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Why can't I find any records of my Great x2 Grandfathers travelling to New Zealand or Australia?
Background
I am going to provide a little bit of background in this one question, in case it is
relevant.
My Great x2 Grandfather (George Scammell) was born in 1856 in Semley, Dorset.Birth ...
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How should I record unknown parents?
I use FamilyTreeMaker and Ancestry. I’ve read Tamura Jones’ articles (and others) and accept that if you don’t know a name you should leave the field blank. So I’m quite happy to show no father, just ...
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Transcribing text on Death Record
I am interested with the second entry. I know the date is November 1st 1931. And I know he died in Murrayville, Victoria, Australia.
But I am trying to make out the rest. I know it mentions county.
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Brit Ancestry program download- should be US [closed]
Downloaded Brit Ancestry program instead of US. How do we swap for US program?
I have membership in US Ancestry.
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Add info (like occupation) to a family tree in Gramps
In Gramps, when I create a Family Lines Graph, for each person, it shows specific info: name, dates of birth / death, places of birth death.
Can I add other info to this graph? I'd like to add ...
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Locating Birth Certificate City in Oviedo
I am trying to locate the Birth Certificate or Fe de Bautismo for my grandfather. I have his full name and place of birth said Oviedo, Asturias. I have his DOB although the date and month might be ...
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Where can I find records of a French female citizen who immigrated to either Uruguay or Argentina bt 1903 and 1912?
I am doing my family genealogic research and I am trying to find records of the entry of one female French citizen, either through Montevideo or through Buenos Aires. There are records of her marriage ...
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Finding Romanian birth certificate from 1957
Just a shot in the dark:
I am trying to find my mother's birth certificate from Bucharest. I don't know much about her, just her name, birthday and possibly her last name. She didn't have a middle ...
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Deciphering a birthplace in an 1850 marriage record in Hungary
Does anyone by any chance recognize this placename? It's from an 1850 marriage in Pest, where it is recorded as the birthplace of a 27-year-old groom (third entry on page: https://www.familysearch.org/...
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I'm confused about my Ancestry DNA test
On my DNA results page, initially there is woman who matches as Close family - first cousin so I assumed she could be the daughter of my great uncle (my father's uncle). Then a recent update occured ...
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Why Wegene and Gedmatch (raw data uploaded from wegene) gives me similar results in everything except on the European part?
The first is wegene， the second is Gedmatch with raw data uploaded from wegene and the EUtest V2 K15.
In everything both websites seems to coincide.
However, what I cannot understand is how could ...
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What did a colour mixer do in 1830 in Manchester?
My great great grandfather lived in Salford, Manchester. In 1833 his marriage certificate indicated his profession as colour mixer. I believe this involved work in textile- finishing/ printing but ...
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Does 25% Spanish mean grandparent was born in Spain?
I took a DNA test through Ancestry; it shows I'm 44% Indigenous America's Mexico and 25% Spanish. These are the main percentages, there are many others! I'm wondering about the Spanish component.
Does ...
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Brother or cousin or both?
My DNA matches with an adopted brother 45-51% DNA and 3504cm across 50 segments. My ‘brother’ has my aunts name on his birth certificate. We have the same father but working out if we have the same ...
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How close is someone with 751cM
I am 75 years old. A guy on Ancestry is in his mid/late 80s. We live on opposite sides of the Atlantic (UK/Canada) but his grandparents came from the same town as my maternal grandmother and was a ...
