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Finding burial information for a death reported in New York City
I am hitting a brick wall trying to research my second great grandparents, Isaac and Allegra Honen. On Ancestry I found NYC death indexes showing the day that they both died in 1963, July 13 for Isaac ...
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Abbreviation meaning of heading of BO on deaths reported in NYC record
My brother died on March 17, 1953. On record I found for Deaths report in NYC, there was a heading of BO and for my brother a Y was entered in that column. How can I find out what that all means?
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Finding a death record from Manhattan (New York City)?
The person I am looking for died in Manhattan, NY 16 May 1864. The only document I've been able to find (thus far) is what appears to be an index of deaths shared on Ancestry.
The record I'm ...
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Locating autopsy results for suicide in NYC in 1931?
Has anyone had any success in obtaining a police file or coroner's report from the 1930's?
I am having difficulty finding out if those records were destroyed or not. If not, I cannot find any place ...
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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.
Salvador M Campos
birth date: 1 Jul 1886
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Finding ships records and death information for Richard Turkington who came to New York City before 1838?
My 2nd great-grandfather came to New York City sometime prior to my great-grandfather's birth in 1838. His wife was Bessie Louden, and my great-grandfather was orphaned at age 13, around 1851. This ...
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Locating a 20th century New York Death record
My Spanish great uncle was born Salvador Mouris Campos and naturalized as Compos. He was born July 1, 1886 and traveled from Havana to New York in 1917. Was subsequently drafted for WW1 that year. In ...
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Who killed Katherine Ann (McFee/McPhee) Stevens?
Katherine Ann (McFee/McPhee) Stevens, was the wife of Mr. Byron E. Stevens. The couple resided in Brooklyn Ward 7, New York, USA with their 5 daughters(1). Story has it that Katherine was killed in ...
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Determining who died on particular voyage of ship?
One voyage of the ship William Stetson began the 26th of April, 1855 in Liverpool, England and ended the 27th of May, 1855 in New York. One account of the voyage says:
The New York Herald of May 30,...
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Finding New York City/State records relating to Sellars family (British subjects) births/deaths mid 19th century?
On advice of @efgen I split this question into two - one for New York and one for Panama, but left the same detail for both thinking the fact that Robert Sellars was in both geographic areas might ...
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