating  experts and entertainers. Among those who have already agreed to participate: Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush (via video), Comedy Central star Nick Kroll, NPR host Ophira Eisenberg and former Obama administration member Cass Sunstein. Many more speakers will be announced soon.

"Activities: The Global Family Reunion will have dozens of activities for all ages, including: A scavenger hunt from Watson Adventures. The world’s largest family photo. A talent contest. Exhibitions about family history and genealogy. Historical impersonators. Not to mention the 450 interactive exhibits at the New York Hall of Science, the museum where the reunion will take place.

"How: Thanks to amazing advances in genealogy and DNA, we are building a Family Tree of the entire world. Currently it’s at 77 million people. It’s easy to join! Websites such as  Geni  and  WikiTree allow you to collaborate with hundreds of others and figure out your place on the World Family tree. Hundreds of people are working to make the Global Family Reunion a reality, far too many to name, but you can see a list here.

"Partners: Among those helping to create the Global Family Reunion are  MyHeritage,  Geni.com,  FamilySearch 23andMe.com, FamilyTreeDNA, Federation of Genealogical Societies and WikiTree.

"Documentary: The Global Family Reunion will be the subject of a documentary by Morgan Spurlock.

"The Cause: Fighting Alzheimer’s. The Global Family Reunion has partnered with two remarkable organizations devoted to finding a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease. Namely, the Cure Alzheimer’s Fundand the Alzheimer’s Association New York Chapter. Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease that affects more than 40 million members of the Human Family, a number that will climb exponentially unless we find a cure. In addition, to buying tickets, you can also support the cause by participating in the Surname Showdown to Fight Alzheimer’s (just click here) – a family friendly competition to see which family can raise the most money to battle this killing disease. 

"The Price: All proceeds will go to battling Alzheimer’s research, education and training.

"The Locations: The 2015 Global Family Reunion will be held on the site of the legendary 1964 New York World’s Fair. The grounds are now home to the New York Hall of Science, which is one of the top science-themed museums in the world. The museum holds 5,000 people, with a gorgeous, sprawling 11-acre outdoor space that can hold more than 10,000 more. The museum’s 450 hands-on interactive exhibits will be open to GFR attendees, including a space-themed mini-golf course, a design lab where you can create movies and 3-D print objects, and a collection of rockets.

"The Global Family Reunion will, in fact, be Global. We’re helping to organize branch parties all over the world. (Get it? Branches, as in Family tree?) Locations such as the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Clayton Library Center in Houston, Texas, Allen County Public Library in Wayne, Indiana and the Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence, Missouri are just a few that have a branch party in the works. If you want to get involved in a branch party please read our Branch Party FAQ and complete the Branch Party Interest Form.

"The Founder: The founder of the Global Family Reunion is bestselling author A.J. Jacobs, whose books include The Year of Living Biblically, The Know-It-All and Drop Dead Healthy. Jacobs is an NPR commentator and the editor at large at Esquire. He is a speaker with two TED talks that have reached over a million views. He is the father of three, the husband of one, and the cousin to millions.

"If you can’t make it in person, you can still be a part of history and watch the live stream, so be sure to sign up for the mailing list."

You can "Find Your Place on the Family Tree" at http://globalfamilyreunion.com/join-the-family/.  Add your name, location, email address, and your grandparents names, and you might be able to be added to the family tree.  If you submit this information, then you will receive emails from the Global Family Reunion.

There is supposed to be a livestream of the event from New York to Branch Parties, but no link has been published to date.  You can create a Branch Party for your group - see  http://globalfamilyreunion.com/volunteer/branch-party-faq/

The Southern California Genealogy Jamboree announcement of participation in the Global Family Reunion is at http://genealogyjamboree.blogspot.com/2015/06/jamboree-2015-brings-global-family.html.

Hey, I'm a  cousin!

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New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - May 24 to 30, 2015

I'm trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list).  

As of 31 May 2015, there were 2,000 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 5 from last week):

The new or updated collections are:

*  Quebec, Index to Civil Copy of Church Records, 1642-1902; no Index, Browse Images only, added or updated 29 May 2015

*  Czech Republic Church Books, 1552-1963; 86,069 Indexed records, with images, added or updated 28 May 2015

*  India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990; no Index, Browse Images only, added or updated 28 May 2015

*  Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927; 1,382,652 Indexed records, with images, added or updated 28 May 2015

*  Peru, Tacna, Civil Registration, 1850-1998; no Index, Browse Images only, added or updated 28 May 2015

*  Connecticut, District Court Naturalization Indexes, 1851-1992; no Index, Browse Images only, added or updated 27 May 2015

*  Ghana Census, 1984; 243,908 Indexed records, with images, added or updated 27 May 2015

*  Georgia Deaths, 1928-1939; 428,255 Indexed records, with images, added or updated 27 May 2015

*  Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947; 2,050,112 Indexed records, with images, added or updated 27 May 2015

*  Ontario Births, 1869-1912; 2,094,890 Indexed records, with images, added or updated 27 May 2015

*  South Dakota, Pennington County Probate Case Files, 1880-1937; no Index, Browse Images only, added or updated 26 May 2015

*  South Dakota, State Census, 1945; 570,085 Indexed records, with images, added or updated 26 May 2015

*  District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950; 521,479 Indexed records, with images, added or updated 26 May 2015

*  Spain, Province of Granada, Municipal Records, 1607-1955; no Index, Browse Images only, added or updated 26 May 2015

*  Spain, Cantabria, Passports, 1785-1863; no Index, Browse Images only, added or updated 26 May 2015

Unfortunately, it is difficult to tell which collections are brand new and which ones are updated.  The asterisk they use is for "Recently added or updated."  I am particularly interested in new collections, for the obvious reasons.

In order to select a specific collection, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner.

Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link).  It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the dates for major updates also.

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