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What determined whether someone received parish relief or went to the workhouse?

Where in Handbridge is / was the Rook or Rock?

Looking into Maltese ancestry?

How did Francis Lycett become a Gentleman?

What are the reasons people from the same parish may have married by license?

Locating “Bankhead of …” in parish of Forfar

Looking for birth record of Catherine Jones in Llanfynydd, circa 1882

Why does death record from 1872 in England not contain parent details?

Identifying cause of death on Scottish record

Reading illegible document from Scotland's People?

Finding other sources for the information on a death certificate?

Backtracking to find source of birth date?

Looking for marriage of Annie Elizabeth to James Spencer Ward, ca 1900 in Cheshire?

Looking for the 1901 census record of Annie Elizabeth Ward

Why does 23andMe say there's “not enough information” on a few of my chromosomes?

Does AncestryDNA sequence the Y Chromosome, and if so, to what extent?

Looking for more occupational records of Walter Cowin

Looking for marriage (or birth) of Isabella Cubbin, born circa 1847 on Isle of Man?

Finding Obituary from British Newspaper Archive?

Information on a ship called the “Bancroft”

Where to find Scottish birth records from 1905?

Determining cause of 1958 death in England?

Why do I only share 360 Centimorgans with my 1st cousin?

Can I work on more than one tree on Family Search?

How many STRs should I test for medieval genealogy?

Are there any extant records of Imperial subjects who moved to Britain?

What is the location on this 16th century baptism record?

How to differentiate John Ormond (husband of Katharine Henderson) from others of the same name?

Looking for John Ward, father of James Spencer Ward

Reading illegible marriage record?