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1882 Local News Item -- What Does in the shade Mean?

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Deciphering 1868 Irish marriage record?

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Where is the farm/hamlet of Barah in 1820s North Cornwall?

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Where was Berditoscher, Russia in 1912?

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Is there any place like Wertinberge in Germany?

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How were the beneficiaries of the 1872 Will of Mary Rogers related?

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How to generate a report of ancestors by generation?

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In 1963 were photos dated when processed or when taken?

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What does Occasional Copy refer to in the new GRO Index?

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Take a punch at this (or...identifying a boxer?)

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Who was in Edingley Cricket Club in 1920?

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Reading entry from Quarter Sessions Order Book of Dorset, England 1682-1693?

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Can 19th century US Census records be reliably used to identify a family of origin?

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Y-DNA haplogroup R1a1ab2 Z93 Z94 in England?

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Deciphering part of 1799 probate from USA?

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Given Name in parenthesis on Cemetery Stones

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Meaning of c notation at end of St Louis obituaries?

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Reference Key for Injuries for WWI German Casualty Lists?

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Reading name and occupation of 18th century ancestors from Kirchheim unter Teck, Wurttemberg, Germany?

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Birth registration listed in Ancestry but missing from GRO Index Online?

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Generational Loss of Data with DNA Testing

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Understanding Index to Death Duty Registers 1796-1903 for 1799 death in Radnorshire, Wales?

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How do I identify the date a photo was taken or printed?

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What is this city name in this passenger list from Russia/Poland in late 19th/early 20th century?

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How do I convert my RAW FamilyTreeDNA FamilyFinder test result files to Ancestry or 23andMe format?

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How should I interpret this Buchenwald camp card?

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Who are the individuals silhouetted in this image?

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Explaining major discrepancies between Bishop's Transcripts and Parish Registers?

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Struggling to read birth record of my German Jewish great-grandfather

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What is expected shared cM of double third cousins?

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Reading comment in 1825 baptism register?

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What does it mean if a probate index lists a person's record as Insanity of, instead of Estate of?

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Finding departure dates from port of Bremen?

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Did Edward Buten change his name from Edward Bulen?

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What year does this toy tricycle appear to be?

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What is the first word in this baptism record?

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Understanding entries in Charlotte County Personal Tax Table for Deceased Person?

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Translating 1612 Dutch marriage record

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Indexing nE census record at FamilySearch?

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Meaning of WW I service record abbreviation Awarded MCC?

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Why name John Doe as surety?

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Meaning of Tuesday last and Monday week?

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What does O.S. K.U.V stand for on a headstone?

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Can you date this photograph of my grandmother Elsie Lillian Hall Kerby?

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What does three small rings in a triangle mean in a Swedish parish registers?

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Finding details of where Polish soldier in German Army was living before Great War?

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What are these abbreviations in a Verlustliste (zurueckgeh, krgef, A)?

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What GEDCOM tag should the DNA Haplogroup be stored?

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What's on the right-hand page of the 1939 Register?

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Did son-in-law have a different meaning in mid-19th century England?

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How would you handle a census record that is almost certainly the target family but which has too many discrepancies?

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What is the model of the car in this photo?

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What do you call folks that are third cousins two different ways?

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What does 1898 wedding/memorial announcement from Germany, Austria, or Slovenia say?

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What are these words in the 1841 will of Elisha Strong?

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Seeking marriage record for James Slight and Elizabeth Boyd from late 1820s probably near Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland?

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What is this Delaware marriage document?

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Reading words on old document relating to share of Will?

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What are Marriage Banns and how can I use them in my research?

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Finding Specific Railroad Segments in the United Started named after employees?

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Locating records of a man employed by Rufford Abbey for 70 years?

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What records document how African Americans received their Surname in early New York state?

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Street index for Canada 1921 census

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Puzzling Swiss/French date abbreviation?

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Deciphering an Intended Marriage from England around 1800

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What does Int. Reads mean on list of marriages from around Boston about 1794?

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Genetic Distance to Generations Calculation for Y-STR DNA tests

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What uniform is this (US Army branch, where and when)?

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How to interpret dates on California Indexes to Electoral Registers

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What does S mean in the context of possessing a ticket for the next leg of a journey?

