Questions tagged [1790s]
For questions about research in the decade from 1790 to 1799. If the question is not only specific to this decade, use the 18th-century tag.
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Seeking baptism record for Jacob Reinhart born 1799 at Bietzen, Saarland, Deutschland?
I've recently started researching my family tree. It all started as a college assignment for my son. Currently, I am stuck on a relative, Jacob Reinhart, that was born in Germany in 1799. A birth town ...
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What first name for Brizendine surname is shown in this tax record?
I'm looking at the Charlotte County Personal Tax records for 1798 (paywalled) as shown in this image:
I cannot read the first name of the last Brizendine on that page of four of them. First is Isaac ...
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Understanding entries in Charlotte County Personal Tax Table for Deceased Person?
I'm looking at the Charlotte County Personal Tax records for 1798 (paywalled) as shown in this image:
Isaac Brizendine died in 1797, and I believe the first line ends with Estate and the second line ...
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Any Russian Orthodox records of Kamchatka priests around 1800?
Yakov Volkov might have been a priest in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky around 1800 or slightly before. The Irkutsk bishop who appointed or sent him might have been Beniamin Bagranskii (1789-1814). The "...
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Birth record for a Jane Glasson in 18th century Cornwall?
Jane Glasson married John Short in Whitstone Parish, North Cornwall, England, 6 Jan 1821. http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=marriages&id=587662
Her headstone in ...
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Context of newspaper article about stolen horse?
I found a newspaper article for my 5x great grandfather, and was hoping someone could help provide some context. The article is from the 15 December 1790 issue of the Carlisle Gazette, in Carlisle, ...
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Linking Sojourners to Illegitimacy at Launceston, Cornwall in 1790s?
I've traced some relatives to Cornwall in the late 1790s,1800's. If I'm right, the first children born to the couple in question were born illegitimately in St Thomas by Launceston, and the remainder ...
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Did Somerset Militia recruit local Cornish soldiers when based at/near Truro around 1798?
Finding late 18th Century service record of soldier William Hobbs in Somersetshire Militia? was a question about my 4th great grandfather William Hobbs who married Jane Courtenay at Truro St Mary, ...
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Finding late 18th Century service record of Francis Green in Cornish Militia?
Using FindMyPast, I recently sighted images of the Marriage Banns and Marriage Record for my 4th great grandparents Francis Green and Grace Woodley who married on 13 Feb 1798 at Totnes, Devon, England....
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Interpreting Musgrave's Obituaries (for London) from around 1790?
On Ancestry.com I found a reference that may be to my 4th great grandfather John Stacy (also discussed in Could John Stacy who lived/married at London and later lived at Exmouth (Devon) have been ...