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Who killed Katherine Ann (McFee/McPhee) Stevens?
Katherine Ann (McFee/McPhee) Stevens, was the wife of Mr. Byron E. Stevens. The couple resided in Brooklyn Ward 7, New York, USA with their 5 daughters(1). Story has it that Katherine was killed in New York when a stranger pushed her from a…
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Tracking ancestors to Scotland
I have a couple of ancestors from Scotland.
So far I only have England Census entries from the 19th century, the name "Peter Hogg" isn't too common, however since this is the male line I want more evidence than just taking the closest birth date,…
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Tracing Jewish ancestors in Germany before 1800
I have been able to trace my wife's ancestors to people born in the 1790s in the Pfalz region of Germany and in Alsace using civil records of births and deaths. Those records books were started in the 1790s as part of Napoleon's influence. My…
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Why are scanning devices (such as FlipPal) allowed in some archives, but not in others?
The American National Archives and Library of Congress both allow the scanning of documents with some scanners (see what's allowed and what's not). FlipPal is one of their approved ones. Lorine McGinnis Schulze has also had great success doing…
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Obtaining details to complete US Military SF-180 information request form?
From How can I get all the military records available through NARA (USA) for an individual veteran? (or rather, one of its answers) I filled out and mailed an SF-180 requesting military information for an individual. I received word back from NARA…
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Can I remove facts from my tree obtained via other Ancestry.com members?
I'd like to clean up my Ancestry.com trees by identifying which facts in a tree came from other users - facts that may not be reliable.
Can I identify the source of individual pieces of information as either based on my research or…
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How do I Keep my Public Tree right sized to meet my own high quality standards?
One of the reasons my Ancestry.com tree is public is so that I can make connections to “cousins” I don’t know. The relatives I have connected with have been a fantastic help in researching our common ancestors.
What is a reasonable way to determine…
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What is note ("Line 25 - Confidential Report") on 1950 Census page
On a page of the 1950 Census this is written in the top margin: (Notes - Line 25 - Confidential Report)
What does this refer to? Does it mean that some of the information requested was not provided because the person thought is was confidential? Or…
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Clarification of Dates listed in the Verlustlisten - WWI German Casualties Lists 1918
I've encountered conflicting explanations of the dates listed in the German WWI Casuality lists - Verlustlisten. My information is from Vol. 1918_XVI, List #2145, List Date: 9 Oct 1918. The soldier I'm researching is Philipp Brase, born 23 Sep 1891.…
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Is there some software that can draw a family diagram with a timeline?
I got an idea of how I wanted to represent my family tree. A regular tree has the disadvantage that time is not taken into account. Generations are shown at the same line, while in fact most of the time there is an overlap between generations.…
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How to interpret this19th century Ukrainian Jewish birth index result?
I found these search results among Ukrainian Births on JewishGen:
I would like help interpreting the second column. The three rows of headers are:
Father, Grandfather
Mother, Grandfather
Mother, MaidenSurname
In the Father, Grandfather field, I…
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How to store data with Gramps?
I'm a new user to Gramps genealogical software.
I absolutely don't understand how Gramps manages data. I have a .gramps file I think stores all the data, but when I launch the app, I have to select a family tree. What is it? Sometimes I click on the…
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What does VSP mean in the book The Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612-1783?
In the book ''The Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612-1783'' by David Dobson, published in Baltimore by the Genealogical Publishing Co. in 1984, I find on page 349 it lists an entry for James Wood that reads:
Wood, James, Jacobite, tr.…
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Who was my grandfather's first wife?
My grandfather married my grandmother in Berwick upon Tweed, England on 31st May 1918 at St Andrew's Church, now demolished. He was described on the marriage certificate as a widower and I can find no trace of his first marriage and wife.
His name…
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Banns read multiple times at St Brides, Fleet Street early 19th century
I have copies of the Banns read for James Henry Hunter and Charlotte Matilda Thomas as follows:
1819: 30 May, 6 June and 13 June
1820:16 November, 3 December and 10 December
1821: 9 December, 16 December and 23 December
However, the couple…
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