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Where precisely was Russian town of Osometz (1912)?

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What parish records are likely for pregnant widow with 8 children in 1791 at Whitchurch, Devon, England?

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Children born overseas to British Subjects -- what is their citizenship status?

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Explaining migration around 1800 between Somerset, Devon and Dorset?

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How can I ensure that I am making a reasonably exhaustive search?

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What do index numbers mean in Rhode Island Register of Marriages, Births, and Deaths?

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Accuracy of place of death recorded in the National Probate Calendar?

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What is the significance of the name at the end of this 1843 advertisement?

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Parsing census record (including in-laws) from New York City?

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Determining what old document with Illegible handwriting says?

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How do you record a person you know existed, but with no (or limited) other details?

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What is an ehemalige Trompeter?

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Difference between roomer and boarder in 1930 US census?

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How to determine county from county number in Texas birth index?

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How common was it for a father to be at the birth in the late 1700s early 1800s?

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What Polish village is named in this document?

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Minimum age to be mentioned in a will?

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Where can I find additional geneology resources for New York between 1775 and 1850?

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What is Canada E in the 1860 US Federal Census?

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Deciphering three words from mid 19th Century Cornwall Marriage Certificate?

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What can I learn about Sir William Brereton based on his portrait?

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Where is the Marriage of Milly Bungay/Mason/Weston to John Weston?

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William Miller, private in the Driver Corps

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Understanding Belgium, Antwerp Police Immigration Index Numbers?

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World War I Draft Registration (US) card office markings?

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Resolving conflicts between conclusions of different researchers (internet & professional historian)?

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Why would Consent of Parents be needed for 1815 marriage between 26 and 33 year olds in Menheniot, Cornwall?

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Translation & Transcription Request, French birth record from 1842

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How to explain this administration of Estate?

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Finding period travel information -- or How far away is too far?

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Who built the SS Persia in Quebec in 1853?

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Dating photo by Edwin Lott from Nolton Studio at Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales?

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Where might I find General Orders No. 77 dated 11 Nov 1943?

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What does Containing by Estimation Seven Days' Work mean in 1810 Land Auction advertisement?

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Why is Maria listed twice in this 18th century church record?

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Meaning of In Whose Lot Interred: Hugh Sellars at Menands (Albany Rural Cemetery) in 1872?

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Dating this photograph of a younger Emma (Vig) Froiland

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Seeking baptism record for William Slight, born ca 1832 near Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland?

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What is written after John Lark's name?

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Interpretation of WWI Marine Muster Log

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1935 residence in the 1940 census

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Was William Chichester recorded as Judge in 1841 Census at Dymock, Gloucestershire, England?

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Where is John Knight of Henry Kentucky in 1840 census?

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Translating baptism record from Norway?

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If mother's maiden name is listed as same as child's last name, is child illegitimate?

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Interpreting the Trussell Family Tree

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Is there a chart type that shows myself, a chosen ancestor, every intervening ancestor and their siblings?

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Identifying signature in marriage record from Paris in 1901?

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Help determine date of photo from Tuscaloosa

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Where to find 1900 Swiss census for Bern?

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What does Do agt for mean in Georgia Property Tax Digests?

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What information can be gleaned from these Naval Academy accomplishments?

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What were the rules about Massachusetts town marriage intentions ca 1811?

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Reading 1900 U.S. census record?

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What is Ellen M Berry's relationship in this Census Record?

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Why might Illogan and Gwythian parishioners marry in 1749 at Phillack, Cornwall?

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Wife's name on old German records, first middle, or middle first?

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Identifying Lemuel K. Preston's 1830s-era birth place of Broome, L. C.?

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Could 'Annie' be a Pseudonym for Augusta

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What is the significance of a right of dower in this 1830s era deed (Ohio/New Hampshire, USA)?

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Decipher Writing (Philadelphia Street Address)

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What was George August Imprisoned For?

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What Island is likely to be mentioned on 19th Century Somerset Will?

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Would an immigrant to the US pre-1800 be hiding beans? (When were food restrictions first placed on immigrants to the US)?

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What does the Copy of Record No field on a naturalization petition index card mean?

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Seeking publication specifics for a 20th century news article (USA)

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Finding parents of Doris Reardon, born about 1906, probably in Lancashire?

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