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Day: August 23, 2009

Is there a genealogist in the house?

According to Internet phone directories, the first names Flay, Flake, and Zeb are more numerous in North Carolina than in any other state. More than one quarter of all Zebs in the United States live in North Carolina.

Surely many of those Zebs can be traced to Gov. Vance, but what about our disproportionate abundance of Flays and Flakes?

Author Lew PowellPosted on August 23, 2009Categories Tar Heelia7 Comments on Is there a genealogist in the house?
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