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At what age did girls leave home in 1880s England?
Ellen Sutton (born to Harriet and John Sutton 1868 in Wolverhampton) appears in the 1871 Census, but not the 1881 Census, even though her siblings do. The death index shows that a 4-year-old Ellen Sutton from Wolverhampton died in 1872, so this may…
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Did the Army know when somebody in the Reserves died?
I have now obtained my grandfather (TJ)'s Army Records and they're a very interesting read... To put it mildly, he was neither a good soldier nor one who believed in staying with the colours throughout his 18 years of active service (of which he…
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Meaning of "Tuesday last" and "Monday week"?
I'm reading a newspaper article from Friday, 10 Feb 1843, from the Coventry Herald:
In the births, marriages, and deaths column, dates are commonly represented as "On the 2nd inst." or "On the 29th ult.". These are straightforward:
inst. is an…
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Why are the lengths GEDmatch.com Chromosome Segment Matching segments not proportional to their cM?
The GEDmatch.com Chromosome Segment Matching report has the following legend:
One of my reports has the following triangulation match:
The purple segment (< 5 cm) is 102912701 - 111046063 (4.189 cM) and the green segment (10-20 cM) is 149430788 -…
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Two ships, two manifests, same passengers?
I knew that my great-grandmother arrived in the US from Italy in about 1914. When I searched the Ellis Island database I found her easily. Unfortunately, I found her twice. Let me be specific. My great-grandmother, her daughter and her niece are all…
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Searching marriage records for London by witnesses?
Today a key piece of information about my 4th great grandmother Sarah Osment Smyth came to my attention when @ValerieFennell wrote:
I have Sarah Osment Smyth as witness at the marriage of James Smith,
Felter and Hatter of Tooley Street Bermondsey…
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Two different marriage dates for the same couple?
I'm digging through online records and researching Charles and Mary Ann Kirby (listed as maiden name of Hart) who came to Canada from Yorkshire England. I found one record that has their wedding as taking place on May 11,1828 in Allerthorpe by…
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Does a bequest of $1 or "to be paid on their demand" mean it is a minor child?
I'm looking at the Will of Zebulon Tharp dated October 1, 1775. On page three it appears as follows:
Starting at line 8, it reads in part:
...I also will and bequeath unto my son
Benjamin Tharp the sum of one dollar and unto my son Ze
lan the…
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Why did my mother have two names when she married in Jaffa in 1946?
My father Alan Arthur Dear married my mother in Jaffa in 1946. Her name was Ruth Schonberg. I have however found 2 records of marriage for him in Jaffa in 1946. One to Ruth Schonberg and one to Ruth Sborowitzova. How can I find out why this should…
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Did Somerset Militia recruit local Cornish soldiers when based at/near Truro around 1798?
Finding late 18th Century service record of soldier William Hobbs in Somersetshire Militia? was a question about my 4th great grandfather William Hobbs who married Jane Courtenay at Truro St Mary, Cornwall, England in 1798.
In that question, which…
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Struggling to read birth record of my German Jewish great-grandfather
I found this birth record for my ancestor Max Mayer who was born in Speyer, Germany in 1879.
I'm struggling on two counts:
I can't read his father's full name, I'm pretty sure it ends Marx Mayer, but what are the two words before
What do the two…
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How to handle name changes in records?
Is there a standard for how to write a person's name in genealogy records or family trees?
What I'm getting at is what to do with the maiden names, or previous names. If Peter Svensson was born 1900, married and changed his name to Peter Johansson,…
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How am I really related to a person with 1246 cMs and no shared X-DNA?
I have a cousin who is coming up as having 1246.5 centimorgans in common the largest being 103.2 and 1.8 generations. We have no shared X DNA found. I am a female and he is a male. We are supposed to be related by my mom and his dad. His dad is…
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When was Paul Theodore Spranger deported back to Germany?
Paul Spranger was a German waiter born Brandenberg, Germany September, 1871. He married Eliza Emma Fisher in London 1908 and they had a daughter Pauline Theodora in 1909.
I believe Paul was interned at the start of the war and deported possibly at…
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Finding railroad maps for Germany in late 19th century?
I am studying a group of immigrants who came to the northeastern United States from Saxony in the 1870s to 1890s. Many of them were skilled workers all recruited from the same area specifically for their skills in the textile industries.
Of the…
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