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Take a punch at this (or...identifying a boxer?)
The "B" page of "Find your boxing ancestors" on boxinghistory.org.uk lists several Butlers but only three with the first initial "G" (as his shorts appear to be monogrammed "GB").
The first of these, ...
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Privacy restrictions for ordering death certificates in England?
First I feel obligated to say that there is no such thing as a UK death certificate. There are death certificates for England & Wales, then there are death certificates from Scotland, and there ...
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Did bigamous marriages need to be annulled?
Professor Rebecca Probert ("a leading authority on the history of marriage law and practice in England and Wales" to quote the blurb on her book) has written a useful book:
Divorced, Bigamist, ...
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Finding record of immigration to Argentina from Spain?
I have great news for you. :)
A 24 years old single man called Pedro Penalba Agueda arrived in Buenos Aires on 1930/03/18. The ship was "Conte Rosso".
You can run the search here: https://cemla.com/...
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Local record of serviceman's marriage in British Mandate Palestine?
The Israel Genealogy Research Association (https://genealogy.org.il) is in the process of indexing marriage and divorce records from the British Mandate period. You can search their database and see ...
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Strategy to find death of individual with common name?
I don't think this is a comprehensive answer, but I will outline my process for dealing with record hints on services which offer them like Ancestry and Find My Past.
Assemble all the information you ...
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Finding a town in Russia-Poland from 1910
I've left in my wrong turns below on purpose, to show the process of genealogical research and how to build evidence. This manifest is both correct and a red herring. It led me to some hypotheses ...
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Strategy to find death of individual with common name?
Common names are always difficult because there are so many false positives.
With such a common name as Thomas Jones, I would not search public death records or look for the death certificate until ...
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Finding specific records of US WW2 veterans?
Service records for those who served during the 20th century are held by the National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR) (part of the US National Archives in St Louis).
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Finding records of ancestor who died in London in 1948?
I did some hopefully-not-too-creepy sleuthing, but starting with your birth index record it was relatively straightforward to establish your mother's name, her marriage, and find her birth record.
In ...
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Locating Hungary Civil Registration original indexes?
If you're willing to put in a little time and effort, it's possible you don't need the indexes.
You linked to the Hungary Civil Registration collection here:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/...
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Seeking death/burial record in Germany for man born 1922?
In Germany, records on birth, marriage and death are kept by the ''Standesamt'' (registrar’s office).
Depending on the kind of record, they are kept at least for:
110 years (birth records)
80 years ...
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Finding parents for early-20th century immigrant to US from Germany?
Building on the previous answer with some specifics:
Since you already know that her last residence before emigrating was in Berlin and you have the alternate surname spellings, we can assume that ...
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Is there a way to search for 1935 inferred residence from the 1940 census?
Yes, you can search the 1940 census for residence in 1935. Searching only for those who were in different places in 1935 and 1940 is not directly possible (unless you know the 1940 location), although ...
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Privacy restrictions for ordering death certificates in England?
The GRO's searchable online index is capped at 1957. From the GRO's FAQ page:
Q6. Why aren’t death records shown up until 1965 rather than 1957?
Death records have been digitised up to 1957 but ...
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What is this hand written, abbreviated month?
I think that it reads Ap. for April, and that the A in Ap. is very similar to the A in Aug on the line below.
I do not think that it reads Sep. because the S would look unlike any of the five ...
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Seeking current location of shtetl from 1900 named Sukaron?
To locate a shtetl (a small town or village where there was a Jewish community), the free, nonprofit Jewish genealogy web site JewishGen has several useful tools.
First, as has been recommended on ...
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Does George B Sperry logo on fold case for photos indicate photographer or case manufacturer?
George B. Sperry apparently owned the studio where the picture was taken. However, this could have been any one of several studios in Toledo.
According to Ohio Photographers: 1839-1900 by Diane ...
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How to search for a New York area 20th century building by its appearance?
FWIW, the Hudson Valley is full of historic mansions with landscaped grounds — many of them white — so your search terms should mention things that are unique about this one (e.g. "white" is ...
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Reading a Canadian 'Oceans Arrival' form completed in 1924
I think it says Hettie. In my experience it is usually a nickname for Esther or Henrietta, but it could equally well be a nickname of Ethel. Nicknames are tricky as they do not always follow the ...
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Strategy to find death of individual with common name?
My wife had an ancestor who was extremely difficult to find, but I later discovered she was in a mental asylum. What confused me is that when she was committed, her husband apparently disowned her and ...
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Looking for family of Heinrich Märte from Sipplingen, Germany?
Volksbund, where a database of German war graves is kept, has the following information:
Nachname: Märte
Vorname: Heinrich
Dienstgrad: Oberfeldwebel
Geburtsdatum: 01.07.1912
Geburtsort: Sipplingen
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How to find Romanian (and Canadian-Romanian) ancestry online
It seems to me your question is telling us what you don't know and in doing so, answering your own question as to what you need to find out:
Your grandfather was born in Montreal in 1914. His birth ...
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Reading illegible marriage record?
As pointed out in comments, this is not a marriage record, but an index card with a cross-reference. I read it as follows
Oct 21 rfr (reference?) of Brook St. Chester,
daughter of Robt. Jones a farm ...
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Reading illegible marriage record?
I am in agreement with @user3697176's answer, however would make two changes:
line 1:
Oct 21 spr of Brook St. Chester
line 6:
Cert R. G. Chester Sept 1903 - 8a 843 5169
spr = spinster
Cert = ...
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Dating photo of family members in front of house in Texas?
The skirt length alone rules out 1912. It is consistent with 1942. As are the other clothes. Remember that people usually did not wear the latest fashions, especially away from large cities and if ...
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What is date of the photo of woman with wrist watch?
Wristwatches enjoyed a significant increase in popularity during the First World War. Their convenience over pocket watches was a driver for this.
I have inherited my grandmother's wristwatch, which ...
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Approximate Date of this early 20th century photo?
The gun looks like a shotgun rather than a rifle. It could be a model 97 (1897) Winchester shotgun. And, that is a Model T Ford. The model T began production in 1909. So, the photo can't be older than ...
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