Questions tagged [20th-century]
For questions about research in the period from 1901 to 2000.
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How to Search Directories by Address (not name)
I have searched online for this information, taken the Stack Exchange tour and searched previous questions for one that might answer my question; e.g., Ancestry, online search for Cole’s or Polk’s ...
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Female WW2 U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls
in my Great Grandmother's United States Marine Corps muster roll record the following information appears to be provided:
055 1-17 & 19...30, D, FPOSF;
18, only, sk qtrs.
How do I interpret this?
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Finding Moroccan ancestors [closed]
I would like to find some family members, but I don`t really know if they exist or not.
I only have our last name and my grandpa's name, who I have never met. His name is possibly Adnane Toujjani, ...
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New Jersey Marriage Index
I found an entry for a 1923 marriage on the New Jersey Marriage Index. It references a VOL and Page #. Where can I view the Volumes?
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Identifying paternal grandfather using DNA tests if birth name is unknown
My paternal grandfather was raised by others and took their name, but he was not officially adopted. I have no idea of his real name.
Can I still find him/family with DNA test(s) and, if so, which ...
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Tracing Hungarian birth and marriage records
I am trying to trace birth father's birth and marriage records. He died when I was very young and I was later adopted by my stepfather so my birth father's details no longer show on my birth ...
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was proof of first wife's death required for marriage in England in 1938?
My parents marriage certificate in 1938 shows my father as a widower but I have been unable to find a previous marriage or any records showing him as being married before. Would proof of first wife's ...
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Finding when parents married in Modesto, California, USA
I need to know what year and month my parents married in Modesto, California, USA.
How can I find out?
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India death records from c.1947?
I have a relative who lived in India later in life but am struggling to identify exactly when he died.
He was British but was in Punjab, India by 1911 (he appears on the UK 1911 census as he was in ...
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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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Locating Hungary Civil Registration original indexes?
I am looking for the 24 February 1911 marriage entry between Marie Emma Kafka-Somfai (Mária Kafka-Somfai) and Dr. Karl Ritter von Taussig (Károly Taussig). (The only thing I have found was his death ...
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Determining if German naturalized in South Africa
My Grandfather was born in Germany 31 October 1900, in Koningsberg. He came to South Africa 22 July 1930 according to Table Bay stamp in passport.
I have no idea if he became a South African citizen ...
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How would a woman born 1935 in Poland end up in Germany in 1953?
Looking into the family history of a friend of a friend, I have brief details of two events for her mother, both of them from a birth certificate.
The mother (surname Stickel) was born in Warka (...
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What is this German document from the mid-1950s?
I've been asked to look into the ancestry of a friend of a friend, who was adopted mid-1950s in Germany.
She has a document, but doesn't know whether it's a birth certificate or something related to ...
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How to search for a New York area 20th century building by its appearance?
I have these photos I inherited from my father of a building near a water feature that was taken around June 1958 in the New York City area, in a roll of film that is right before some photos of West ...
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