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What is the difference between evidence and information?
What is evidence?
I have piles and piles of historical records, old letters, e-mails, all of which provide details about my family.
Is all of the information contained in these documents evidence? If not, then how do I go about differentiating…
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Passing on our data
Everyone here will have thought about the longevity of our data, including related artefacts such as photographs, documents, letters. What is the best approach for preserving this and ensuring that it survives our lifetimes?
Issues I am concerned…
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Are there online ship crew and passenger lists for journeys South Africa to New Zealand?
I am looking for details on an individual surnamed Noye. He possibly was a passenger or crew member from Africa to Tasmania or Africa to New Zealand, in the late 1890s. Are there any online resources for ship voyages from South Africa?
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Determining who died on particular voyage of ship?
One voyage of the ship William Stetson began the 26th of April, 1855 in Liverpool, England and ended the 27th of May, 1855 in New York. One account of the voyage says:
The New York Herald of May 30, announces the arrival at that port of the William…
user47
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Why would I add my research to an online genealogy site?
I have seen reference to online trees. What would be the advantages and disadvantages of me publishing my family information online?
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Are there standards for including step, foster, and adopted relationships in descendant charts and reports?
With no blood relationship, is there a standard way of presenting step, foster and adopted children in descendant charts?
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Finding living individual from Queensland, Australia, when not much information is known?
I am working on an individual about whom very little is known. His daughter knows his name and is able to estimate his age. Our information doesn't really help us identify him well.
He was born in Queensland (Australia)
He is estimated to be…
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Locating an elusive UK birth record (Mary Ann Harper born circa 1865 possibly Dudley, England)?
I have a female great grand-mother in England for whom I have her marriage certificate and her death certificate, plus census records from marriage until death. From these I know her unmarried name, an approximate year of birth (1865), a supposed…
user104
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Determining what old document with Illegible handwriting says?
When looking through handwritten records, I found a document. Some fields are legible and matched information I already knew. However, the name is written illegibly. I cannot read it for the life of me. Because I can't read that, I don't know for…
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How do I write the year with a double date?
If I have a date on a birth certificate that says: "January 13, 1719", do I write the year as 1719, 1718/19, or 1719/20 (the latter two being double dates).
What if the date is April 28, 1719?
Clarification:
Okay. I obviously didn't make this…
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How do I research Chinese names that have been Americanized?
My mother's side is entirely Chinese. They immigrated to Canada in the 1950's from Guangdong province. I only know the Americanized spelling and pronunciation of her family name 'Young' and have not been able to find any records of her or her family…
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When documenting location, should my or their native language be used for place names?
When I'm documenting the place where an event occurred, should I write the name in my own language or in the native language of the place?
For example: Spain or España
I am assuming that I can only enter one place name per event listing since I…
user47
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Proving Native American ancestry using DNA testing?
I saw on The Generation Project where a man took a DNA test that showed he was some percentage Native American or was the chance that he as Native American.
Can a DNA test prove that I have Native American ancestry?
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How should I deal with conflicting information?
How should I record and report information which conflicts (e.g. differing birth dates for what I believe to be the same person)?
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Where can I find information on buildings that have been demolished?
I'd appreciate suggestions from anyone who has traced the history of houses, multi-family residences, and commercial buildings, on how to find more information about buildings which no longer exist.
One of the pieces of information I use when…
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