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Where is Oulu Impijats/Impitaja/Impijas Finland?
My great grandmother arrived in Quebec on 5 Jul 1907 from Finland.
The ships card showed that she was from Oulu Impijas Finland.
Does anyone know what parish to look for her baptism record in?
I got this record from the Family Search site…
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How do you record fuzzy facts?
Most of my prior genealogy research was based on family records. Very little of it came from hard sources like census records. Some folks would claim that what I have is not genealogy, but folklore. So I've recently been spending considerable time…
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Meaning of WW I service record abbreviation "Awarded MCC"?
WW I service record abbreviation "Awarded MCC" 11th Engineers AEF (U.S. Army).
What does "MCC" stand for?
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Reading name and occupation of 18th century ancestors from Kirchheim unter Teck, Württemberg, Germany?
Here is the family record of one my ancestors, Tobias Brackenhammer, Coachmann (germ. Kutscher) and Ana Maria Gollmar from Kirchheim unter Teck, Württemberg, Germany.
Below the name of the couple is written the name and occupation of all 4…
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Reading comment in 1825 baptism register?
I'm trying to read the comment that has been added above the curate's signature in the final column of an 1825 baptism record from Lancaster Priory:
It relates to a second entry that appears a few pages further on:
That second entry is undated,…
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Interpreting X DNA?
I guess I need a "dumbed down" explanation of these things, since I don't understand the explanations I've read.
First, I have a 3rd cousin match from Ancestry who uploaded his info for me on gedmatch.com, and I see that he shares no X DNA with me.…
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Finding information on ancestors who lived in the Polish Borderlands (Kresy)
I have been trying to find more information on one of my family lines which is from the Grodno region in present-day Belarus.
A little background information:
My paternal grandfather's line is from Grodno, and that's as much as I can tell you. He…
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Finding baptism record near Marystow, Devon, for Harriet Palmer in about 1770?
My 4th great grandmother Harriet Palmer married John Creber on 9 Jun 1794 at Marystow, Devon. Harriet was a spinster of the parish who made a mark rather than signed, and banns had been duly published without denial on 25 May, 1 Jun and 8 Jun. …
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Genetic Distance to Generations Calculation for Y-STR DNA tests
As a follow-up to the Q&A on Generational Loss of Data with DNA Testing, which described generational detail loss really well for Autosomal, I am now looking for a calculation or some basic formula to estimate generational relationship based on…
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Approaching relatives with dementia about family history?
It is important to write down or record the memories of elderly relatives while we still have the opportunity. However, I find it difficult to know how to best approach this subject even with close family members with dementia or Alzheimer's…
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How likely are 1915 Missouri neighbors with same last name to be related?
I see a George Bismarck Foster (b. May 1869 Missouri – d. abt 1940) married 1890 to Anna M. Faught (b. 5 Jun 1870 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania – d. 17 Aug 1931 Boonville, Cooper, Missouri) that lived at 934 South Main Street, Independence,…
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What are some of the main conventions used in Gramps?
As I have started recording my family history using evidence based methods in Gramps I've noticed that it is very flexible (too flexible?). I worry that the method in which I record data might seem sensible at first but after running reports or…
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How to interpret a reasonable X DNA Match, but no shared cM Autosomal result on GEDMatch?
I recently uploaded one of the Autosomal DNA results I manage to GEDMatch.com and ran the X-Match routine and came up with a puzzling result.
The strongest result by far on the test has 37.2 shared X cMs length (as pictured below) but GEDMatch is…
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Genealogical Standard way to record the US, USA, United States, United States of America?
What is the genealogical standard way to record specifically the United States of America?
I want to be clear this question is specific to storing "United States of America", not a general how to record a historical name question (already asked) or…
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Seeking English term for relationship between two members of extended family?
Here at the Genealogy and Family History Stack Exchange we see many questions about relationship mapping which is also known as:
relationship calculation
kinship terminology
etc
If you are just trying to understand how to calculate "cousins and…
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