Questions tagged [birth-records]
For questions about documents pertaining to an individual person's birth, including birth certificates, registers and indexes
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Birth Record for Anders Johansson Kålander (Finland)
Anders Johansson Kålander was born on 22 September 1810. He appears on the 1855-1862 Communion Record for Kokkola Parish with his wife, Caisa, and his 3 children.
I've already searched the Kokkola ...
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Help needed to resolve two conflicting pieces of information
I have traced one of my ancestors to this particular individual, but the trail goes dead and other family trees have gone with, what i perceive as incorrect.
James Borland, married Janet Livingtone in ...
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Seeking genealogist in Malta
I wondered if anyone can recommend a genealogist in Malta?
I'm looking to find birth records for my great, great grandma. I've found reference to her "mixed marriage" in Malta and I have her ...
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Seeking Russian Orthodox birth records for Laski/Leski in Grodno region of Belarus. . .c. 1880 - 1905
My grandfather Zuk/Zukowsky immigrated in 1905. Born 1887, his younger brother Nikita about 4 years younger. . .one older brother Phillip. Russian Orthodox. Passenger list for Nikita indicate birth ...
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Seeking exact birthplace of Catherine Kennedy 1829-1893 in the Limerick area
My great grandmother Catherine was born into a very large family of Andrew Kennedy 1815-1869 and Mary Hogan b. 1811. She was sentenced for stealing a cow to 7 years transportation to Van Diemen's Land ...
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Finding birth details of grandfather born Malta in 1900
How do I find the birth details of my grandfather-Frank George Cassar born Malta in 1900, including his birth certificate?
His father was George Cassar.
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Records of German ancestor born c.1773 from Bolesławiec (Bunzlau)
My 5th great-grandfather immigrated to Russia in 1803 under the name Karl Ivanovich Jungfer. We have a good deal of records of his time in Russia, but nothing of his time before entering the country. ...
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Which of these German birth records is correct?
I believe that this is the correct marriage record for 12 & 13. A family story says that 6 & 7 in my pedigree chart were first cousins. 13 & 14 are brother and sister. I found 2 possible ...
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Finding Shrader birth records
jadepx did an awesome job confirming that all my Shraders are from the same family. German Ancestor - Schroeder (Shrader) Connecting Families
Can someone help find the birth records of the parents?
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Finding birth certificate from late 19th century Transylvania
I am trying to find birth certificate or details about my great grandparents who were from Transylvania.
My great grandfathers name was Marton Joszef and my great grandmother was Sarlota Lefkorits. ...
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Finding 1939 birth place in Pomerania, Poland
I am looking for my mother's birth place and where she last lived in Pomerania 1924/1939. The documents I have are confusing. One states her place of birth as Kisiewe. Another states Kiczewa. Nearest ...
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Locating Birth Certificates in Spain using Census Info
I want to try and obtain accurate details about my Great Grandparents birth (ie. obtain certificates) on my Grandfathers side. My mother has provided photos of them to me and told me a bit about them.
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Can a person confirm paternity by results of a DNA matching service to the father's distant relative?
I am trying to find a way to confirm that the man listed on my birth certificate is my father or not (hopefully not). I have some obstacles, of course, one is that he died in 2011. We were not close (...
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False name on birth certificate
I am using fake names for this question.
Jane Jones is the daughter of Julie ___ and Bob Smithers. Julie and Bob were not married. They lied, and Jane’s birth certificate says “Smith.” Jane later ...
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Tracing ancestor with 1910 Wisconsin Birth Registration but nothing afterwards
I have located my ancestor Serafina Alice Brylski's 22 OCT 1910 Registration of birth and nothing else after that.
Serafina Alice Brylski
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BIRTH 22 OCT 1910 • Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ...
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Learning more about father than just his name
I have my biological father's name and that is all. He and my mother were never married. He was born somewhere in Colorado around the turn of the 20th century.
My investigation turned up three men ...
