I recently learned from my mom (in her 70s) that we are somehow related to a former silent film star named Pola Negri, through my maternal grandmother's family. The info is word-of-mouth but it's possible, since we have pretty well-documented Polish ancestry on that side, but we're obviously not direct descendents so the actress is off on a "branch" somewhere if she's indeed a relative.
I know nothing about geneaological research and this is my first question in this section, so please forgive any naivete, but I am curious whether there is a resource for film star genealogies? Like most, her bio gives dates and places of birth/death and her parents' names, but nothing other than that. I just wondered if, with family info about someone fairly prominent, we could then work forward rather than backward to fill in the gaps between our known family history and hers?
It has us intrigued, and any suggestions are welcome.
2007-09-22
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