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What factors should I consider when moving away from obsolete family tree software?
For many years I've been using a program called "Family Tree 2.0", which came on a CD with PC Format magazine of July 2001. This software is pretty much obsolete... it won't work on operating systems beyond Windows XP (which is also nearing its end…
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How helpful will joining my local Genealogical Society be if my family research is in a distant location?
I live in Oklahoma (USA), but all of my family research begins in Massachusetts (USA), then moves back from there to New Hampshire, Canada, and England.
Will joining my local Genealogical Society really be of any help to me, since most of their…
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What do these East India Company military abbreviations mean?
I have the service record from the India Office of Records for my 3rd great grandfather who served with the Bengal Artillery of the East India Company. While I can get the "gist" of his record I am curious to know what "G.O", "G.O.C.C." and "U.1st.…
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What is written on the back of this photo?
The following is written on the backside of an image. The picture is of a very young girl with very curly hair, and the comments are by her father. While I can make out most of the words there are some about which I am unsure. Can anyone provide a…
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What details are needed about ancestor to uncover ship they immigrated to America on?
What basic information do I need to have about my ancestor before I start looking for the ship that he/she came to America on? So that I don't waste a lot of time fruitlessly searching for a ship - what information should I try to find first,…
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Are Holocaust records available online?
I have a relative who is looking into her family history. According to her aunt many of her relatives on her father's side (Beinhorn) were victims in the Holocaust. Do records exist online that she might be able to search for them? (Their first…
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Copyright Issues with Content Providers
Many people are, or have been, confused by the T&C's of the online content providers regarding copyright and sharing. Some of these seem excessively stringent.
This question relates specifically to what can be copied (and so later shared) from a…
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Meaning of remarks on 1948 USMC discharge papers?
I am trying to understand the full meaning of the remarks shown on this record from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Muster Rolls. This is from July, 1948.
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The numbers in the first (NO.) column refer to…
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How old *are* these people?
I have found records of the Axel family I am researching in several censuses. In addition, I have death records for both Peter and Sarah, the mother and father of the family. Below I present, in convenient tabular fashion, their ages as culled from…
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Tracing US ancestor back to Germany?
My great great great grandfather came over from Germany, but I don't know how to find when or where. His name is Henry Fischer about 1821-1898, married to Dorothea Holiday Fischer about 1825-unknown.
I know he lived in Houghton, Houghton,…
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Finding New York birth record from around 1804?
My 3rd great grandfather, Charles James Sanderson, was born around 1804 in New York according to the 1851 and 1861 England Census (and some other references I've been able to find).
The earliest record I am able to find of him is his first marriage,…
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How to Trace Ancestors to Switzerland
Some of my Zimmerman ancestors emigrated from Switzerland to the United States (Tuscarawas, Ohio) in the mid 1800s. When I find them on U.S. Census records, there are a bunch of other Zimmerman families that were also born in Switzerland that live…
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Working with an aging genealogy society?
Our Strong Family Association of America feels we need to attract our younger generations. There does seem to be a recurring interest in genealogy. Actual participation in a society, however, is something else again! My current project is to accept…
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What source details should I include for a printed book?
I use the following to record my printed book sources. Should I include anything else?
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How do I distinguish a handwritten long "s"(ſ) and a lowercase "f"?
The long s(ſ) is often confused with the lower case f.
Because the use of the long s died out in the early 19th century, few are familiar with it.
It leads to many confusions. Now, in printed text, they are easy to tell apart-- the long s has no…
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