Board: Message Boards > Surnames > Drake URL: http://boards.ancestry.netscape.com/surnames.drake/3262.4/mb.ashx Subject: Re: Heirs of Sir Francis Drake being sought for distribution of estate Author: WFDrake Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009 Classification: Query Surnames:
Are you aware that there was a big hoax in the early 1900's abaout the estate of Sir Francis that sent a lot of people scurrying to prove their realtionship with Sir Francis that didn't pan out? There was even a book released called "The Visitations of Devon" which was said to show the family tree of Edmund Drake, the father of Sir Francis. It too has been found to be a hoax, printed to falsely help people in making their family tree match up. Be careful of what you read! Bill Drake
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