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Was there a special Marriage license for Non-US Citizens in 1925?
My Great Uncle and Aunt sailed from Belfast, Northern Ireland to New York in August 1925. They were married on 25th November 1925 in Philadelphia and i have never been able to obtain a wedding certificate. My Great Aunts sister had been living in…
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Could 'Annie' be a Pseudonym for Augusta
There is a branch of my paternal grandmother's family that I am currently trying to document. I have a copy of her grandfather's (my great grandfather) birth certificate.
I apologise for that rather rushed stitching together of two images.
As you…
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Help reading an Ellis island record
I wonder if you could help me figure out some text in an Ellis Island record (Line 15).
Here's what I've been able to get so far. I've put questions marks where I'm not sure.
Luka Cacic
Age 23
Occupation: Farm Laborer (?)
Nationality: Hungary
Race…
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Interpreting UK Census
On a UK census the 1st column is the Schedule Number. The 2nd column contains the street name or name of house but rarely the house number. Where there are several families living on a street is there anyway I can find out the specific house number…
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What is the best way to clean old photographs?
I have some old photos that have smudges of dirt and other unknown stuff on them. These are the things that I have done to try to improve them:
White eraser (this has worked okay).
Soft cloth (sometimes this creates indentations in the photos if…
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How much did people travel in the early 1800's?
Our family bible tells me that my gx2 grandfathe3 Robert Chapman was born in Cornwall in 1811 but despite searching for 20 years (and building up a tree containing 7,000+ ancestors I can't locate him in Cornwall in birth or baptism records.
However,…
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WW2 Royal Navy Patrol service records mystery
I have a copy of my Great Uncle's sevice record and I'm really stuck on finding out one of the base/ship he is listed as serving with. He sadly died due to illness while on active service in 1943 and is buried in Trinidad and Tobago.
The problem is…
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Why was Flossie baptised twice (1898,1903) at Stalbridge, Dorset, England?
On 6 September 1903, Flossy Maud Mary Ann Mogg was baptised in Stalbridge Parish Church, Dorset England. Her birth date was given as 10 December 1897, and her parents as Walter Mogg (Farmer) and his wife Ellen. On the same day, the same couple had 2…
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"Resolution" of DNA testing
What is the spatial/cultural "resolution" of DNA testing for genealogical purposes? How finely can it be used to estimate where a particular person's ancestors were from? I am interested in testing the hypothesis that some of my wife's ancestors who…
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Finding WW2 Royal Navy Records related to Glendower, Pembroke and other bases/ships?
Are there likely to be records to access for more information for my father (deceased in 1993)?
He served aboard a number of ships (land sites) from 1943-46.
I have his certificate of service which shows not much except Glendower, Pembroke and 3…
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Why was the burial of a Bradley not registered at Bell cemetery?
Charles Vylett Rowland died on 7/1/1913 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was buried in Bell cemetery and is noted as the first registered grave. However, a Bradley was buried there previously. Why would this not have been registered and how…
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Old German script. What is the wife's name in this 1837 baptismal ledger from Stark County, Ohio?
The partial image below is from an 1837 baptismal register of a church located in Paris Township, Stark County, Ohio. It is written in old German script. At least to our knowledge, these ledgers have never been translated/transcribed as a body of…
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Day of publication of Church of England marriage banns in 1909
The banns for the marriage of Albert Herbert William Proctor and Julia Ann Coulson were read on the 6th, 13th and 20th October 1908, which were 3 consecutive Tuesdays. According to Lord Hardwick's Act (Marriage Act 1753) banns were meant to be read…
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Seeking overhead scanner for public use/rent?
While I am unable to purchase an overhead scanner I cannot see another path to digitizing some of the family assets I have. I am hoping such scanners are available for use/rent in e.g., public libraries or business solutions stores (e.g., FedEx…
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Is there a GEDCOM processing tool to determine lineage society eligibility?
It is a lot of work and hard to determine if you have ancestors that have lineage societies (for example, Mayflower, Brewster, Society of the Cincinnati, DAR, ...). There are quite a lot of lineage societies and everyone has quite a few ancestors.…
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