Questions tagged [18th-century]
For questions about research in the period from 1701 to 1800.
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Connection a "Leves" in PA, USA in 1850 potentially to Levi routes in Alsace-Lorraine
My daughter's GGG grandfather, Thomas Levis, is 26 and located in Penn Forest, Carbon County PA in the 1850 census, but I haven't been able to get back any further. My daughter has half a clotting ...
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Making sense of a marriage record from 1718 Schmie, near Maulbronn, Württemberg
I have several questions about the attached image. It comes from the village of Schmie, near Maulbronn monastery in Württemberg, and is dated November 1718. (I am not sure I read the day correctly.)
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What is this abbreviation from Virginia tax records?
I'm unable to decode this abbreviation:
For a male (due to 1 tithe being charged) Brizendine surname in Essex County, Virginia 1782 personal tax list.
Here is the whole page for context. See almost ...
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What are "avus" and "avia"?
I am working with some baptismal records in Southern Germany (Wurttemberg), second half of the 18th century. Three of the records concern siblings that all have the same godparents, who are husband ...
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What is word relating to wife of father in 1759 English (Somerset) baptism record?
This is from a 1759 baptism record in England. It reads, James, son of James Shepherd & Mary his wife of ????? baptized Jan 1 1759" The term is repeated for several other records but most are ...
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Records of German ancestor born c.1773 from Bolesławiec (Bunzlau)
My 5th great-grandfather immigrated to Russia in 1803 under the name Karl Ivanovich Jungfer. We have a good deal of records of his time in Russia, but nothing of his time before entering the country. ...
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What is a spinster widow in a North Carolina marriage record?
I found a marriage record:
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 (FamilySearch)," database with images,
FamilySearch (10
March 2021), W J Moses Knight and Charity Wenton, 22 Sep 1761;...
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Widow's probate in 18th century US?
When my ancestor Elias Van Court died in 1750 in New Jersey, he left everything to his wife Ann "as long as she lives".
(from "Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State ...
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Were 1700's Danish betrothals more likely to be of a couple that went through their confirmation ceremony together?
Was it considerably more common for marriages in 1700's Denmark to be comprised of a bride and groom from the same parish who also had their confirmation ceremonies in the same year or even in the ...
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Finding state records for Veneto region after 1815
I have been relying on this website for the records during the Napoleonic times:
http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/en/gallery
But after 1815 there is nothing.
Are there any records from that ...
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Travelling within the UK in 1800s
My 4th great-grandfather was a weaver who was born in 1772 and was married, lived and died in the Wigan area.
I have found a record dated 1801, for someone with the same name, age and occupation in ...
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Jewish records in Germany, late 1700 to early 1800
I've been able to trace my ancestry several generations but seemed to have reached a wall. Here's the [long] story behind my question below:
Between records and family lore, I understand my 3rd great-...
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Where is Hepzibah Mason in Gregory Stone genealogy : ancestry and descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass., 1320-1917?
The American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) on Ancestry has this record which states:
Name: Hepzibah Mason
Volume: 111
Page Number: 364
Reference: Gregory Stone gen. Anc. and des. Of ...
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How did Francis Lycett become a Gentleman?
My 5th great grandfather Archibald Campbell, PhD, married Mary Lycett in Staffordshire in 1776. Mary was the daughter of Francis Lycett, Gentleman of Weston Hall, and Ann Thompson, who was from a ...
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Identifying parents of Frederick Victor Sturm b.1756 Magdeburg
I am trying to find out who the parents of Frederick Victor Sturm were.
He was born in Magdeburg Ackan in 1756 and then left Germany and served in the British army for 23 years from 1774-1797. He ...
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