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Identifying father of Jacob David Keil born 1854 around Lemberg
My great grandfather was Jacob David Keil was born in 1854 and lived somewhere around Lemberg/Lwow/Lviv Dobrotvor. The birth year comes from his age at death in the cemetery.
My great grandmother ...
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Finding person by birthdate alone
In February, 1903 Leiser and Nachman Feinstein left Timkowitz (Slutsk), Belarus and sailed via Hamburg for New York where their mother Minka Cohen Feinstein collected them and brought them to join her ...
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Translating German Jewish birth record in Hebrew
Can somebody translate the two lines in Hebrew of this birth record for a German Jew from 1832 in Dessau?
The German part is translated (s. below), what is missing is the line in Hebrew in the first ...
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Translating French documents [closed]
I need some help translating a couple of documents from 1800's France. The first one is this birth record for Philippe Kindelberger.
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Finding birth and marriage records for Grodno
We are searching for birth records for Wanda Anna Jurewicz born May 15 1920 in Grodno Poland. Now that could be the region of Grodno. She only states Grodno. Her father was Wincenty Jurewicz and ...
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Locating a birth record for Mary Harris circa November 1919
The story with Mary Harris started out with my research for Alexander Campbell Harris records in Wales.
Eventually I located a burial entry for Alexander at Llanelli Cemetery and they kindly provided ...
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I'm looking for birth or baptismal record Westensee, Germany
My great grandfather, Ludwig August Adolph Ehlers, 1854–1942
BIRTH 19 SEP 1854 • Westensee, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Arrived in USA in 1894 in New York. Sailed out of ...
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How to document a "Baby Scan"?
We had the scan for our second son back on 2nd September 2003. And I still have the digital image and was thinking of adding it to his profile. But since this is an event that occurs before his birth ...
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How to interpret this19th century Ukrainian Jewish birth index result?
I found these search results among Ukrainian Births on JewishGen:
I would like help interpreting the second column. The three rows of headers are:
Father, Grandfather
Mother, Grandfather
Mother, ...
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Tracing Hungarian birth and marriage records
I am trying to trace birth father's birth and marriage records. He died when I was very young and I was later adopted by my stepfather so my birth father's details no longer show on my birth ...
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Missing birth records for Great Grandfather - London, UK
I have been tracing my ancestors to Italy and have accounted for all their vital BMD records, with the exception of just one, which is my British-born Great Grandfather, Baptista Sabini, and his birth ...
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Trying to find birth certificate or any birth records for Heinz Gunther Curdt (German ancestry)
I have been extensively researching my family ancestry. My grandfather is German and moved to England at age 7 around 1950-1952.
I am trying to find out anything about my great grandfather, Heinz ...
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Seeking birth/baptism record for Noble Hutchinson Fleming who was born in 1827 at Cork, Ireland
I am looking to identify family members of Noble Hutchinson Fleming, born in Cork, Ireland in 1827. The family was Protestant, possibly some sort of evangelicals. His father owned businesses in Cork ...
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Chruszow, Poland,1901
I am trying to locate my Grandfather's Birth records. He lists "Chruszow, Poland,1901" as his birthplace.
What would Chruszow, Poland, now be known as? What Parish would I search for ...
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Catholic naming conventions
Is it a convention in the Catholic church to put a baby's Christian name first in a birth record, before their actual first name?
For instance, my father was born Elmer Edward. Since he was very ...
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Birth certificate in Algeria
I am trying to get the birth certificates of two people who were born in 1920 in Algeria in "Sidi - Biraber" and in "Sebdon Oran".
By the names and surnames I believe the ...
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How can I find birth record/Hungarian evidence of ancestor born around 1892/1893?
My ancestor Vilmos Schwarcz (AKA Schwartz, Schwarz) was born around 18 December 1892 in then-Hungary - present-day Slovakia. His US documents all list his birth town as Gesce/Hernadgesce (Geča today).
