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Understanding process by which People of Color in Georgia got freedom?
While doing Genealogical Research on my Family, I came across records that listed my Ancestors as "People of Color" registering yearly in their hometown at the Courthouse.
How did they get their ...
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Understanding 1939 Registration district numbers?
In the top right hand corner of each page of the 1939 register is a a pair of numbers recording the Registration District and sub-district for that page. As has been commented on in a previous ...
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Can I determine the relationship between Mary Anne Wright (nee Harper) and Charles William Kimmons?
In the 1901 census for England, Mary Ann Wright (nee Harper) was living in Kings Norton, Worcestershire (not Birmingham) with her husband Stanley and her children.
In the 1911 census she's shown as a ...
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Finding records of emigration/immigration from Germany to South Africa?
My paternal grandfather was born in 1900 in Attenhoffen, Germany. He came to South Africa in the 1920s. My quest is to find out how and when? There is a story that he was a seaman who jumped ship in ...
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How long might a couple have 'courted' and been engaged in mid-nineteenth century Wales?
What might the 'courting' and engagement period have been for a young couple in mid-nineteenth century Merthyr Tydfil. Their ages were both recorded as 21 at their marriage in the Register Office (...
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Deciphering place names in Northern Alsace?
I am having some difficulties with a 1797 marriage record from Birlenbach, Northern Alsace (departement Bas-Rhin), specifically some of the geography. The record is hard to retrieve (all they let me ...
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How many British men and women were serving in the Boer War at the time of the 1901 census?
I have several young men and women who I cannot trace on the British 1901 census, despite numerous and extensive efforts. While there are a number of reasons why I might not be able to find them, one ...
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Finding archival records for tracing father of illegitimate child in mid 1880s County Down, Ireland?
In a couple of weeks, I will be travelling to Ireland for a two-week vacation. Part of my trip will be spent in the Belfast area, visiting both the General Register Office for Northern Ireland (GRONI)...
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Finding surname distributions for names in Poland before WW2?
Gen-evolu allows us to see the distribution of family names in Germany both in modern times and during the peak of the third Reich in WW2, before Germany was affected with the ethnic cleansing of its ...
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Historical records of money transfers for emigration (Remittance) from England?
A Wikipedia article defines Remittance as:
A remittance is a transfer of money by a foreign worker to an
individual in his or her home country.
In a city directory from New England dated 1876, ...
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Significance of registration by Registrar General versus Assistant District Registrars in New South Wales
I've just received a death certificate for someone I believe to be one of my ancestors from the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
All the other NSW certificates that I have from around the ...
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Finding 1854 USA immigration record for Prussian ancestor
I’m trying to trace my family. At this point, I have found out my great grandfather was the 1st to enter the country. His name was William Koch. I’m not sure if that is the Americanized version. He ...
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Unreadable word in latin 18. century church death record
I'm unable to decrypt some word in a Latin church record of a death in 1769. It is available at Matricula Online (the second last entry on the page). Since the image is licensed CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 I ...
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Is there a meaning in a name marked on the rear of a headstone rather than the front?
I have found a family headstone with the names of the deceased on the front (with many details), and a military cross (for their son) in front of the stone. On the rear of the stone is a name and age, ...
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Tracing residence in England during WW2?
This notice from the Cheltenham Chronicle published on October 11, 1947 refers to Mrs. Augusta Elliott as "formerly of High-street, Cheltenham".
I am trying to determine when she might have ...
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