Questions tagged [20th-century]
For questions about research in the period from 1901 to 2000.
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Finding out which Freemasons' lodge ancestor belonged to?
I know my grandfather was a Freemason, but I don't know which order/lodge he was associated with. Short of contacting every lodge in the state, how can I find out? Are there records of this sort of ...
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Strategy to find death of individual with common name?
I thought I had found the death certificate for my grandfather Thomas Jones (born 1905) but the recent availability of the 1939 register and the Midlands Electoral Rolls have proven me wrong (see Back ...
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What records might be created in England when people are re-interred?
There are two people in my database that seem to have two records about their burials -- one in Massachusetts, and one in Devon. I haven't found any other information that would indicate these are ...
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What uses are there for the Social Security Number (SSN) of a deceased ancestor?
The Social Security Death Index (SSDI), or Death Master File (DMF) is an index of the deaths of US persons that have been notified to the US Social Security. It's available online at various places ...
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Finding people who have moved within the same geographical area?
In an answer to the question How would you handle a census record that is almost certainly the target family but which has too many discrepancies? I wrote about a family in my research area for which ...
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Finding living individual from Queensland, Australia, when not much information is known?
I am working on an individual about whom very little is known. His daughter knows his name and is able to estimate his age. Our information doesn't really help us identify him well.
He was born in ...
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Understanding last three columns of 1910 US Census?
The last three columns in the 1910 US Census (columns 30, 31 and 32) have four numbers in them. Column 30 is supposedly about survivors of the Union or Confederate army, 31 is if you’re blind and 32 ...
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Finding orphaned grandfather's original surname?
I'm trying to find my Grandfather's original name.
He changed it when he became 18, back in 1941. He was an orphan and never told anyone what it was before he changed it. My dad always said Bair was ...
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Finding an elusive ancestor after the 1901 census (who may have deserted his family)
What strategies should I adopt to find an elusive ancestor in the early twentieth century? He may have deserted his family, so I can't rely on records of a wife of children to corroborate ...
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Tracing Romanian & Hungarian ancestry?
My soon to be wife is Romanian, I would like to add her family to my tree so that any future children will have a more complete tree rather than just Dad's side.
My issue is that her mother is the ...
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Where can I find information about Soviet Union arrests in the 1930s?
One of my ancestors was arrested and killed in the purges of the 1930's in the Soviet Union. I've heard of people who got papers from the Russian (post Soviet) government containing the "crimes" they ...
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Children born overseas to British Subjects -- what is their citizenship status?
My husband's great-grandparents came to the USA in 1898, and returned in 1904. While they were in the USA, they had two girls, one born in 1898, the other in 1900. On the 1911 Census (England), the ...
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Finding birth and death dates for brother who was born and died in Bucharest, Romania during 1930s?
I am looking for precise dates of birth and death for my brother.
All that I know is that he was born in Bucharest, Romania between 1933 to 1935 and died in 1935 in the same location. So was he was ...
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What happened to the original household schedules used to produce the 1939 Register?
The dataset called the 1939 Register of England & Wales, released on FindMyPast, is comprised of the enumerator's transcript books (National Archives RG 101). Using the King's household as an ...
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Finding specific records of US WW2 veterans?
My grandfather enlisted in the US Army in 1942.
How can I find more details about his service?
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Meaning of remarks on 1948 USMC discharge papers?
I am trying to understand the full meaning of the remarks shown on this record from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Muster Rolls. This is from July, 1948.
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Is there an online list of Kindertransport records?
Kindertransport was an operation to save Jewish children from Germany and occupied countries in 1938 and 1939. Almost 10,000 children were transported to the UK through this program.
While I have ...
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Name change records for New York City (NYC)?
One of the people I am researching appears to have changed her name: in the 1915 NYC census she appears as Reva Osernoff, living with the Axel family:
Similarly in the 1920 federal and 1930 censuses:
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Tracing ancestors in 20th century Romania?
Sanda Yordanova Genova was born in Braila in 1911.
Yordan Genov
Date of birth: 06/02/1907
Place of birth: Cerna
Name of spouse: Maria Todorova Ilieva
Nikola Todorov Bonchev
Date of birth: 10/09/...
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Finding 1910 map of Russia?
Where do I find a map of 1910 Russia?
My grandfather and his sister immigrated from a city that they spell differently on every document they complete. I would like to find the actual name and ...
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Searching for registries of persons who were born in Portugal or Brazil 1850-1930? [closed]
Are there good public sites available that have information about Portugal and Brazil ?
They don't need to be in portuguese, I just need information about genealogy and registries of persons who were ...
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Getting information from closed mental institution in California, USA?