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Why would the filing date of a birth certificate be prior to the date of birth?
My grandmother's birth certificate states her date of birth as December 21, 1914.
At the bottom there are two dates. One appears to be a filing date, and the other I am not sure I understand the ...
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Birth Record Missing: Joseph C. (POLEO) O'BRIEN 1921 - 1981
My project invlolves finding the proof of birth for:
Joseph C. (POLEO) O'BRIEN (born, orphaned, adopted?)
Apparent info (not certain) is:
BIRTH 05 JUN 1921 • Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
DEATH 11 ...
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Finding birth/baptism record for Owen Melvin B. Pinkerton born in Indiana around 1872
My Great Grandfather was Owen Melvin B. Pinkerton born in Indiana around 1872. He was supposedly adopted by the Pinkerton's
Married and had children in Kansas. Wife Florence Munkres. Children Harvey, ...
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Changed Birth Certificate number
The certificate number on my grandfather's birth certificate from 1893 was changed. You can see the original, crossed out number just above the new number. When he passed, and the family found his ...
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Finding children of Gustav Steinhauer (1870-1930)
I am trying to find out if Gustav Steinhauer, lived 1870 to 1930 had children and if so where were they born and when.
I am trying to find out if I am related to Gustav Steinhauer
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Looking for roots of the Kobi family of Romanshorn and Winterthur, Switzerland
Elisabeth (Kobi) Conaway, daughter of Ernst Kobi and Klara Merz, immigrated to the U.S. The family has no further information.
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Unusual middle name "Schewa"?
I have here an entry in a Jewish birth registry from Bohemia with a Johanna Kafka (last one on the left side, entry No. 244) even in two versions: http://www.badatelna.eu/fond/1073/reprodukce/?...
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What documents were needed for a woman to register to vote in UK elections after 1918
This is a UK-related question, relating to the search for my grandmother's birth records.
She lived between the late 1870s and 1946. I have found her mentioned in censuses from 1881 to 1911, and I ...
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Looking for anyone with Chevtaikin Surname
My father was born 1923 in Penza region of Russia.
His grandfather was Andreas, his father was Demetri and mother Tatania.
His 3 brothers went to war (WWII) and his family home was taken over and papa ...
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What is this German document from the mid-1950s?
I've been asked to look into the ancestry of a friend of a friend, who was adopted mid-1950s in Germany.
She has a document, but doesn't know whether it's a birth certificate or something related to ...
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Getting birth certificate of German born in Romania in 1895 [duplicate]
My grandfather was a German born in Romania in 1895. I need to get a copy of his birth certificate to prove he was German, as I need to prove he was German to apply for a German passport for my ...
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Obtaining Brazilian Civil Registry documents from abroad
I have located several birth and marriage records of interest in the Brazilian civil registry via familysearch.org; now I would like to obtain official copies and transcripts of these records. (I ...
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Resolving conflicting GRO birth and death registration indexes?
Every now and again when I am searching the GRO indexes of births or deaths, I find a nearby registration where the Registration District is not what I expect.
The most recent example is:
FreeBMD ...
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Looking for Davit family in Sibiu between 1875 and 1900 [duplicate]
My great grandmother immigrated to the US from Romania around 1900. She identified her nationality as German in all the census she answered.
I am assuming she came from Sibiu but I don't know for ...
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Getting mother’s birth certificate from lwow Rosa 1945?
My mother was born in 1945 in lwow Rosja.
How I can get her birth certificate?
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Were Scottish middle names sometimes added later? Eg. Campbell
I have asked questions relating to Alexander Campbell Harris before.
You may recall that I had issues with his year of birth due to differences between the information on the marriage and death ...
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Any online access to Suchostaw, Galicia or Sukhostav, Ukraine church records from 1880s?
I'm looking for family information on Tymko or Tomko Napadij. He is my great grandfather and was born October 25, 1886. He emigrated to Winnipeg, Canada via Halifax. Are there any Austrian/Galician ...
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