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Software/tool to generate 'trial' family trees?
During my research, I often want to 'rough out' simple multi-generation family trees (based on birth/bap/mar/death/bur) to explore, for example, how a bunch of entries in the parish registers on a single parish over a 150-year period (1700 - 1850…
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How do I determine when to search for non-conformist birth/baptism records?
I'm searching for the baptism on my ancestor Mary Darby, who was born between 1811 and 1818, and am trying to assess whether I should search in non-conformist records as well as Parish/Established Church register.
[I note that I am making an…
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When and why to cite contemporaneous certificates as artifacts?
In the 2007 version of Evidence Explained (I can't speak to the other editions), the section 7.24, Church Record Certificates, discusses the particulars of citing certificates for events such as baptisms and marriage.
Mills mentions the likelihood…
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Formulating a strategy to locate a marriage
What strategy can I adopt to locate an English marriage record for two ancestors?
Of course, they may not have married at all, but Rebecca Probert points out in Marriage Law for Genealogists the definitive guide that the peak illegitimacy rate in…
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Recording dates from old documents?
This is a follow-up to: Interpreting 17th century German dates?
In documents available to me I have both absolute dates (e.g., 2 March 1648) and relative dates (e.g., 2. post trin. 1649). Since the records in question come from an area where…
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Is Tanguay's "Dictionnaire Genealogique" considered to be reliable?
Fr. Cyprien Tanguay's Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours (Montréal: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871-1890) covers many of my French-Canadian ancestors from the 17th and 18th centuries. In many…
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Obtaining birth certificates from colonial Malacca/Straits Settlements
I'm looking to get a birth certificate of a family member who was (according to another relative who seemed not entirely certain) born in Malacca in the 1930s and died in Kuala Lumpur in the 1970s.
At the time of his birth, Malacca would have been…
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Where is Gellovsasvetgood, Eazasso, Russia?
My grandfather's military draft registration states that he is from, based on my interpretation of the handwriting, Gellovsasvetgood, Eazasso, Russia. I can't find any towns with similar spelling. I looked at a lot of online sites, including…
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Finding information about employment at Remington c. 1917
My great-great grandfather Richard M. Dugdale was a machinist and engineer. During World War One, he was employed by the Remington Arms Company in Ilion, NY. I believe he started working there in late 1915 or early 1916 and he left before 1920 to…
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British citizens in Morocco 19th century?
I know that my grandfather's grandfather lived in Safi in Morocco in the 19th century. I don't know his name at all, but I do know his wife's given (first) name. I also know that he was British - either born in Morocco or immigrated to Morocco.
They…
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What is this place in County of York on UK War Office Marriage Record?
I am indexing an image on FamilySearch for UK War Office Registers, Soldier Records, 1772-1935. This text in this image is the place of a marriage that took place on Dec, 11, 1825.
I can make out the bottom text, which says 'County of York' but I…
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Using absolute vs relative paths for Gramps media?
When adding media such as pictures and documents to a gallery in Gramps, you are given the option between an "absolute path" and a "relative path" for linking the media to the source location on the computer.
In simple terms (if possible), what is…
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Balancing availability and privacy for family stories?
I would like to interview relatives about their lives and stories, and those of their ancestors and descendants, and I'd like to share these stories, but I want to strike a balance between what is available and what is private.
This is the same sort…
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Where are 1910 US census records for Topeka State Hospital Inmates?
Where are the 1910 US census records for Topeka State Hospital Inmates?
The rather notorious Topeka State Hospital (Insane Asylum) was in Topeka, Kansas in Shawnee County. It operated from 1879 through 1997. It was a big place with hundreds of…
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Link trees on different genealogy softwares
I am making my genealogy on Gramps, I found a cousin who made it on heredis-online.com and an other on geneanet.org.
Is there a good way to link those trees in order to not redo the work ?
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