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Source data that establishes the link between two "brothers"?
On Ancestry, I have found a tree that traces from one of my ancestors back to 1465. The person's name at that point is John Tilston (1465-1506). The tree I was using asserted that John's father was Thomas Tilston (1443-1548) and his mother Elizabeth…
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Finding the Fatherless Feathers
How common is it to be unable to find baptismal records of a whole family in early 19th century England?
In one tree I am researching, there is a John Feather, who Census records locate in 1861 and 1871 in Manningham, near Bradford, with a birth…
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Did glaziers rescue medieval stained glass in World War II?
Does anyone out there have any information on glaziers rescuing medieval stained glass in World War II? My grandfather William Manning was in this reserved occupation and I am trying to find out if he took glass from York Minster to slate mines in…
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What DNA test does 23andMe perform?
What DNA test does 23andMe perform? I can't find it stated anywhere on the website.
The FamilySearch Wiki appears to imply that they perform the autosomal test and use that to infer Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups. Is that even possible?
23andMe:…
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Seeking Royal Navy or Merchant Navy records of Arctic Convoys during World War 2?
How do I find my father's records in World War 2?
I know he was in the arctic convoys but that is about all.
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What is the value of recording the witnesses of a baptism or marriage?
Baptismal and marriage records may include witnesses. What is the value of recording the names of the witnesses? How can this information be used?
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What determined which prisoners sentenced to transportation were actually transported?
Thomas Duffett (baptised 1785 Stalbridge, Dorset, England) had a couple of run-ins with the law and got himself sentenced to 7 years transportation. Twice. But he never left the country.
The first time around, in December 1816, he was sentenced to…
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Creating and improving family tree online with help from relatives?
I know of Publishing family tree online? but my requirements are different.
I would like to have my family tree online to create and improve it with relatives. I'm looking for a tool to share my work and let others help me. It's very important for…
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Why would FamilySearch.org index be showing a person's age in a marriage, if that's not in the Parish Record?
This problem is somewhat similar to an earlier question of mine, but the issue is more general than before. In one tree I am researching, I can find a marriage record for Nathaniel Claughton and Martha Howgate in 1791 in Guisely in both Ancestry.com…
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How to handle smartmatches on myheritage.com - true similar interests vs trolling for huge trees?
I participate in myheritage.com. It has a feature called smartmatches that show you where they surmise other trees have common ancestors with your tree. I find this feature both useful and annoying. I try to 'confirm' the smartmatches (their term…
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Setting up arbitrary relationships in Gramps?
I've just started using GRAMPS to plot out something people might find silly: family trees of comic book characters.
Now I know this probably isn't something people would od here, but it mostly works, and I'm using gramps without relying on an RL…
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What are the benefits of starting a genealogy blog?
It seems that there are a million genealogy blogs (waaaaaay too many to follow). I'm sure that many are begun and then abandoned, but I can't help feeling that I'm missing something... Is there a natural progression towards eventually blogging about…
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Conflict between Kent Online Parish Records and FamilySearch.org database - which to believe?
I have an ancestor, William Vollins or Vallins, who I believe was the son of Richard Vollins and Mary (Bowler), b 1777 in St Mary Cray, Kent (near Orpington). There are many other Vollins/Vallins family members in the Orpington area. He later…
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Do any records of the building of the First Parish Church of Norwell exist?
The First Parish Church of Norwell has records back to 1642 and has
scanned all of the church records to facilitate historical and genealogical research.
See http://www.firstparishnorwell.org/archive.htm
My understanding is James Sparrell was…
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Seeking birth or adoption record for adopted ancestor in 1860s USA?
My great-great-grandmother Leona was born in the early 1860s. She was adopted as a young child (we think less than five years old) when her mother died; her father was apparently unfit in some fashion, because she and at least one sibling were…
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