Hoard of 1,000-year-old Viking coins unearthed in Denmark

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10. Ancestry and the Mormon Family Search.

Actually I go back to include Uhtred the Great. And back to Alexander the Great..

I was stuck at the battle of Hastings for the longest time until the Germans , Swiss, French and others digitized all their books a few years ago. I just did a quick automated search and WHAM. It just kept going and going..

My dad's side came from the Danes who traveled all over into Greece, over to India and who knows where else.
My moms side came over from France with the Norman invasion and fought my dad's side in the Battle of Hastings..

I was lucky as I had a few royals in the different sides of the families as they kept records.


Just get some of the automated programs (or Ancestry.com) and put what you have in and check back every so often and it will start finding links..

I learned a lot of history doing it..

I watched "The Last Kingdom" on Netflix and a name popped up and I thought "I have heard that name before. The Last Kingdom has real characters in it but not in the correct chronological order.