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Finding records of Spanish ancestor born 1839 in Catalonia?
On of my great great grandfathers was born in Spain in 1838 and emigrated to NY around 1858. I have plenty of records of his after entering the U.S. but nothing pertaining to him before his appearance in NY in 1858. He was a prominent Spanish…
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Sharing research results, getting credit
Say you've spent a considerable amount of time, and perhaps some money as well, documenting a set of families. The work has paid off, and one of the rewards is to share it with people who may be living descendants of those documented by your…
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Match on Autosomal DNA but no match on X chromosome
I am very new to genealogy and I am hoping someone can advise me. Having uploaded my gedcom to Gedmatch, my best one-one match on Gedmatch is with someone who matches on Chr 8 (14.4 cM) and Chr 11 (30.0cM), but there is no match on the X chromosome.…
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Looking for information about Anna Oldag (*10 Oct 1866 in Warmbrunn)
According to her tombstone in the German Cemetery in Haifa, Israel, my great grandmother Anna Minna Martha Oldag (her maiden name) was born in Warmbrunn on 10 Oct 1866. I have tentatively identified Warmbrunn as Cieplice, Jelenia Gora, Lower…
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Acceptable number of no-calls in autosomal DNA test results?
Using Gedmatch's file diagnostics, an autosomal DNA test kit I manage shows that there are 31200 (4.4%) no-calls. In most matching algorithms, a no-call is treated equivalently to a match. Therefore, as Gedmatch states:
This kit has an unusually…
Harry V.
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Identifying the parents of Moritz Martin Bernhardt born 1827 Treptow Prussia
Moritz Martin Bernhardt is my great-grand father.
I was able to learn his age and place of birth (1827 Treptow, Prussia) from his application for US Citizenship.
I found his date and place of death (1862 Fredericksburg, Texas) in the pioneer church…
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How did two birth records from the same sub-district end up in different districts?
I have found a curious inconsistency in registration districts for a couple of 1850s English birth records. I was looking for children of David Hill and his wife Jane (nee Harris) of Little Rissington, a small village in Gloucestershire. Little…
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Finding resting place of deceased Leicestershire clergyman?
I'm attempting to find the burial location of clergyman Edward Brewer Brooks who I know to have died in my house in 1901 (in the UK).
I can trace his entire career through Crockford's Clerical Directory, and I know his last "assignment" was in Hoby…
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What does 'DD' mean in a name on GEDmatch.com?
On GEDmatch.com I've seen numerous matches that include a DD prefix on a name like:
DD Mary Brown
What is this convention and what does DD stand for?
WilliamKF
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Contacting family of Unteroffizier Wilhelm Braatz shot down in Battle of Britain?
Passed down to me is a service cap of a pilot of the Luftwaffe from WW2. During the battle of Britain in September 1940 an aircraft flew over east Sussex smoke pouring out behind. The service cap was seen to fall out the aircraft and when picked up…
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What is this town in Macedonia, Greece?
I have been indexing on a FamilySearch (US Oregon Draft Registration WWII, this particular record was registered in 1942) and have come across a place name in Macadonia, Greece that I can find no where on the internet and I am not sure what the last…
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Differentiating between mtDNA Haplogroups L1c1 & L1c1a?
* My mtDNA Haplogroup is L1c1a, and My Sister's mtDNA Haplogroup is L1c1 ... Is is possible that we (may) still share the SAME Mother? *
I come from a family of 7 Siblings--of which the Eldest Sibling is 25 years older than the Youngest…
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I have a ged file with 44k entries - what is a good program which will handle it?
I began using the free software, Simple Family Tree, to enter my information. Three years later, I have over 44,000 people entered. The program crashes all the time. Can anyone recommend a good genealogy program that will accommodate such a…
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Obtaining 1899 birth certificate of ancestor born in Turkey to Turkish parents?
How do I reach the birth certificate of my grandfather who was born in Istanbul, turkey in 1899?
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How do I hide leaf hints on my Ancestry family tree?
Is there a way to hide the green leaf hints on my Ancestry family tree?
I want to take screenshots of my Ancestry family tree so I can frame them for my sister's upcoming wedding. The only problem is finding a way to hide the green hint icons.
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