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Dynastree maps out your last name
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b8fb58b9-c873-4862-8527-cb7d4efdc6fe/891A9094-3A75-47C8-BA09-4DF02C955571/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10154568-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10154568-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware" style="font-size: 11px;">news.cnet.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10154568-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware"><H1>Dynastree maps out your last name</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10154568-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware"><P><A href="http://www.Dynastree.com">Dynastree</A> (<A href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9905221-2.html">formerly ItsOurTree.com</A>) has <A href="http://www.dynastree.com/maps">a new tool</A> that shows you where others with your last name live. You simply type in your name and it shows you on a state-by-state basis where there are others who share it. Of course if your last name is "Smith" or "Jones" this won't help much, but I found it to be spot on with mine.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10154568-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.cnet.com/img/D7B048EF-8E42-4B0F-9EF2-F43162D6173A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10154568-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.cnet.com/img/7560EF21-0F51-40AC-89C6-D6C55376D791" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10154568-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware"><P>Besides the U.S., which has approximately 1.7 million last names in its database, you can also search all of Canada. Included with both is a small analysis right below the map that ranks your last name's prominence in each state (or province/territory), as well as on a national level.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10154568-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware"><P>Where the tool won't help you is tracking some of these folks down, or helping you figure out if you're actually related to them. 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