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Did UK Poor Houses pay for pauper's graves?
This came from a voluntary group who help look after an old UK cemetery and I noticed that there are 14 buried in this one plot.
I thought there was a limit to the number of people who could be ...
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Earls and Dukes are Titles, AKAs, Suffixes or something else?
Earls and Dukes:
With John Russell KG PC FSA, he was the 6th Duke of Bedford.
Should '6th Duke of Bedford' be entered into the Title, Suffix, AKA or something else?
Being a Duke or Earl wouldn't be an ...
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Translating Polish certificate
I have this certificate and I need to translate the 4th row which is for Epstein Isaak.
How can I get started?
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How do I turn on Ancestry's Relationship Calculator?
The "relationship to me" feature has disappeared from my tree on Ancestry. I rely on this heavily not to get sucked down rabbit holes of people not actually connected except by marriage.
I'...
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Thought godmother wasn’t related, but she’s a MATCH?
Close Family – 1st Cousin
24% sharedd DNA: 1,677 cM across 42 segments.
I was always under the impression that my godmother was not my relative, but, much to my surprise, the above results came back ...
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Clarification of Dates listed in the Verlustlisten - WWI German Casualties Lists 1918
I've encountered conflicting explanations of the dates listed in the German WWI Casuality lists - Verlustlisten. My information is from Vol. 1918_XVI, List #2145, List Date: 9 Oct 1918. The soldier I'...
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How to start a family tree? [closed]
I have a MASSIVE family, with lineages that lead to the aztecs, polish, and much much more. It's pretty difficult for me to write all the lines down on a piece of paper.
What would I use to hold those ...
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Showing Adopted Name and Birth Name on Family Tree
My biological parents gave birth to 9 children. When my birth father died, the 4 youngest children (including me) were put up for adoption and our names were changed. (4 different adoptive families)
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What is word relating to wife of father in 1759 English (Somerset) baptism record?
This is from a 1759 baptism record in England. It reads, James, son of James Shepherd & Mary his wife of ????? baptized Jan 1 1759" The term is repeated for several other records but most are ...
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Interpreting part of Irish baptism entry
the usual practice for Irish baptism entries is that the mother's name is usually accompanied by their maiden name and sometimes their married name [same as fathers].
In the entry #2081 attached for ...
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German or Czech town (or city)
I have a document issued during 1940's by German authorities which shows my great-grandfather's place of birth. I am trying to determine where the place is. The town or city in either Germany or the ...
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Deciphering handwritten cause of death on death certificate
I'm having trouble deciphering a cause of death. So far here's what I think:
line (a) cause: ? , onset: 1 week
line (b) perforated Ca -- sigmoid, onset: 7 mos. (months)
I'm ...
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Transcribing particular phrase in 1813 English will
I have transcribed one of my ancestor's wills - it is from 1813 in Hereford, England. There is only one particular section that I can't figure out. It is 5 lines up from the bottom of the page I will ...
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Finding people in the 1950 Census without using the index
How can I find people in the 1950 US Federal Census, before the index is created, or afterwards if I can't find them via the index?
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Finding Combat Records of Ancestor's Unit from World War 2
I started doing research on the service history for my grandmother's brother who died in Europe during the second World War. I have his serial number and his unit (K Company, 110th Infantry Regiment, ...
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Finding US or Wisconsin government official Vitus Seng
I'm chasing Vitus Seng, probably born 1809 in Bleibach, Baden, who is mentioned in a few letters by a few US immigrants originating from the same area. In 1858 he is reported to have done successful ...
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Finding original Baltimore passenger list from an index card
This index card found on FamilySearch, shows the arrival of Jno B Guth, Male, aged 34, arriving in the United States in 1834.
How can I find out more about this collection, and where/how to find the ...
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United Kingdom 1921 census example forms and guidance
I'm preparing for the release during 2022 of the UK 1921 census records (England & Wales, Scotland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man). [Note: there was no census taken of Northern Ireland ...
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Distinguishing niece from sister using shared percentage DNA [duplicate]
On Ancestry who I thought was my niece my oldest sisters child shared 49% -56% dna how is that possible ?
I also have a first cousin who shares 26% yet his sister only shares 6% why is that
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Finding 1941 death record or gravesite for Eli(as) Weinstock in Cernauti
I am searching for a death record or gravesite for Eli(as) Weinstock who lived in Cernauti in 1941.
He was a journalist. He died on Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) in Sep 1941 and I know he died on ...
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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 old gramps data on my computer
I used gramps to work with my family genealogy information years ago, but I haven't touched it since 2016, and did most of the work in 2012. I cannot find where it's storing the old information.
Will ...
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Reading the baptismal entry for Wolff Schweitzer's child (Sontra 1636)
I'm having a bit of trouble reading and translating the "Mar" section at the bottom here:
At the moment, I have:
Wolff Schweitzers kind hain Schwager gewaffen
Hans Schmüch Mayer kind ...
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In medieval Germany, would a baptismal sponsor have to be confirmed?
I'm working with the earliest written church records in 1600s Germany, in the north-eastern Hesse area. I have a baptism record from 13 Apr 1611 where Hans Almerod is the sponsor for Johs Schmidt, ...
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Where was BurÿHaüs near 1663 Breitau?
Three people in the 1663 baptism record from Breitau, Germany, in north-eastern Hesse, are listed as being from "BurÿHaüs". I can find nothing even close to that name in that area. Can ...
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Interpreting communion/confirmation records from Sontra in 1606
I'm trying to properly interpret Protestant communion/confirmation records from 1606 in Sontra. According to https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sontra, in 1602 Sontra had 402 households and around 2000 ...
