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I have moved copies of your biographies to: http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/George_Washington_Martin_II_(1876-1948)

The advantage is that you can link to articles on non encyclopedic people in the family, and you can upload all the original documents. Write me an email from my user page. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:23, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

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Arthur Broome

Arthur Broome for DYK? Shall I do the nomination? LoopZilla (talk) 09:22, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

I wil make a start. Many thanks for extending the article from a stub! LoopZilla (talk) 11:21, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Arthur Broome

On 29 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Arthur Broome, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Reverend Arthur Broome was one of the founders of the RSPCA and, as guarantor for the society's debts, went to debtors' prison when it declared bankruptcy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Arthur Broome. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Arthur Broome), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Mifter (talk) 00:02, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

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