Questions tagged [new-jersey]
New Jersey (United States), one of the original 13 colonies.
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Are these two signatures from the same person?
Are there any standard techniques for comparing signatures to determine the likelihood that they are or are not by the same person?
When my great-5-grandfather Daniel Cooper signed his will in 1792, ...
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Where is Frankford Supply / Bristol Yards Located?
I have a picture that includes this building that I'm trying to locate from 1958:
I believe the signage reads: Bristol Yards / Frankford Supply Co.
I believe this is in New Jersey, otherwise ...
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Widow's probate in 18th century US?
When my ancestor Elias Van Court died in 1750 in New Jersey, he left everything to his wife Ann "as long as she lives".
(from "Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State ...
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How to find additional information pertaining to little known ancestors?
I have an Irish ancestor having a surname of Lynn. Anna Lynn is my Great Grandmother and 100% Irish. Her parents came to either New York or New Jersey around 1870. At some unknown point the family ...
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Arrival ports for Irish Immigrants to the US?
I'm trying to find my Irish ancestors point of entry.
My Great Great Grandparents were married in 1869 in Ireland. Their first child my Great Grandmother was born in the U.S. either New York or New ...
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Seeking 1945 New Jersey Death Record
I am looking for the complete death record of John Kalashi (+ Oct 1945) who passed away in Atlantic City NJ.
According to Reclaim The Records, some years of the index are missing, including 1930-1948.
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"Place of Marriage" in New Jersey Marriage Index
I am looking at the New Jersey Marriage Indexes (available on Archive.org and Ancestry.com, and probably other places as well). Here is a couple of example entries:
My question is about the two ...
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Seeking US death record from about 1912?
The family story says that my Grandfather Harry Avery died sometime in 1912.
In 1906 he was in Jefferson Maine. [PAINTER AND PAPERHANGER].
In 1908 he was in Attleboro, Massachusetts where he married ...
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Identifying two addresses
I am trying to identify the following two addresses. I have looked at past street names in Philadelphia and old maps of Vineland N.J. without success.
The first one is 1317 Salithos (?) St., ...
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Finding German immigrant family named Karl in US (1850s/1860s)?
I have an ancestress, Margaretha Karl. I know a fair amount about her, but not as much as I would like. (Isn't that always the case?)
She married Edward McHorney about 1860 (no record that I can find,...
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New Jersey Marriage Index
I found an entry for a 1923 marriage on the New Jersey Marriage Index. It references a VOL and Page #. Where can I view the Volumes?
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Where is Hepzibah Mason in Gregory Stone genealogy : ancestry and descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass., 1320-1917?
The American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) on Ancestry has this record which states:
Name: Hepzibah Mason
Volume: 111
Page Number: 364
Reference: Gregory Stone gen. Anc. and des. Of ...
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