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Ancestral Discoveries: Skeletons in the Closet: Adoption

Archives.com - Researching Black Sheep Ancestors

By Gena P. Ortega. The article is free to read. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

Archives.com - The Darker Side Of Genealogy: Tracking Criminals, Rogues, Scoundrels & Black Sheep

By Lisa Alzo. The article is free to read. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists (IBSSG)

For those who have a dastardly, infamous individual of public knowledge and ill-repute in their family...within 1 degree of consanginuity of their direct lines. This individual must have been pilloried in disgrace for acts of a significantly anti-social nature.

Long Lost Relatives.net: What To Do With Skeletons in the Closet

Skeletons In The Closet

By Sunny McClellan Morton for Family Tree Magazine November 2008.

Skeletons in the closet: Family tree boom unlocks secrets some may rather not have known

Article from the Mail Online.

The Journey Takers Blog: Family Skeletons in the Closet

When a Genealogy Hobby Digs Up Unwanted Secrets

From the Wall Street Journal online.

When Bad Ancestors Happen to Good People

From The We Tree Genealogy Blog by Amy Coffin, MLIS.

Writing Your Memories: Skeletons in the Closet

By Emily Aulicino.