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Cannot find an immigrant in the 1860/70 US Census

In the US Census from 1860 and 1870, I am looking for a German immigrant named Gustav Adolf (or Adolph) Neumann, born October 27, 1824 in Leipzig, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany, who immigrated to the United States departing the October 10, 1858 from…
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Finding 1920s Adoption Information in New York State?

I am looking to find information on my deceased grandmother's adoption. The story is that she was adopted from a New York orphanage in the 20's or so I am guessing since she was born in 1925. She was adopted by a family whose name I know and all…
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Estimating when photo of ancestor who lived 1833-1902 was taken?

This is a photo of my 4th great grandfather Pacifico Vega. He was born on 1833 and died on 1902, living his whole life in Panama. I am not very good at estimating when photos were taken so can someone estimate when this photo was taken?
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Can the amount of saliva affect how many centiMorgans are shared between 1st cousins?

I share 279 centimorgans with a 1st cousin in 12 segments. I don't believe that is enough to be considered 1st cousins. She says she couldn't spit a lot. Would a small amount of spit affect the outcome of the relationship?
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Reading a word in an 1841 census image

I'm struggling to read part of an 1841 census record: The difficult element is at the far right of the line for Saml Brown Gamekeeper (in the column headed Where born in Scotland Ireland or Foreign Parts). I'm not sure it says Scotland or Ireland…
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Translating WW1 German postcard?

I have an old WW1 postcard letter which was written by my Great Great Grandfather, i managed to come across this at my Grandfathers house. The writing is in German and i believe it may be old German but i’m not sure, the only thing i was able to…
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Why was ancestor imprisoned in Bodmin Gaol?

I have located my 3rd times Great Grandfather in Bodmin Gaol from Ancestry records but no details of why he was there. I have the following information and would be grateful if you were able to let me know any details of why he was…
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Finding Grandfathers birth certificate born in Lwów Poland

I'm trying to find my Grandfathers birth certificate, he was born in Lwów/ Lvov 1922 back when it was Poland. I've searched both the Galacia Database and Jewish Gen including all the usual Ancestry.com, Findmypast stuff etc... Unfortunately, I have…
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Using DNA to link individuals after a name change

How do I go about using genetic testing to support (or disprove) the identity of an individual before a name change? My great-great-grandfather, Everett T Malcom, would just say, "It's me own business" whenever someone asked him about his parents,…
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Finding person missed in 1920 census?

My dad was in school at the time of the 1920 census. He was born and lived in Arkansas in 1920. His dad was alone in that one, and his mom was with his sister in St Louis. He was part Cherokee and likely spent time with relatives in Muldrow …
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Segments with no matches

I am beginning the process of forming triangulation groups, and I wonder: what do people do with segments on which there are no matches? I found such a segment already just on the first chromosome I have examined. There is a region with no matches…
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What was William H. Clements' military service shown on this military grave registration?

I know that William H. Clements was part of the Mississippi Rifles from a military pension record index entry. Specifically, he served 1846-1847 in Company C. According to the Army National Guard Special Designation Listing, "Mississippi Rifles"…
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Triangulation conundrum

I tested both my mother "M" and her brother "D" at FTDNA. I was looking through D's list of segments today for triangulated segments, using the matrix utility to help, and I found the following D matches Person A on chromosome 1 from positions…
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Phased psuedo-kit on GEDmatch -- what accounts for huge drops in SNP count?

I guess first I should make sure I understand how GEDmatch stores raw data -- I'd guess that during "tokenization", GEDmatch turns my raw data file into a format that it likes, i.e., perhaps replacing A, T, G, C with numbers or replacing names of…
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Where is Shemelincsi, Volynsk guberniya in Russia?

I'm trying to determine where in Russia the town/city from the passenger list actually is located in Russia today - below pic is for the passenger "Belinsky" showing contact and town/city for 1911 arrival in NY on the SS Birma from Libau Russia to…
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