Questions tagged [1950s]
For questions about research in the decade from 1950 to 1959. If the question is not only specific to this decade, use the 20th-century tag.
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Finding 1953 Louisiana marriage license of parents?
My parents married in 1953. I think they went to Mississippi from Louisiana to marry. They didn’t want to do the waiting period. Then they came back the next day and were married by a priest in ...
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Determining cause of 1958 death in England?
I have an ancestor who died rather young (late forties) at a time when there was no major military conflict. This was post-1900 as well so life expectancy wouldn't excuse this as a natural death.
He ...
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Seeking info on merchant marine who died at sea mysteriously in 1952?
My father-in-law was a merchant marine who died at sea in 1952 under mysterious circumstances.
How can we obtain the cause of death?
We have not been able to get a certificate due to privacy laws ...
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Discovering New York City death and burial location?
A search result for my great uncle Salvador M Campos appeared recently in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 on Ancestry (in the Death and Wills category).
Salvador M ...
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Finding resources about circus ancestors?
I am trying to find the family name of the trapeze act (and ideally the individuals) who toured Ireland back in the 1950's with the Chipperfield Circus.
I'm struggling to find any resources that ...
