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Were 'professional bondsman' common in 19th century Cornwall?
This is a similar question to Significance of recurring marriage witness in rural 1820s Cornwall? concerning recurring marriage witnesses, and the consensus here is that 'professional witnesses' were ...
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Transcribing medical notes from 1893 (query 3)
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I have the following transcription queries for the following ...
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Significance of recurring marriage witness in rural 1820s Cornwall?
This question relates to Birth record for a Jane Glasson in 18th century Cornwall?, and more specifically is about the marriage of John SHORT and Jane GLASSON at Whitstone, Cornwall, 6 January 1821.
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does man from world war 2 have live relatives
I was going through my garage and found dog tags for a man named redacted and I am looking for relatives of this man to return them to the family
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Transcribing medical notes from 1878 (query 2)
This question continues from: Transcribing medical notes from 1878
I have the following transcription queries for the following text. I think they are medicine terminology for the most part:
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Citing a warranty deed: which date to use?
A 1900 warranty deed contains the date it was drafted and the date it was filed. I find conflicting information about which date to use in my citation.
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Transcribing medical notes from 1878
I am attempting to transcribe the medical notes for Maria Coke in my family. I did a similar exercise in the past for my great-great-grandmother Martha Coke, and these records are for one of her ...
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Difficulty locating Birth GRO for Mary Coke (towards end of 1852 or early 1853)
I am stumped as to why I can't find a birth GRO reference for Mary Coke. She had several siblings and I am aware that birth records began in 1837.
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Understanding Y DNA and the FTDNA Haplotree better
I talked with FTDNA Corporate last week Friday before the week of Christmas. They agreed with me which the DNA Geek seems to agree there change in course of action is because of the 2021 Keddie Murder ...
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Going to lunatic asylums - Date of Order v Date of Admission
I am doing some research on a family member from 1893 when she went to a lunatic asylum.
I have visited the Dorset History Centre and obtained photos of the relevant documentation:
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Extracting estimated birth year from German/West Prussian marriage record 1792
I have a marriage record (West Prussian, 1792) where the Ancestry estimated birth year for the bride is 1767. I think this is based on the translation of the groom's age and brides age being the same, ...
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DNA results different for 2 cousins
I recently did an Ancestry DNA test and my 1st cousin has done one a while back.
Her mum and my dad were siblings.
Her maternal side shows she is 50% Irish and for me my paternal side shows 48% Irish ...
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Finding birth, marriage and death records for Muslims in South Asia and Aden
My paternal grandfather had the surname Khan. His family lived in Aden Colony from (1839 to 1967). Some of his family are still there. My paternal and maternal grandmothers had the surname Kashmiri; ...
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How to backup older Gramps data before converting to the newer schema?
I have some family trees in Gramps but was away from it for a while and ended up inadvertently upgrading the software (now v5.2.3 on Linux) past the version in which I last edited the data (v3). So I ...
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Assessing first cousin once removed relationship based on 476cM shared match
My mother's sister is my maternal aunt.
Therefore, her son should be my first cousin.
I match his daughter's DNA at 476cM. She should be my first cousin once removed.
When I look at the chart the 476 ...
