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| Wood Family | 10/26/2009 | Charlotte L. Cowe |
Q: Hey, Lets start with this, my surname is Wood, i want to know if 1. my surname is Anglo-Saxon, or ...
A: Mitchell I am presently abroad on holiday so do not have access to any of my books which may help. ...
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| Wood Family | 10/26/2009 | Frances Sampey Deak |
Q: Hey, Lets start with this, my surname is Wood, i want to know if 1. my surname is Anglo-Saxon, or ...
A: Most last names started in England in the early 1200s. It was usually applied to someone to ...
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| John Miles | 10/19/2009 | Frances Sampey Deak |
Q: I am trying to find out more about John Miles, from J. Miles & Co., Ltd., printers, London. The ...
A: There are still several John Miles. The first was born circa 1835 and is listed as a publisher and ...
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| John Miles | 10/19/2009 | Frances Sampey Deak |
Q: I am trying to find out more about John Miles, from J. Miles & Co., Ltd., printers, London. The ...
A: I need more information on John Miles in order to answer this question. There are over 600 in the ...
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| in law | 10/5/2009 | Peter C. Amsden |
Q: I love my late husband family,but I remarried. I consider them my family. What I want to know are ...
A: Well, they would still be your in-laws in the UK and I suspect that the same will apply in the USA. ...
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| Douglas Davidson | 9/28/2009 | Charlotte L. Cowe |
Q: I am researching my family tree but need some help if at all possible. My father Douglas Davidson ...
A: Douglas I could certainly help you with research and would suggest the following: Search for the ...
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| Confused | 9/24/2009 | Edward Young |
Q: This probably sounds really stupid but it is confusing me. What is my sister's husband's father ...
A: I'd just call him my "Brother-in- Law's Dad". I know nothing about this subject. I volunteer on ...
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| biological father | 9/16/2009 | Frances Sampey Deak |
Q: I am trying to trace my biological father with VERY limited information. I have a first name and ...
A: With what you have, the answer is no way. However there are ways to get more information. 1. Is ...
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| Dawes Rolls | 9/9/2009 | Michael Troy |
Q: We have pretty much finished the genealogy for our family...well kind of. We're having difficulty ...
A: The US Archives has the indexes, but not the full info available online here: ...
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| Fern Surname From England | 8/26/2009 | Frances Sampey Deak |
Q: I'm trying to research my father's side of the family. Benjamin Fearn/Fern, born Ireland, Aug 1827, ...
A: It is mentioned in several Iowa papers that Benjamin Fern was struck by lightning. The papers are ...
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| Fern Surname From England | 8/24/2009 | Frances Sampey Deak |
Q: I'm trying to research my father's side of the family. Benjamin Fearn/Fern, born Ireland, Aug 1827, ...
A: You and your cousins have done a marvelous job of getting this information together. I saw some of ...
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| Fern Surname | 8/24/2009 | Nancy Janyszeski |
Q: I'm trying to research my father's side of the family. Benjamin Fearn/Fern, born Ireland, Aug 1827, ...
A: Ronald, I would go to the Rootsweb.org and looking for mailing lists, then search for FERN and ...
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| Preservation | 7/23/2009 | Frances Sampey Deak |
Q: How do you preserve documents of genealogical interest? I have many that I want to preserve in the ...
A: I have just moved to the US from England so can't recommend a particular product here. If you ...
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| Family History - I'm Stuck! | 7/16/2009 | Michael Troy |
Q: I have been lucky enough to be able to trace my family back to my great-great-great grandfather, ...
A: You may have trouble finding any records, especially if his family traveled to England from another ...
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| preserving old photographs | 7/12/2009 | Peter C. Amsden |
Q: My family has an old photograph taken in 1859 of John Brown's hanging. I do not know if it is a ...
A: It could be Daguerreotypepe, but if so then the subject is unusual. They needed a fairly lengthy ...
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| finding family | 7/7/2009 | Michael Troy |
Q: Troy...My name is Tena Troy...My dad, Elmus Walter Troy was born in Jackson Ky 03/06/1946 He was ...
A: Always happy to hear from another Troy, although I don't think we are related. My family immigrated ...
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| Plaid | 6/12/2009 | Charlotte L. Cowe |
Q: I am wondering if there is any way to find out my family plaid. I know my grandfather's name was ...
A: I am a Scottish researcher so am not familiar with any wearing of the plaid or tartan in Ireland. ...
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| Litschert | 6/12/2009 | Anita Roberts |
Q: I am having a problem finding an ancestor and am hoping you can give me an idea where to start. His ...
A: I apologize for the late answer but I just received this question. Here are some websites that may ...
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| Litschert | 6/12/2009 | Michael Troy |
Q: I am having a problem finding an ancestor and am hoping you can give me an idea where to start. His ...
A: German records can be difficult. There are no national sources like the US census. Of the records ...
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| Litschert | 6/12/2009 | L. Handiboe |
Q: My family has been in the DC/VA area for a few generations and I am looking for the name Litshcert, ...
A: This may be the one, your looking for. 1930 United States Federal Census about Frank P Litschert ...
