Questions tagged [17th-century]
For questions about research in the period from 1601 to 1700.
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Transcribing marriage record from 1627 Winnenden
This record comes from the marriage register of Winnenden, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Württemberg.
I can read most of it:
Herr Conradt Rieger, Bürgermeister allhie, und Maria, weyland Herrn
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Looking for article on Edith Cromwell / Oliver Cromwell
I have an ancestor born Edith Cromwell who married Christopher Gist in the 1600s. Many people believe that she was a close relative of the famous Oliver Cromwell. But long ago, I read a convincing ...
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Where or what is "Saphoy"?
The uploaded image is a baptismal record from 18 Sep 1646 in Winnenden near Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg. I found the record at
"Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-...
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Where is Brunfelt, Germany?
I've run into two marriage records from the 1650s, from Mihla, Germany, describing someone as being from "Brunfelt". It could perhaps also be read "Branhalt". However, I cannot ...
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Identifying Catherine who probably married Thomas Courteney before 1695 at or near Ladock (Cornwall)
My 7th great grandfather Thomas Courteney (Courtenay/Courtney) appears to have baptised seven children at Ladock, Cornwall, England:
William Courteney on 1 Nov 1695 to parents Thomas and Catheren
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What do MRC and WI Abbreviations Mean in Virginia Marriages of the Northern Neck?
I have a marriage entry I found in this book on Ancestry:
Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800; Ancestry Record 5063 #14673; Name: Elizabeth Wilson; Marriage Date: Abt 1697;...
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Affidavits in English burial records
My question is about English 17th century burial records.
At the end of the affidavit information is a date and month like >19Mar>.
Is this the date of death or the signing of the affidavit or ...
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British Farthing, 1658, Thomas Snook, Stalbridg (Stalbridge, Dorset)
Below is an image of a British farthing dated 1658 and bearing the name Thomas Snook with a place name of Stalbridg (Stalbridge, Dorset). The Snook (or Snooke) surname was present in Stalbridge over ...
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Interpreting (yet another) 17th century German church record?
Very much on the same topic as an earlier question, Interpreting 17th century German church record?, I have found a lead for further research (quite obvious lead but my subscription on Archion had run ...
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Do Quakers typically have their marriage records recorded with the government?
I'm looking for a supposed marriage record between a John Woodson b. 1655 in Curles, Henrico, Colony of Virginia and a Mary Tucker b. 1660 in Curles, Henrico, Colony of Virginia and married on 20 Aug ...
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Were bodies shipped overseas to be buried?
Would it be possible, during the 1600s, to die in the New World and have your body shipped/returned to where your family came from? I'm specifically looking at Mary Sharpe, Daughter of Jan and Henry ...
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What relation could godson be, and brothers of another surname?
In this entries on page 20 of Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800:
HIGGINS, Roger: Leg. mother Mary Lupo; at the death of mother my cattle at Edward Millers and ...
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What are these abbreviations in Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight, Virginia?
I see entries like this one on page 20 of Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800:
HIGGINS, Roger: Leg. mother Mary Lupo; at the death of mother my cattle at Edward ...
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The elusive Michael Gassmann of Birlenbach, France
I am trying to track down an individual named Michel/Michael Gassmann/Gaßmann in Birlenbach, Alsace (Departement Bas-Rhin), France.
Here is what I know about him:
Between 1668 and 1684 he is named as ...
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Interpreting 17th century German church record?
I'm an amateur genealogist and I have browsed through 17th and 18th century German church records in pursuit of my ancestry and I am now stuck.
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My sources come from: https://www.archion....
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