Most Popular
1500 questions
6
votes
4 answers
Children born overseas to British Subjects -- what is their citizenship status?
My husband's great-grandparents came to the USA in 1898, and returned in 1904. While they were in the USA, they had two girls, one born in 1898, the other in 1900. On the 1911 Census (England), the girls were listed as British Subjects born in the…
Jan Murphy
- 25,610
- 5
- 50
- 124
6
votes
1 answer
Finding record of under age World War I enlistment in South Australia?
We have a family story that my ancestor, Robert George Hitchcox, who was born 10 June 1900, enlisted in Adelaide (South Australia) for World War I, at the age of 15 or 16. The story has it that when his mother found out she took him back to the…
PolyGeo
- 11,170
- 6
- 29
- 57
6
votes
3 answers
Parsing census record (including in-laws) from New York City?
So I'm getting a bit confused trying to parse this census record:
[Charles] Graham is the grandfather I care about. My mother doesn't know much about him since he died when she was young, but the one thing she was sure of were aunts Katie (or…
Mason11987
- 223
- 1
- 3
6
votes
1 answer
Any Records of Social Security Payouts?
I think it's unlikely but I'm trying to track down some info on my grandfather.
Records I've seen lead me to believe he was married prior to getting together with my grandmother, who was also married at the time.
They had several children including…
Mason11987
- 223
- 1
- 3
6
votes
3 answers
Where can I find early-20th century residence and trade information in the United Kingdom?
I'm trying to fill in the gaps between the records I already have about William Henry Cole, born in Slapton, Devon, England around 1890, died in Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1943.
The relevant part of his timeline for this question is:
1901 Census…
Jan Murphy
- 25,610
- 5
- 50
- 124
6
votes
1 answer
Assessing the coverage of various collections?
This is perhaps a little more of a meta-question, but it has come to mind repeatedly over the past few weeks. I'll start with a specific example.
In this question, I bring up the case of my ancestor, John White. He is claimed to be (and claims to…
DaveBlackston
- 627
- 3
- 9
6
votes
1 answer
Familial Terminology in Colonial America
Recently I posted a question about my ancestor John White. In order to find out a little more about him, I read some of the descriptions of him more carefully and came across the following quote (from his service history in the DAR Lineage…
DaveBlackston
- 627
- 3
- 9
6
votes
2 answers
Where was Dalmasz, Russia?
I am trying to find information about my great grandfather. We have a Declaration of Intention for the United States of America, division of naturalization, which he signed. On the form it shows that his foreign residence was Dalmasz, Russia. I…
Joy
- 61
- 1
6
votes
2 answers
Interpreting tours of duty on British Army service records?
More details about this service member are in my question Were British Army families stationed overseas enumerated in any Census returns?
Alfred Clarke, b. 1840, from Brighton, Sussex, England, service No. 178/2, served in the Royal Artillery, as…
Jan Murphy
- 25,610
- 5
- 50
- 124
6
votes
2 answers
Lists of casualties of the Battle of Mollwitz
As a battle of the War of the Austrian Succession, the Battle of Mollwitz was fought between Prussian and Austrian forces on 10 April 1741. I wonder if there are lists of casualties available?
lejonet
- 5,447
- 2
- 18
- 45
6
votes
1 answer
Why would a family baptise at a parish but not marry or bury there?
I am researching the ancestors of Clementia Underhill, who married William Caldicott in 1703. According to her burial record from 1760, she was born in about 1675.
I believe that she was the daughter of a George Underhill, and have a candidate born…
Verbeia
- 2,998
- 15
- 28
6
votes
3 answers
How to list GEDCOM events with missing sources?
Is there a way to generate a list of events in a GEDCOM file without a source, maybe sorted by person or surname?
lejonet
- 5,447
- 2
- 18
- 45
6
votes
3 answers
Is there a resource for easily determining relationships between two relatives?
In the English language, there are many words for relationships between two relatives. For instance, my father's brother is my "uncle", the daughter of my father's brother is my "first cousin", the wife of my father's brother is my "cousin-in-law"…
EddieN120
- 61
- 1
6
votes
0 answers
Historical records of money transfers for emigration (Remittance) from England?
A Wikipedia article defines Remittance as:
A remittance is a transfer of money by a foreign worker to an
individual in his or her home country.
In a city directory from New England dated 1876, an advertisement for Doyle & Finn lists them as…
Jan Murphy
- 25,610
- 5
- 50
- 124
6
votes
2 answers
Italian Government-Paid Passage
Why would the Italian government pay for passage of Italians to the US? What were the contours of this policy and does it reveal meaningful information about the recipients?
In the manifest for a ship from Naples to Ellis Island in 1920, a number…
NL7
- 291
- 1
- 6