My great-uncle's wife was committed to Camarillo State Hospital in California for something over 30 years, until her death in 1967. She has no descendants. I have become very interested in this ...
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Which exemptions to proof of parents' death are available to obtain an unredacted SSA application?
I filed for a copy of the original Social Security application of my paternal grandfather. The photocopy of the form was returned, redacted to remove his parents' names (which was the whole point of ...
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How to identify formal military photos?
Is there a web site out there or some place to ask about the context of formal US military photos? I would like to know the time, location, and reason of a photo.
For example, here are two photos ...
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Allegheny County, Lilly PA, April 1924 List of those Involved in KKK & Residents Clash
I am finding evidence that a distant cousin may have participated in or been an organizer of the Lilly, PA Klu Klux Klan incident where 400 armed Klan members attempted a cross burning in the town and ...
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Reading a Canadian 'Oceans Arrival' form completed in 1924
I'm studying the FAN club of John Stanley Wright (mentioned at Finding an elusive ancestor after the 1901 census (who may have deserted his family)) in an attempt to narrow down the date range for his ...
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Naturalized in 1896, but cannot be found anywhere in the US 1900 or 1910 censuses?
I have Naturalization papers of my Grandfather & it states he became Naturalized 20th of April 1896. We can find him in the 1920 & 1930 census...but nothing for the 1900 & 1910 census. ...
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Has anyone ever heard of the town of Husinice, Russia or Ukraine, circa 1912?
My grandfather came to the United States from a town in what was in 1912 considered to be Russia, or possibly Ukraine. The town has been spelled many ways in passenger lists, naturalization documents,...
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Finding Actes notariés (Notarial Acts) when Notary's name is known?
I have found an entry for a marriage in one of the Répertoires de notaires (Notarial Repertoires) in Ancestry's database Quebec, Canada, Notarial Records, 1626-1935 and I am trying to find the ...
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Finding half-sister who may still be living?
My father (1919-1984) married a woman (born in 1922) in 1943 and had a daughter on 6/18/44 whose name is unknown, prior to getting divorced and marrying my mother.
They were married for only a few ...
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Finding out where someone who died in England during 20th/21st century is actually buried?
I would like some guidance in tracing the burial place for a person who died in Surrey, England in the 20th or 21st century.
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Meaning of occupation codes in Maine Town Register?
What is the meaning of 'ph' in records? I found this abbreviation in the 1906 Town Register of Jefferson, Lincoln County, Maine next to my grandfather's name. He was listed as ptr, and ph. His name ...
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Penalty for late registration of birth in England?
My great grandmother was born in January 1905, but her birth was not registered until June quarter (i.e. April or later). Her son's birth in the 1920s was registered 57 days after his birth.
Births ...
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At what ages did British students enroll in school in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
The Archives and Records Association (ARA) in the UK and Ireland is leading a National Digitisation Project and one of the products of this effort has been published by Find My Past: England and ...
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Finding original surname of 20th Century Russian immigrant to United States?
My Great Grandfather Abraham moved here from Vilna Russia in early 1900's with his wife Udis Rose and two children, Arthor and Bella. They started in New York City and at some point changed the last ...
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Looking for family of Heinrich Märte from Sipplingen, Germany?
I am looking for information on Heinrich Märte (my grandfather) and his family. He was born on July 1, 1912 in Sipplingen and died On April 19, 1944 when the military plane crashed in Geierswalde ...
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Searching 1940s census database without names?
I'm adopted. I have non-identifying information about my birth mother and birth father, which I was able to use to find my birth mother's family through the 1940s census data (I also had her last name,...
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How to find current Name (or location) of "Russian" town recorded in 1910?
A passenger arrived in the port of New York on the ship Philadelphia in 1910. His residence, as listed on the Ellis Island manifest, is transcribed as "Ruistikovicz, Russia". The passenger is said ...
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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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Comparing currency in different time periods?
In the question How to order copies of English wills (post-1858)? I used as examples these two Probate Calendar entries, which are for a husband and wife. At the bottom I added some notes about the ...
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Is Rosa Balladares mother of all these children?
I am looking for the children of Rosa Balladares, born in Nicaragua. I found the corresponding records on FamilySearch.
When I was able to access the mentioned records some months ago, I was asking ...
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What can I deduce (if anything) from these US City Directories
I'm looking at the City Directories for Youngstown, Ohio (Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. )
My ancestor William ...
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German documents [closed]
So recently I was gifted a number of old documents , passports with photos vaccine records medal award certificates. I'm clueless as to what they all say from what I can see the young man was a nazi ...
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Seeking mother’s German passport
In a recent question (German documents) an understanding of a number of German documents that had come into the possession of @Cat was sought.
I recognize the first as being the passport of my mother ...
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