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Techniques for reading poor or illegible images?
What techniques work for reading poor or illegible images of a source? Turning the source into a negative is one that's often quoted but what other techniques are valuable, and in what circumstances?
user104
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Techniques for flagging unconfirmed information?
I want to be more diligent about how I record the information in my lineage-linked software (I use Family Historian).
This question may be a bit difficult to describe because the plain-English words I might use for some of the concepts are already…
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Where to find information on villages Jablonow & Suchostaw, Husiatyn, Ukraine (Galicia area, formerly Austria & Poland)?
Looking for information or databases that will help with my research of Jablonow & Suchostaw, Husiatyn, Ukraine. These two villages are in the area known as Galicia and have in the past been part of Austria and Poland but are now in Ukraine. Have…
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Finding people who have moved within the same geographical area?
In an answer to the question How would you handle a census record that is almost certainly the target family but which has too many discrepancies? I wrote about a family in my research area for which I don't have a 1930 Census record. (I don't want…
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First wife / birth mother left out of history?
Alice Bell Snider (b. 28 Jul 1867, d. 8 Feb 1945 in Henry Co., Iowa) is listed in family records (and indeed in other people's records online) as the daughter of George W. Snider (1839-1905) and Martha Davison (1845-1908). The only problem is that…
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How should I refer to this church in a citation
I need to cite a baptism that took place at Sherborne Abbey in Dorset, England. The Dorset Page for Sherborne refers to "The Abbey Church of St. Mary (Sherborne Abbey)". In my citation (constructed according to the standards of Evidence Explained by…
user104
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What New York City vital records are covered by this index on FamilySearch?
When records have been extracted and indexed, but the images are not available online, how can I find out more information about how the index was made, and what fields were on the original records?
I am researching a death in College Point, Queens,…
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What tools are available to support transcription on Mac OS X?
I am looking for software that helps me to transcribe scanned documents. I am aware of two solutions, GenScriber (Windows, Linux) and Transcript (Windows). Is there something like that for Mac OS X? It should offer a split screen view (source and…
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How to support someone with a budding interest in genealogy?
My mom has recently gotten into genealogy. She's not the best with computers, but I would like to encourage her in her new hobby. She's cooperating with some other members of her family (who are more into it) who live in other places. What can I do…
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Finding haplogroup through raw DNA data?
I just got my results from AncestryDNA.
What are some ways to find my haplogroup through my raw DNA data?
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How do I find out which group/population/part of East Asia my ancestors are from?
AncestryDNA says I am 100% East Asian. Can I use my raw DNA data to find out which specific part of East Asia my ancestors come from?
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Where can I find death records for Germany post 1919?
My grandfather (Emil Schweiss born February 1864) was interned during the 1st World War and repatriated to Germany in I think 1919, but I have never been able to find out when he died, where he died, why he died. What records are there in Germany…
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How to find someone from Canada who has not been heard of since about 1939?
I have been searching for my grandfather John Howard Coulter who was born at Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio, on 22 Feb 1896.
He married Clara Mae Newton and had two daughters Mildred (1918 Ohio) and Edna (1916 Ohio - 2004). He left the family abt…
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Marriage records from early 1900s in Berlin
Four of my mother's great aunts lived in Berlin, Germany some time between 1900 and 1920 or so, and were married there. I do not know their married names, but I do know their maiden name and all their first names. What is the best way to find their…
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How do I find a Canadian address that appears to go missing between Censuses?
I'm looking for a record for 426 Clinton Street, Toronto in the 1921 Census. In the 1911 Census this was Toronto West, Ward 5, Sub-District 65. The 400 block is north of Bloor Street, but only south is included in the Toronto West listing. Ward 5,…
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