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Why does death record from 1872 in England not contain parent details?
Death certificates in England and Wales did not include information about the parents of the deceased:
The situation in Scotland is different, and information about the parents of the deceased is ...
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Why does death record from 1872 in England not contain parent details?
As @sempaiscuba's answer states, parentage information was not normally included on death certificates in England and Wales. There are, though, at least a couple of situations where one or both ...
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Confirming parentage of Mary (1771? - 1851) wife of John James in Llanfair Nant Y Gof, Pembrokeshire, Wales?
It seems like the next step in utilizing the information from the will of John Francis in 1809 would be to locate the information related to this probate in the death duty registers which date from ...
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Using Ancestry DNA Circles to distinguish fathers of children to 2nd great grandmother?
I think the answer is probably "it depends" -- and it may not be possible to do this with the information displayed for an AncestryDNA circle alone.
You may find the following resources helpful:
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Using DNA to prove parentage?
The best test to prove or disprove parentage is a standard autosomal test at any of the major DNA testing companies that provide you with your matches.
A child gets one chromosome of every pair from ...
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Trying to find parents of William Carroll Gardner, born in 1828
I'm not sure this is an answer, but it's too long for a comment, and it may be helpful in suggesting some ideas for research.
Bethel College is now Bethel University, and has moved from its founding ...
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Explaining how all DNA matches are shared with Half sibling?
If your father was a close relative of your half sibling’s father, that would explain what you are seeing. If, for example, your father was a brother of your half-sibling's father, then you share your ...
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Explaining how all DNA matches are shared with Half sibling?
There are 3 possibilities:
You're reading things wrong. In this case, we need a lot more information to be able to help you sort it out.
This is just your bad luck.
You belong to an endogamous group ...
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Are parents listed on marriage certificate "proof" of parentage?
Martha Strachan is my great-great-great grandmother.
She was married to James Mackie (engine keeper) and she had a son William Muir Mackie.
James Mackie died and Martha went to live with William ...
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Confirming parentage of Mary (1771? - 1851) wife of John James in Llanfair Nant Y Gof, Pembrokeshire, Wales?
I have a death cert of my gt grandfather's brother, John Caduggan, who died at Parsonage fach/bach , llanfair nant y gof.He died on 21st June 1857, aged 25 years.. an almsman, formerly a mason... ...
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