{"id":581,"date":"2009-10-08T18:12:50","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T18:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/corp\/uncategorized\/the-great-track"},"modified":"2009-10-08T18:12:50","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T18:12:50","slug":"the-great-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/corp\/press\/the-great-track\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beta.ancestry24.com\/articles\/general\/the-great-track\/\">Elle Magazine, October 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHO do you think you are?<\/p>\n<p>A familiar question which, if you say it that way, is likely to recall<br \/>\nscenes of childhood chastisement, run-ins with authority and,<br \/>\nworryingly, an annoying catchy hit from the Spice Girls circa 1997. For<br \/>\ngrowing numbers of people, however, the question has led them back in<br \/>\ntime to uncover family history and, in the process, clues to their own<br \/>\nidentities. Spurred on by easy access to Internet-based information and<br \/>\nthe desire to find our place in the global village, armchair genealogy<br \/>\nhas become one of the fastest growing hobbies in the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beta.ancestry24.com\/articles\/general\/the-great-track\/\">Read the rest of the article.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elle Magazine, October 2009 WHO do you think you are? A familiar question which, if you say it that way, is likely to recall scenes of childhood chastisement, run-ins with authority and, worryingly, an annoying catchy hit from the Spice Girls circa 1997. 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