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What qualifies as next-of-kin for a US SF-180, Request Pertaining to Military Records?
The SF 180 seems to conflict itself on what qualifies as next-of-kin.
The instructions, lacking "grandchild", state this:
However, the fillable form has a drop-down field for next-of-kin, ...
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Baby recorded on 1911 census – but born a month after the census?
Got a bit of a puzzle –
I have found a baby, born 7 May 1911, who seems to be recorded on the 1911 census in rural Nottinghamshire, England. But the census was taken on 2 Apr 1911. How is this ...
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Did late 18th century naval ship captains conduct weddings? If so, where would these be recorded?
A pair of direct forebears, my 3xgreat-grandparents, eloped in the early-mid 1790s. He, Edward McDowell, had been the family coachman when he ran away with Susan of unknown surname. A 1797 naval ...
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Why was Harry Mendelsohn's 1915 death while fighting in Canadian Expeditionary Forces falsely reported?
Harry Mendelsohn in this July 13, 1915 newspaper article was not killed fighting in WWI. He was part of the CEF, but he hadn't yet left for France. No correction was printed in that paper or any of ...
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Alien Passenger (1917) who became Relative to be joined (1920): how to reconcile address discrepancies?
From a previous question it was noted that a certain Alien Passenger arriving at Providence RI in 1917, gave as an Address of a female cousin to be joined:
868 Broad Street, Central Falls
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Privacy Considerations of Widow(er)
The general rule for putting family information up on public family trees such as Ancestry, FamilySearch, your own website, etc., is that no information about living people should be included. This is ...
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Ancestors came to England on the "Belgian Mail Packet" in 1920/1921 - How to find those records?
My wife's grandmother (Annie Pieniążek, age 9) emigrated from Poland to Canada in the early 1920s. She travelled from Liverpool to Halifax on the "SS Canada", leaving 10-Feb-1921, and arriving 19-Feb. ...
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Locating autopsy results for suicide in NYC in 1931?
Has anyone had any success in obtaining a police file or coroner's report from the 1930's?
I am having difficulty finding out if those records were destroyed or not. If not, I cannot find any place ...
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Name changes in Canada in the 1920s?
My great-grandfather died in WW1 and then my great-grandmother remarried and had more children with her second husband. This would have been 1920s rural Saskatchewan. All of the children took one last ...
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Identifying Military Uniform from Franco Prussian War?
I am looking for information regarding my great-great grandfather Heinrich Rositzky and the military uniform he is wearing, and if a unit or even his rank could possibly be determined by it.
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What can I infer about John Wright from this 1841 census entry?
The 1841 census for England and Wales (Piece number 1208, Book number 8, Folio number 26, Page number 2) has a John Wright aged 11 at Coventry Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. He is ...
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Who would grant a lion tamer licence in northern England?
My great uncle Walter Manton Partington trained circus lions. His circus name was Retlaw. He was apparently the only trainer to have a licence in northern England in the early to mid 1900's. Under ...
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Seeking death record for Jacob Schulthess who died in Wangen an der Aare prison in Switzerland?
Looking for the death record for Jacob Schulthess who died in Wangen an der Aare prison sometime between 1894 - Oct 1899
I am told he was sent to prison for accidentally shooting his mother in law ...
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Finding ships sailing from Germany to Brazil between 1824 to 1830?
Is it possible to find the names of ships used to transport German emigrants to Brazil in the period of 1824 to 1830?
I am specially looking for ships in the period 1827-1829.
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Early NY and PA research
I've hit a difficult spot in my research, and I'm hoping for some research suggestions. My ancestor, Christian Rice was born in Orange County NY in 1762 ("near Goshen"). In his pension application, he ...
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