Genealogy and Family History Stack Exchange
Genealogy and Family History Stack Exchange

Most Popular

more tags
1500 questions
10
votes
6 answers

Is a half-sibling match on AncestryDNA reliable, or is more testing needed?

I'm new at the DNA testing but here are my results. After receiving my DNA results in January 2016 my first match was with a known cousin who is also on Ancestry with a score of 959 centimorgans at 41 segments. That's all the information from the…
skilax50
  • 101
  • 1
  • 1
  • 4
10
votes
3 answers

Where was Berditoscher, Russia in 1912?

My Grandmother emigrated from Berditoscher, Russia in 1912. I'm trying to find out where this city was located? Updated to add the probable source of this information (incorporating information from comments). Searching for the name on Google…
Nancy
  • 101
  • 2
10
votes
5 answers

What do Family Tree Maker users do, now that FTM has been discontinued?

I was considering purchasing Family Tree Maker only to find it has been discontinued. What do they plan for a replacement ?
Paul Taylor
  • 411
  • 1
  • 3
  • 10
10
votes
3 answers

Entering marriage banns into my database – one fact or three?

Most genealogy programs support Marriage Banns facts. In GEDCOM it is the MARB tag, associated with a date and a place. Banns were a: Proclamation or public notice given in church of an intended marriage, in order that those who know of any…
Harry V.
  • 18,850
  • 5
  • 46
  • 98
9
votes
2 answers

Modeling family with unknown relationships?

The focus of my work now is on a set of Tallents who lived in rural North Carolina around 1750-1820. I'm quite certain they were all related, but there is little evidence to establish specific parent/child relationships. I want my online tree…
richardtallent
  • 794
  • 1
  • 5
  • 15
9
votes
2 answers

Finding vital records in Upper Silesia (Prussia/Germany)?

I am looking for info about my great-great-grandparents. The info I'm looking for is: Dates and locations of their birth, marriage and death Go back further in time and find their ancestry Whether they were ethnic German or Poles, and thus, whether…
Bregalad
  • 1,407
  • 9
  • 22
9
votes
1 answer

Finding New York City Police files?

My great-grandfather may have been the victim of an unsolved homicide in 1907. I have a death certificate which confirms the family story that he was hit over the head and died, but that is as far as I could get. Do you know if New York City Police…
Eric Maroney
  • 91
  • 3
9
votes
1 answer

How can I quickly source 'events' in Mac Family Tree?

I am using Mac Family Tree currently as my primary 'tree' database and my biggest issue with it is the ease of 'sourcing' events. As of this post I am running version 7.3.2.(and as of 7.5 still exists) My understanding of the way to 'source'…
CRSouser
  • 5,581
  • 5
  • 30
  • 62
9
votes
3 answers

Are there any Genealogical / Historical Photo Request Communities?

I have been curious if there are any specific Historical Genealogical Photo Request Specific Forums / Communities out there that anyone knows about? I am aware of the primary one for Find-a-Grave in which people request photos of gravestones and…
CRSouser
  • 5,581
  • 5
  • 30
  • 62
9
votes
1 answer

What is uniform worn by Herr Schedler in photo taken late 19th century in Hannover?

I have a scan of this photo. It is believed to be the brother of Pauline Schedler (1860 - 1937). She was born in Thann, Alsace, France and family legend has it she fled to the UK in the 1870s during the Franco-Prussian War. Her parents were from…
Magic Bullet Dave
  • 514
  • 3
  • 10
9
votes
1 answer

Returning World War I era German dog tags?

I have 2 World War I "dog tags", one each from two different soldiers, which provides name, DOB and some regimental info. One of them I think may include some address information. Is there any way I can research these individuals? Ultimately, if…
Robert Gilmore
  • 91
  • 1
9
votes
3 answers

How Complete is GEDCOM Export from Various Programs?

One major concern when using my genealogy software program is that I can later export all the data that I entered to GEDCOM. This could be for the purpose of backup, giving to someone else who uses a different program, or possibly transferring from…
lkessler
  • 16,677
  • 2
  • 25
  • 81
9
votes
2 answers

Finding evidence for divorce of Hugh Sillars and Agnes Macculloch in mid-19th Century Scotland?

This question involves some of the same family as an earlier question of mine (Finding New York City/State records relating to Sellars family (British subjects) births/deaths mid 19th century?) but is intended to be standalone. My 4th great…
PolyGeo
  • 11,170
  • 6
  • 29
  • 57
9
votes
3 answers

Recovering family tree data from Banner Blue genealogy file?

I have my family tree stored on a 3 1/2 floppy disk. The disk contains 3 files with the suffixes .FBK, .FTW and .FTM. I can access the files just fine. The dates on the files show that they were written in 1994 and I remember writing them on my Mac…
user1308
  • 91
  • 3
9
votes
2 answers

Landowning in Eighteenth Century Gloucestershire?

I am a PhD student and I am working on finding information about a particular family. I know the fathers name and the rough place that he owned a freehold (Oldbury in Gloucester - which I believe refers to Oldbury on the Hill). However, I would…
BeckyG
  • 299
  • 1
  • 7
1 2 3
…
99 100