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How to add places to the master database in Family Tree Maker 2019/Rootsmagic?
I've run into this same issue in both Family Tree Maker 2019 and RootsMagic 7/8. Both seem to use the same database of locations, as I find the same places missing in both programs.
When resolving place names, I know that you can 'ignore' a…
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What is word relating to wife of father in 1759 English (Somerset) baptism record?
This is from a 1759 baptism record in England. It reads, James, son of James Shepherd & Mary his wife of ????? baptized Jan 1 1759" The term is repeated for several other records but most are written something like "John Smith son of William Smith &…
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Transcribing particular phrase in 1813 English will
I have transcribed one of my ancestor's wills - it is from 1813 in Hereford, England. There is only one particular section that I can't figure out. It is 5 lines up from the bottom of the page I will attach and the sentence reads:
... I give to…
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Finding people in the 1950 Census without using the index
How can I find people in the 1950 US Federal Census, before the index is created, or afterwards if I can't find them via the index?
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How to enhance digital images of partly damaged documents (German church book from 1657)?
I found the hardest yet to read document in my carrier, see below.
Do you have any idea how to make the remaining information on that digital document (it is German from 1657) readable or is it lost forever?
It is a double page of a German church…
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Understanding why same couple seemingly married twice within year
I've found the record of the marriage of my 8x great-grandparents. However, I've actually found two different records that both appear to document their marriage, on two different dates.
Hans Friderich Illert was from Mihla, Germany. His father…
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Monumental Inscriptions - Churchyard of St Mary & St Chad in Brewood, Staffordshire
Is anyone aware of an online-accessable index/list of the MI's for this churchyard?
I cannot find such on the CD of Staffordshire MI's published by BMSGH (Midland-Ancestors) nor within the Staffordshire Collection on FindMyPast.
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Software to record polygamous family with sequence but not birth dates of children?
I am starting a project to document historical family relationships of a family in Tanzania based on oral records. The data go back about 200 years. Many of the families involve multiple wives, some of whom may have also had previous or later…
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Identifying the cause of death
This is a photo of my ancestors cause of death. For the life of me I cannot decipher what it says. If anyone has a good idea or even a hint of what it is please let me know!
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Deciphering cause of death and surname of informant
Can someone help me with deciphering the informant's surname (first line in the second box)and cause of death (first line in the first box)?
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Automatically marking relatives dead when born more than 100 years ago
I've found an old GEDCOM file of mine where I did not mark many ancestors as dead despite their birth lying back over a hundred years.
Is there an easy way to automatically mark them as dead (with unkown date) instead of manually modifying each…
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how to find out about german prisoners of war after they returned to Germany
I am trying to find out more about a group of German prisoners of war who worked on my grandparents farm in the north of England in the late 1940s. I have letters which they sent from Germany in the late 40s/early 50s but nothing after that. I…
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Finding state records for Veneto region after 1815
I have been relying on this website for the records during the Napoleonic times:
http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/en/gallery
But after 1815 there is nothing.
Are there any records from that period or were they simply not digitalised?
Can I…
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Sharing 52% DNA with mother
I received my 23 and me results and it says I share 52% DNA with my mom.
Is this possible?
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Denmark marriage 1842, in German, has term "Vau. Attest" What does it mean?
I have roughly translated about a dozen ancestral marriage records from Sønderborg Parish, Aabenraa-Sønderborg Amt in southern Denmark. All are in German and I understand them except for the reference to a "Vau. Attest", a "Vau. Certificate". (See…
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