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How should I record unknown parents?
I use FamilyTreeMaker and Ancestry. I’ve read Tamura Jones’ articles (and others) and accept that if you don’t know a name you should leave the field blank. So I’m quite happy to show no father, just ...
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Locating Birth Certificate City in Oviedo
I am trying to locate the Birth Certificate or Fe de Bautismo for my grandfather. I have his full name and place of birth said Oviedo, Asturias. I have his DOB although the date and month might be ...
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Where can I find records of a French female citizen who immigrated to either Uruguay or Argentina bt 1903 and 1912?
I am doing my family genealogic research and I am trying to find records of the entry of one female French citizen, either through Montevideo or through Buenos Aires. There are records of her marriage ...
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Finding Romanian birth certificate from 1957
Just a shot in the dark:
I am trying to find my mother's birth certificate from Bucharest. I don't know much about her, just her name, birthday and possibly her last name. She didn't have a middle ...
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Deciphering a birthplace in an 1850 marriage record in Hungary
Does anyone by any chance recognize this placename? It's from an 1850 marriage in Pest, where it is recorded as the birthplace of a 27-year-old groom (third entry on page: https://www.familysearch.org/...
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Why Wegene and Gedmatch (raw data uploaded from wegene) gives me similar results in everything except on the European part?
The first is wegene， the second is Gedmatch with raw data uploaded from wegene and the EUtest V2 K15.
In everything both websites seems to coincide.
However, what I cannot understand is how could ...
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What did a colour mixer do in 1830 in Manchester?
My great great grandfather lived in Salford, Manchester. In 1833 his marriage certificate indicated his profession as colour mixer. I believe this involved work in textile- finishing/ printing but ...
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Translating Spanish birth record into English
Can anybody translate or point me in the direction of where I can translate my great-grandfather’s Spanish birth record?
He was born in 1909 and I was sent over three photocopied pages of his birth ...
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Genetic Distance, Different Surnames
I see that in talking about genetic distance between two Y-DNA STR test results frequently uses the phrase "having the same surname", or some similar phrase. Why? "Iligitimate" ...
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Seeking soviet records of Aram Hmayak Kalfyan who died in Siberia in 1943
My maternal grandfather died in Siberia in 1943 Aram Hmayak Kalfyan. I believe he was arrested probably 1927-1930. I believe he was imprisoned, being a Trotskyte, arrested probably 1927-1930. He had ...
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Person has no house number on Census, but two different house numbers on Electoral Rolls (19th Century UK)
On the 1849-50 Register of Voters, Charles Ashmore in Manchester, UK was listed at 331 Rochdale Road.
On the 1850-51 Register of Voters, he was listed at 329 Rochdale Road.
And on the 1851 Census, ...
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Family research in Aden Colony
I am researching my paternal side's family history. They lived in Aden Colony during the British Colonisation in 1839-1967 (128 years) and left Aden in 1967.
They used to own property in Aden during ...
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US Outbound Passenger List information
Is there a listing of outbound ship passengers leaving New York City ports during the early 1900s to Europe (Italy)?
My mother, born in the Bronx, New York City in 1907 was taken to Italy to live by ...
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Transcribing a baptism from 1704 in Heinebach
I'm trying to read a baptism entry from 1704 in Heinebach. The priest's handwriting is pretty terrible, however. I could use assistance in finishing this transcription.
den 23 xembr ist Wilhelm ...
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Scottish Mortality Register (Montrose 1787)
Before the introduction of the Statutory Registers there was no systematic record of deaths in Scotland. What there are are often financial in nature, recording the hire of the parish mort cloth or ...
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