Gustav Anjou; how could you?

I'm sure every serious family researcher out there has heard of him by now. Even his name is fake. So far, over 300 lineages he created have been found to be fake. Just check out any of the royal lineage books and you'll soon find examples of them. Stay away from anything that references back to him.

Royal lineage books, such as descendants of Charlemagne

You have to verify every connection in this one. Quite a few errors, erroneous connections.

Pierrepont lineage in royal lineage books

Leave the royal lineage books on the shelf. They are rife with errors. I would suspect due to all the fraudulent lineages by Gustav Anjou. The lineage that links James Pierpont directly to the Pierrepont who married a Cavendish is crap. While James does descend from the same family, NOT that branch. I'm trying now to find the link, listed in several old sources, including British sources that link James to Sir George Pierrepont. It looks more promising.

Magna Charta line of Manning, Oops! Not!

In the supposed Magna Charta line of Manning we fine a Margaret Brandon marrying Hugh Manning, she the daughter of William Brandon and Elizabeth Wingfield. Only thing is, she married Gregory Lovell. No Manning anywhere.

parents of Beatrice de Beauchamp, wife of Hugh de Morville

Reading ancient sources on google books, it seems that the ancestors of Beatrice de Beachamp are father, Pagan de Beauchamp and Roisia de vere; brother of Hugh de Beauchamp who came over with William I. They were seated at Bedford. Pagan built a strong castle there which was besieged by King Stephen in 1137.

William Fitz Gilbert de Lancaster and the Lancaster name

One source found in Google Books, calls William the son of Gilbert de Montanis, later styled de Furness or de Furnesio by Henry II. It calls him baron. William was a knight, supposedly son of Gilbert of Furness. He was granted the right to change his name to Lancaster after the ascension of Henry II. There were no de Lancasters before that time. As to Gundred, there yet isn't any evidence linking her to William de Warrene with any certainty.

Walter de Riddlesford II

This Walter is the one who received the Irish grants after the conquest of Richard I. He was a supporter of John I and had his grants confirmed by John. There's no record found yet of a Walter I, as a matter of fact. Walter II had two heirs, both daughters. Walter was not born in Kildare either.

Gerbera who married Albert I of Vermandois, of Giselbert of Lorraine

Gerbera is the daughter of Giselbert/Gilbert of Lorraine. Her mother married Louis IV of France after her father's death, the year she was born. Probably another phony line created years ago to give people conterfeit royal lineages. Go back far enough and she's still royally connected via Henry, King of Germany.

Herbert III of Vermandois and Ermengarde of Bar

No evidence of this connection. French sources don't list a wife for Herbert III. By his time this line was relatively unimportant. There were no counts of Bar in her time. One Irish source couples him with the widow of Charles the Simple. I think some people got ahold of the counterfeit lineages going around at the time.

Grosvenor line

The line of Randall Grosvenor who married into the Mainwaring family is wrong as cited. According to several old English texts the line goes as such:
Gilbert, nephew to Hugh Kevelioc, Earl of Chester in the time of William I.
Robert le Grosvenor and Alice
Henry le Grosvenor
Raufe, or Ralph de Grosvenor
Robert le Grosvenor and Margery
Richard le Grosvenor and Margery
Robert le Grosvenor
Raufe le Grosvenor and Emma de Mobberly
Robert le Grosvenor and Joan de Pulford
Thomas Grosvenor and Joan Phesaunt, daughter William. While he was married to the
daughter of Sir Richard Venables, she was not the mother of his children.
Thomas Grosvenor and Isabel Pershale (everyone has these two Thomases turned around)
Randall Grosvenor and Margaret Mainwaring
Then on down the line.

Sir John Mansfield, Isabel Leigh-parents of Richard, debunked

For some time there have been those who supposed that Richard Mansfield of Exeter and New Haven was the progeny of Sir John Mansfield and Isabel Leigh. According to published English sources, the Landed Gentry, he is not. John and Isabel had one son George and two daughters. No Richard. This entry was found in Winthrop's diary: John Winthrop wrote of him "One thinge I thinke fitt to observe as a wittnesse of Godes providence for this plantation: there came in this shippe one Marisfeild, a poore Godly man of Exeter, beinge verye desirious to come to vs, but not able to transport his famyle, tehre was in the Cytye a riche merchante one marshall, who beinge troubled in his dreames about the said poore man could not be quiett till he had sent for him & given hi 50. li & lent him 100.li willing him withall, that if he wanted he should send to him for more: this marsfeild grewe suddainly riche, & then lost his godlinesse, & his wealthe soone after." He was identified as the Mansfield who went to New Haven.

William Todd I of Pontefract

Where to start with this one. Again, many genealogies state William's occupation as being a miller and baker. I guess someone decided that since Christopher was a miller and baker that everyone else was too. When William first purchased property in Pontefract, he listed his occupation as husbandman. Christopher's father died when he was four months old so there's a good chance they he may have been made a ward of his mother's family, the Wards, who were millers and bakers in the Pontefract area. It's also been supposed that Reginald Todd was William's father. This has never been established as fact. He doesn't appear in parish records for the time that William, John and Christopher were there. While he is no doubt related, there's no proof he was the father of William. William I doesn't appear to have been born in Pontefract. He doesn't appear in parish records until his marriage. I've seen genealogies sprouting up that has William I migrating from Scotland. Really?? NOT! He was a collateral descendant of William I of York, whose family had been there since surnames came into vogue and probably before. Where, oh where do these things get started? Someone assumed long ago that Christopher was a minor member of the New Haven colony initially because he doesn't have a title of distinction, such as Mr., and because he wasn't a church member right away and he didn't sign his name. He was barely 20 years old. He wouldn't have earned the title Mr. yet. He may not actually have been an actual congregant when he arrived. Millers were essential to the formation of colonies and one of the most important people there. Before groups of colonists embarked for the new world, they first made sure to recruit atleast one miller so the colony had a chance to survive. Not to mention that in the case of the New Haven group, all those who joined had to commit 50 pounds of gold towards the colony. A large sum. So that made Christopher a key member of New Haven Colony. So far as not signing his name. He didnt' have to if he used his signet as many people of more important lineage did. He signed with an elegant C. his recognized mark such as would be pressed into a signet ring or a seal.

Todd, Scottish origin????

While there were Tods in Scotland early on, the name didn't originate there. The Todds didn't suddenly appear in Scotland and migrate to England as some of repeated in their family histories. The name came from Normandy originally, migrated to the York area of England and moved into Scotland, along with the Gordons and others.

Tidd, Todd. Oh my God!

Years ago, shortly after I started working on my family tree, I got an email from a woman researching her Tidd line and had confused it with Todds in the same area. People! John Todd is not the same person as John Tidd. John Todd married Alice Clayton. John Tidd did not. John Todd came from Pontefract. John Tidd did not. He isn't (Tidd that is) the brother of Christopher Todd. Don't publish until the facts are straight. Once it's out there it spreads like a virus.