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What are these words in the 1841 will of Elisha Strong?
I was able to read most of the words in Elisha Strong's 1841 will but not the two shown in red below. My transcription includes:
The Said Eunice Strong shall pay one third for the support & education
of Lucy Strong and Julia C Strong until they…
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How to cite scanned image copies of physical books?
As I presume others have, I've located useful source publications on the Internet Archive. The source templates I have don't seem to cover the case of a scanned copy of a physical book, other than for published microfilms. In this case, it isn't a…
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Traded a dollar for a Penney?
My (very...) great grand-father Silas Carpenter married a woman by the name of Phebe Penn(e)y on 27 Mar 1804, likely in Pittstown, New York.
There's a family legend that states that Silas used to say something to the effect of:
I traded a dollar…
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Where is Lebonnaire in Canada?
I have a record that indicates a great aunt was born "at" (not "in") Lebonnaire, Canada. The record does not indicate which Province.
I know her father was Canadian, her mother was from New Jersey. All siblings were born in USA, she was the…
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What does it mean for two DNA half-matches to not match each other?
I'm looking at my gedmatch.com kit A951428 and found close matches at the same overlapping location of chromosome 3:
Kit Chr Start Pos End Pos cM SNPs
F236166 3 25,435,600 38,396,796 14.3 3,053
F392491 3 30,260,499 …
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Meaning of term "Alias" in 1861 Lincolnshire parish baptism record?
In the 1861 parish baptism record for a probable distant ancestor of mine it gives the parent surname for the baptism of Mary as "NORWOOD alias DOBBS". What precisely does this mean? I guess someone is illegitimate here but I'm not sure who.
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How to determine county from county number in Texas birth index?
The Texas birth index from 1956 gives a county number of 057 for a birth record I found, how can you determine what county that corresponds to, and more generally, how can I map any county number in Texas vital statistic records to its name?
I think…
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Is "mythological" information relevant?
I am currently trying to get as far as possible in my Ahnentafel. Thanks to a couple of online sources, I have been able to find a lot of ancestry, google helped me get up to this website which offers information, recorded because that part of my…
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Until what age did little boys in the early 1900s wear dresses?
I found a family photo from 1910. Someone wrote on the back that it was four sisters and a baby brother from my uncles and aunts. But that wouldn't work for the ages of those particular children. I suspect that two of the children identified as…
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Origin of young German lady's attire with fore-sleeves and head cover in 1878 photo from Hannover?
I have attached a scan of the cover and photograph of a picture taken in Hannover in 1878. We believe the young lady to be a sister to my Great-Great Grandmother (Catherine Sophia Dorothea Wilkering) who immigrated to the US from Germany…
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Sources of Philadelphia Quaker records besides Swarthmore College
I have an ancestor who was born in 1811 in Philadelphia, per her death record and census records. She was married in Ireland and the births of her children are listed in the Quaker records in the Ulster Monthly Meetings (she had joined the Lisburn…
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In the early 1900s, were Chicago deaths recorded by government?
I am looking for information on my great-great-grandfather, and I am just trying to figure this out.
My great-grandfather was born in 1907 in Chicago to Polish immigrants, I have his baptismal certificate as proof. He has no government record, as…
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Did indentured servants in 1700s Pennsylvania receive different types of land warrants from what other immigrants to PA received?
I have an ancestor who left Northern Ireland (probably County Down) sometime around 1745-1750 and settled in York County, Pennsylvania. I think he may have come to America as an indentured servant for a few years, and then set out on his own. I am…
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How likely is it that ftDNA made a mistake about my y-haplogroup?
I bought a National Geographic Geno 2.0 kit, tested by FamilyTreeDNA, and it says that I am of haplogroup that is very statistically unlikely for where my family is from.
ftDNA did not check any SNPs for the sibling branches to the Haplogroup. Could…
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Looking for 1901 birth/baptismal certificate in Poland?
I am trying to locate my grandfather's birth record, his parents' marriage certificate or anything else that will help me delve back into my family's history in Poland.
Grandfather: Jan Zaluga, born December 23, 1901, in either Osmolin or…
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