Questions tagged [1940s]
For questions about research in the decade from 1940 to 1949. If the question is not only specific to this decade, use the 20th-century tag.
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1946 - Duncan House - Clifton Bristol
I am looking at a birth certificate for 2 November 1946:
Sub district - Clifton
District - Bristol
Registration District - Bristol
For where born it it says Duncan House U.D.
After some research I ...
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Seeking 1945 New Jersey Death Record
I am looking for the complete death record of John Kalashi (+ Oct 1945) who passed away in Atlantic City NJ.
According to Reclaim The Records, some years of the index are missing, including 1930-1948.
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Finding 1941 death record or gravesite for Eli(as) Weinstock in Cernauti
I am searching for a death record or gravesite for Eli(as) Weinstock who lived in Cernauti in 1941.
He was a journalist. He died on Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) in Sep 1941 and I know he died on ...
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Finding record of family name change in New York City from 1943 or 1944
During WW II my family changed their name. We all lived in New York City, Manhattan, at the time. The name change was made prior to my parents' application for citizenship.
Where might I find a record ...
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Publication date of this Jimmy Hatlo cartoon
This cartoon is on the back side of a photograph in a newspaper of a family member. The article is about him joining the military, around 1942/3. I can’t find a date on either side. Can someone ...
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How can I verify a record of burial on Hart Island, New York?
I have found a FindAGrave memorial that lists a Nathain Affelder, died December 3, 1944. The memorial notes that Nathain Affelder was buried on Hart Island. The person who posted the memorial is no ...
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Getting copy of 1947 marriage licence in Georgia (USA)
My parents got married in 1947 somewhere in Georgia, in August. I have looked everywhere for a copy of their marriage licence.. where should I be looking?
Herbert Eugene MCNUTT 4-26-1929 BORN IN ...
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Location of Route 1, Grants Pass, Oregon USA
I am trying to find the location of the addresses: R.F.D 1, Grants Pass (1934-1944) and Rt 1, Box 413 Grants Pass (1946). My great-grandmother and her husband, Thomas Albert Bird, lived in Grants Pass ...
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Finding grave of ancestor who died 1945 in Luckau, Brandenburg, Germany
I am looking for information on my great grandfather Friedrich Günther born July 15 1880, Sankt Johann,Saarbrücken, and Died 1945 in Luckau, Brandenburg.
I don't know if he was in the Military but ...
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Locating burial in Veles ein stadt am agaisczea Meer
My grandfathers name was Adam Fischler died 2.8.1944.
According to the letter that I have he was buried in Veles ein stadt am agaisczea Meer. I cannot find that on a map. He was born in Stari ...
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Getting mother’s birth certificate from lwow Rosa 1945?
My mother was born in 1945 in lwow Rosja.
How I can get her birth certificate?
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Run away marriage: why did people go to Maryland?
I am tracking the marriage certificate of a couple who lived in NYC and who reportedly ran away in Maryland to get married between 1940 and 1945. NYC marriage indexes are available and it is true they ...
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Explaining unknown person found in family listing in 1940 Federal Census of Iowa?
the 1940 federal census record for my dad's family is 100% accurate for the entire family - names spelled correctly, ages correctly listed - for 2 parents and their 4 children. But the census also ...
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Committed for Postnatal Depression 1930-40?
Scenario: 1930-40's UK. A new mother "Mary" (fake name) was institutionalised in an "asylum" for what the records state to be "postnatal depression". The records frustratingly do not elaborate ...
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1935 residence code in the 1940 census
Baltimore City 1940 Census shows last residence in 1935 being rural in Baltimore County, with the residence code filled in later as "7251." Where can I find out what that code means?
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