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Can 19th century US Census records be reliably used to identify a family of origin?

I am trying to establish the birth family of Martha (L.) Stewart, born in Ohio 1832-1840 (1860 & 1900 census records). She is identified in the 1860 census living in Pease Township, Belmont Co., Ohio, with her husband, Henry Morrison, and three…
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Converting Family Tree Maker .ftmb files to GEDCOM file format?

How can I convert a Family Tree Maker file (.ftmb) to GEDCOM? I was emailed the file from a relative who couldn't export a GEDCOM file from his version of Family Tree Maker. I'm interested in what software is needed and the process within the…
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Editing/fixing mispelled custom type in places menu of Gramps?

In Gramps places, there is a place type that can be selected. There was no place type named Cemetery so I added it. But in typing it in I typed it as Cemetary. I have added the correctly spelled place type Cemetery but am not able to delete the…
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Calculating accurate durations between two historical dates, is it even possible?

Some popular genealogy programs calculate durations (the time elapsed between two dates) as a convenience. For example, informing you of a calculated length of life, and/or the age of an individual on all that individual's dated events. This seems…
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Birth record for a Jane Glasson in 18th century Cornwall?

Jane Glasson married John Short in Whitstone Parish, North Cornwall, England, 6 Jan 1821. They were both listed as "otp", meaning that they had lived in the parish for at least 3 weeks and had not sought out poor relief.…
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Is there a semantic description of gramps data.xml?

I would like write data (export from my program) to gramps data.xml but i don't understand the semantic of gramps export format. For example: people home attribute refers to ? person change attribute refers to? timestamps are milliseconds with…
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Mitosearch Data Entry

I'm entering my uncle's mtDNA results from FamilyTreeDNA into mitosearch. But I ran into two problems that their help doesn't seem to answer. Problem 1: FamilyTreeDNA provides differences from two different reference sequences: RSRS (the…
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What does "Occasional Copy" refer to in the new GRO Index?

On some entries in the recently released Online GRO Index there are birth and death entries with the notation "Occasional Copy: A". For example: What does "Occasional Copy" refer to and why might an entry have this notation?
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Unknown Abbreviations in abstract of probate

I have found a number of abstracts from another researcher and do not know exactly what they mean. The following is a typical one: Eliab Cooper b. 1767, Charles County, MD Father: Jesse Cooper Mother: Esther Ratcliff Esther Cooper 5.150 D…
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Handling theories in Genealogy Software?

I happen to use Family Tree Maker, but I don't think my question is software specific. I am using cluster genealogy to solve a particularly difficult problem. As a part of this process, I have defined a number of theories of varying levels of…
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Can I determine the relationship between Mary Anne Wright (nee Harper) and Charles William Kimmons?

In the 1901 census for England, Mary Ann Wright (nee Harper) was living in Kings Norton, Worcestershire (not Birmingham) with her husband Stanley and her children. In the 1911 census she's shown as a widow (which was untrue -- see Finding an elusive…
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How to tell if a will was executed as written?

I've a very recent example of a will in my family in which none of the bequests was actually paid due to a change in circumstances, and this has set me thinking about which records would show what actually happened to an estate (as opposed to what a…
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German POWs in Camp Upton and Fort Dupont

My grandfather's brother was a German soldier captured in North Africa and ultimately sent to the United States. I found a list of names of POWs held at Camp Upton and my grandfather's brother was in that list. It appears that many of the POWs were…
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How to split up the disconnected trees in a GEDCOM forest into separate files?

I have a increasingly growing GEDCOM file and know I have many islands in it, some intentional and some not intentional. So I basically view the GEDCOM as a whole as a forest and I know I have many trees in it.. others are just roots I started…
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How do I visibly make people aware that a connection is only tenuous and further research is needed?

Is there some sort of standard or accepted manner in which to indicate that an ancestor's connection to your family line is not fully supported. YET! That it is still in research mode. I'm thinking a symbol in front of the fact in question eg…
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