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Wording on an English marriage register from Somerset in 1834
I am confused by the word "resident" when referring to the groom - here in context:
Henry Chapman (a bachelor) resident of this parish
and Grace Cummins (a spinster) of this parish
To me it is implying that there is a difference in residence…
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When/why did the BCG abandon "preponderance of the evidence" (POE)? What is the effect of the change?
When and why did the Board for Certification of Genealogists(R) stop using the term "preponderance of the evidence" to describe how genealogists evaluate evidence.
Today, genealogists who work to follow BCG's standards apply the Genealogical Proof…
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Did Carl M. Olson of Göteburg (Sweden) take 19th century photos in England, and if so, approximately when?
I have a photograph of an ancestor from England who I believe was born in 1818 (in Somerset) but became a police constable and lived in Devon, Gloucestershire and London later in life. I am guessing that the photo was taken in about 1880.
On the…
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When did the double date window end?
(Great, now I'm all paranoid about double dates and how they're affecting my data...)
Several references have been made to the "double date window", period of time where the Julian and Gregorian calendars overlapped. I can assume the start of the…
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How would a genealogist utilize Cyndi's List?
What is the purpose and value of Cyndi's List to an entry or intermediate level genealogist? It simply seems like an endless listing of data without any segmentation. Don't mean to knock the site - this clearly is an issue of the user - me - not…
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What month is this? (German kurrent abbreviation)
I've seen this abbreviation used in the Thuringia region as late as the late 1800s. Yet it isn't on even the rather exhaustive list at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Month_Names_in_German To my eye, it looks like "gtr".
This particular…
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Is there anything wrong with using small DNA segment matches as evidence?
Many people find relationships with other people that they only share a small amount of DNA with, e.g., 10 cM or less.
They then, after researching the other person's tree, find a common ancestor and a part of their trees that they both share.
Can…
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Properly displaying the gender of a nonbinary individual in Gramps
In a family tree I'm working on, I'm documenting an individual that is nonbinary. This person uses they/them/theirs pronouns exclusively, and does not identify as male or female. I have contacted this individual and they asked to be identified as…
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Finding twins in England and Wales civil registrations?
How do I find twins in the England and Wales civil registrations?
In one of my workshops, I was given some information about a couple in the UK who had identical twin daughters. Although I knew their names, the surname was very common (Brown).…
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What are the ethics rules for recording information on living persons on online genealogy sites?
Possible Duplicate:
What information should or can I publish to a web site?
One concern I have with recording information about LIVING persons on sites like Ancestry.ca, the site I use, is that nothing I record should be accessible to anyone who…
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Is it proper to record the place name "United States of America" or "USA" as part of a historical event that pre-dates 1776?
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Should I use the modern (what it is called now) or historical (what it was called) place name?
I use Family Tree Maker which always tries to get me to accept "USA" in a place name regardless of the time of the event. Why would…
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Identifying numbers on the United States Immigrant Identification Card
The green "Immigrant Identification Card" issued by the United States Department of Labor includes an immigration visa number, a longer red number, and in this case, a stamped black number on the front of the card.
What do each of these ID number…
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Using vehicle number plate to infer registration year in Wiltshire photo
Here is a photo of my late father (passed away earlier this month) driving a tractor:
The registration is:
MWV714
Dad would have been driving this tractor in Wiltshire, England. I had a look at this website where it states:
1973 - M
Am I…
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How do I tell which Gramps data file goes with which family tree?
Gramps creates a hidden directory in your home directory called .gramps containing all the user-specific data. There is a directory in that directory called grampsdb (eg /Users/yourname/.gramps/grampsdb) that contains all your data stored in…
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Where do I find my Gramps data on a Mac or other Unix based file system?
If I am running gramps, and I load a gedcom file in - where does it put the data file? If I load more than one, where are they?
Duncan
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