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Finding details of where Polish soldier in German Army was living before Great War?
What I know so far from family sources: My great-grandfather August Masur was polish, and a soldier within the German Army. He surrender to French troops and was made prisoner. Likely he did this on purpose because he didn't want to fight for…
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How to display sperm/egg donors or surrogates on a family tree?
When diagramming a family tree, is there a typology or visual display rule set for the new methods of creating genetic lineage: sperm, egg, uterus donors or surrogates?
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How were non-Catholic births/weddings/deaths recorded in Mexico City (about 1926)
If two non-Catholics married in 1924 in Mexico City, was it possible to marry outside the Catholic church?
Case One: Both were Christian but not Catholic
Case Two: Both were not Christian
If so, where would the marriage be recorded? Would it be…
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How to get birth and death cerificate from Istanbul, Turkey in 1902-1905?
How can a non-Turkish speaking amateur get a copy of a birth certificate for a grandmother born in Istanbul, Turkey (1902) and a death certificate for a grand-grand father buried at Eyup Cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey (1905)?
Or how I can find a…
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What records of smallpox vaccination exist?
Over on the History of Science & Mathematics site I asked a question about what vaccinations infants recieved in late nineteenth century England. I learned that smallpox vaccination became compulsory in 1853 under the Vaccination Act. Apparently…
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Finding church records for the Kuck family in Grudziądz, Bydgoszcz, Poland?
Gottlieb Kuck was born in 1879 in Grudziądz, Russian Poland. Gottlieb married Dorothea Hefner 1903, and had children Frieda Katherine born 1905, Reinhold was born 1907.
I am looking for Lutheran birth & marriage records for surname "Kuck" from this…
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Are there records relating to individual convictions or convicts found in British Army Service Records?
My 2x Great Grandfather served in the Royal Sussex Regiment from 1889 to 1902. I have a copy of his service records. Which I have downloaded from FindMyPast, the images can be found at the bottom of this question.
In the records it says that on 19…
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What does the term חתן refer to when talking about the relationship between two men?
I'm doing some genealogy research. Some of my ancestors are somewhat-known Hassidic figures. A few searches on Google yielded information in Hebrew and Yiddish that describes some of their dynasties.
What I can't figure out is the relationship…
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Finding surname distributions for names in Poland before WW2?
Gen-evolu allows us to see the distribution of family names in Germany both in modern times and during the peak of the third Reich in WW2, before Germany was affected with the ethnic cleansing of its former eastern provinces. Unfortunately this…
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Was the 1939 Register really updated after the end of National Registration?
The 1939 Register for England & Wales is soon to be released on FindMyPast, and I think there is a lot of confusion about what this record set is and for what it was used.
One of my questions is about the idea that this was a "working document" up…
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Looking for location in 1910 Russia (family spoke Polish)
I am looking for the locations of two towns in 1910 Russia. They are listed as Dolowicz and Nalkozile (spelling is unclear) in this passanger manifest from Hamburg.
When they arrived in America, the towns were recorded in this way:
Any help…
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What kind of a place name or institution is 'Mansfield Statutes'?
In transcribing an 1825 Settlement Examination from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, the following line appears to read: William Brough "then hired at Mansfield Statutes to Mr. Milward of Epperstone for a year which he served."
An online search for…
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Finding information about British slave owner Henry Stanley in Jamaica/England?
In his will my 2nd great grandfather Henry Stanley Robert Pearce (1821-1868) leaves
all my estate and interest whatsoever in the lands and hereditaments
called Gale Mount and Dunsinane in the island of Jamaica
to his sister Henrica Stanley Leger…
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Age of surnames in German region?
browsing through stories likes these, I was just wondering if there are books or websites or other kind of sources that make it possible to see when a certain surname appears the very first time in a given region? I personally would be interested in…
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Where to find information about a 19th c. Louisiana/Mississippi circuit judge
An informant reported that her grandmother "talked about her father [Lyman Jairus Strong] rode circuit as a judge and his areas of travel were Mississippi, Louisiana, and possibly other states." This would have been in the mid-1800s. Where can I…
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