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Where was Ponisci(or Pouiszi), Russia?
Before my great gran died, she tasked me in finding out more about her mothers Russian heritage. I have deducted that, before she immigrated to America, she lived somewhere called Ponisci, Russia. ...
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Was Catharine Elisabeth Schweitzer from Weiterode baptised twice?
I've run into an odd situation. Catharine Elisabeth Schweitzer was baptised in Weiterode in 1822. She is the first child of the parents. However, the next birth record for the same parents is from ...
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Format a large amount of dates
I recently got access to some of my grandpas genealogy research, which I have imported to Gramps as a ".ged"-file. Many of the dates are in a format which Gramps doesn't understand:
Is ...
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Determining common ancestor by where descendants match on particular chromosome
Can I tell which ancestor, like a 4th great grandparent by where we match on a particular chromosome?
I am trying to find 4th great grandmothers maiden name. I have distant matches with same names ...
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Getting non-tree ancestry graph for latex from gramps
See the project here https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps
There is an addon that does a nice export for trees https://ctan.org/pkg/genealogytree but it only does trees and not the whole database (...
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Reading the name of the father of Johann Henrich Illart (Mihla, 1731)
I cannot read the name of Johann Henrich Illart's father from either his baptism nor his burial record. It looks like "S__ndal" to my eye, and if I'm reading it right, it shows him as being ...
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Reading death record of Margret Hasert (1624)
This is one of the earliest Hasert/Schüchel records I've found, from Mihla, Germany in 1624. I'm having some difficulties reading it, however.
The transcription as far as I can figure it out:
Den 4 ...
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Software for creating digital images from an album and captioning them
I'm looking for software to create digital versions of and caption individual photos from albums and paper prints. Can anyone suggest any products that might do this?
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Where would Büchenan have been in Thuringia in 1730?
This is a marriage record from Mihla, Germany, in 1730.
My best reading of the 2nd and 3rd lines is:
Hanß Georg Monton, Bürgers Zu Creuzburg, [mia?] [und?] An=
spänners und Schultzens Zu Büchenan ...
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Where was Ormalonsok Hungary?
In an effort to locate my grandfather's Hungarian birth certificate (born in 1924) I need to narrow down his place of residence/birth prior to him immigrating abroad. On the ships manifest it shows ...
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Finding information on Emigration ships (UK to US) in 1841
My 3x great grandfather and his family of 5 emigrated to the US , arriving in New York on 16 July 1841 from Liverpool UK on board the Ship Splendid (or Splendid of New York). Archives image
I would ...
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How to enhance digital images of partly damaged documents (German church book from 1657)?
I found the hardest yet to read document in my carrier, see below.
Do you have any idea how to make the remaining information on that digital document (it is German from 1657) readable or is it lost ...
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Letter to my father from German in field hospital in Schwedzinger near Rhein 1945
At the end of the ww2 my father an American Medic was shot and captured and taken to the field hospital in Schwedzinger near Rhein Germany. He had been on patrol with 270 men and they were all killed ...
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Extracting Complete Ship Passenger List
I am looking for the full ship record (Ellis Island, ship = Calabria, Arrival date IV.06.1911). Here is a sample : https://www.dropbox.com/s/94pj3l3nc5tusi4/1911%204%2022%20Leonidas%20Zoto%202.jpg?dl=...
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Transcription assistance for a baptism record from 1620 in Mihla, Germany
The surnames here look quite interesting for two of my lines, but I'm having difficulty reading the writing.
Can you fix the errors in my transcription?
Sommabeu aliheniradias domini getauff Ni
claus ...
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Calculating Genetic Distance
Is the Genetic Distance between two Y-DNA STR test results simply the number of str values that do not match?
For example, if two people have the exact same values for all STR values except DYS413, ...
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Where is Brunfelt, Germany?
I've run into two marriage records from the 1650s, from Mihla, Germany, describing someone as being from "Brunfelt". It could perhaps also be read "Branhalt". However, I cannot ...
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Seeking passenger list for SS Wittekind which landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1910
Looking for the Passengers list on the SS Witteland. Landed in Baltimore, Maryland on June 11, 1910. Name Marcin Glowacki. His final destination was Grand Rapids Michigan. Born November 4, 1892.
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Understanding why same couple seemingly married twice within year
I've found the record of the marriage of my 8x great-grandparents. However, I've actually found two different records that both appear to document their marriage, on two different dates.
Hans ...
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What name might "B." indicate in 16th or 17th century Germany?
I've run across the abbreviated name "B." in the oldest church books I am working with. I don't think I've seen it used after around the middle of the 17th century, but I've seen it in ...
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Autosomal DNA match anomaly or false positive?
I've done autosomal DNA tests on ftdna for myself, my mother and paternal grandmother. I've transferred the results to MyHeritage, where I have a match with a person X with the largest segment of 27cM....
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What does dism. or dismt. stand for in Orphan court record, does it relate to being of legal age?
In the journal Southside Virginian Volume: VI page 129 reads in part:
Orphans Docket to August Court 1764: Guardian: Jordan Knight; Orphan: Richd. Knight; Of Whom: John Knight; Aug 1764: dism.
What ...
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Reading Philipp Burkhardt's profession
I can't read the profession of Anna Maria's father. My Kurrent is still not great, and I can't read the letters well enough to figure out a word that fits. It sort of looks like it's "Bürger u. ...
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What is the term for number of descendants, weighted by genetic relatedness?
There are terms for 1) number of children 2) number of grandchildren - but for longer timescales, where you would like to talk about the total genetic contribution still surviving, what terms are ...