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| My surname origin | 5/23/2009 | Frances Sampey Deak |
Q: My last name is Darnold, and I've begun to do some genealogical research. I've found conflicting ...
A: Darnold is a Scottish name. The story is three brothers came from Scotland and most people with ...
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| RELATIVE | 5/2/2009 | Michael Smith |
Q: Mike Hi, I'm looking for someone who is a relative, all I can find so far is she lived in BayShore, ...
A: I'm sorry, but this isn't really a geneology question. Due to rights of privacy, geneology records ...
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| Trying to find someone.. | 5/2/2009 | Anita Roberts |
Q: I'm trying to find a classmate I went to school with for about 3 years, in Highschool. About 1 year ...
A: Matt, Here are an article I found on the shooting: News-Dispatch, The (Michigan City, IN) - ...
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| Looking for a son | 4/26/2009 | Anita Roberts |
Q: I am trying to locate the birth of a son born to: George Earl Guiles and Alice June Guiles ...
A: Margaret, George Earl Guiles is buried in Arlington Cemetery, Washington, DC. I also found that ...
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| Sampey family | 4/20/2009 | Frances Sampey Deak |
Q: I know I remember seeing a pretty extensive family tree from my grandfather Mahlon Sampey...do you ...
A: I can give you an outline and details can be found in a new book "The Sampey Family of Pennsylvania" ...
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| Looking for a son | 4/18/2009 | Anita Roberts |
Q: I am trying to locate the birth of a son born to: George Earl Guiles and Alice June Guiles ...
A: Margaret, The only thing I found on George E. Guiles is that he died Oct 13, 2002 in Maryland. ...
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| Stewart DNA | 4/9/2009 | Frances Sampey Deak |
Q: I have recently been informed by an eminent doctor in the United Kingdom, that my yDNA is a 36/37 ...
A: I am afraid I will not be of much help. There are few Scottish records available on-line or in ...
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| LOOKING FOR SOMEONE | 3/30/2009 | Anita Roberts |
Q: Anita Hi, I'm working on a Family Tree, and I'm trying to get information on my Moms Grandmother. I ...
A: Ken, I found Peter Schwinn & his wife Anna in the 1900 Census: 1900 United States Federal Census ...
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| Organization and research journal | 3/20/2009 | Michael Troy |
Q: I have a lot of information. I am not sure how to organize all of the information. I am having a ...
A: My short answer is to "record everything." I keep extensive notes on all research that I do, even ...
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| My heritage | 3/11/2009 | Michael Smith |
Q: Hey my name is Chad Matthews. I can't really get no further than my great great grandpa. His name is ...
A: I was able to find out that Sherman Mathews was born on February 28, 1865 and he is buried at the ...
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| Logan Family history | 3/9/2009 | Charlotte L. Cowe |
Q: I have tracked down a Logan family from the present to a birth c1806 in Dunfermline. On his death ...
A: Patrick. I could certainly help you to trace your family further backwards. I would need to have ...
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| Knowing my ancestors | 3/9/2009 | Michael Smith |
Q: I only have a little bit of information. I am feeling real strong about a missing link in my life. ...
A: I hope that you can give me some more information, since there are probably many Powells in ...
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| Polish lastname | 2/21/2009 | Michael Troy |
Q: I would like to know about my grandma's lastname...she was born in Argentina but her father came ...
A: I am not sure I have any good advice for you. If your family continued to use this as their family ...
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| muti-racial Sasha again...Jan 19 was the last time we communicated | 2/21/2009 | Michael Troy |
Q: You gave me advice about trying to get information about my heritage. I spoke to my paternal side of ...
A: Sounds like a difficult situation. The problem is that if you are looking for records less than 100 ...
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| Julia A Fannon | 2/14/2009 | L. Handiboe |
Q: Good Morning Julia A Fannon is in my wife's family cemetery. The tombstone is very crude but we were ...
A: I found a family tree, which I guess you already have seen, with the correct FANNON'S. I copied ...
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| Family History | 2/5/2009 | Anita Roberts |
Q: I had a 2 week free trial on ancestry.com,so I decided to try to find more on my family history.I ...
A: Tiffany, I am so sorry about the delay. I had thought I had answered you. Although I didn't find ...
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| looking for gg grandfather's birth cert | 2/3/2009 | Frances Sampey Deak |
Q: hello, hope you are well. I wonder if you can help? I have just started family history research and ...
A: Good start! Since you found him on the 1901 census, go back to previous censuses. If you do not ...
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| Who does what you do outside of England? | 2/2/2009 | Frances Sampey Deak |
Q: My grandfather was rumored to be the bastard son of the King of the Netherlands, who supposedly had ...
A: Don't know anyone who works with that area of the world. Do have a few suggestions. Do you have ...
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| Russian family | 1/25/2009 | Michael Troy |
Q: I am wanting to trace my geneology but since all my relatives are from Russia I haven't being able ...
A: I don't have any experience myself in researching Russian records. One place you might want to try ...
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| indian ancestry | 1/23/2009 | Edward Young |
Q: My ggggandmother was Hettie (cherokee ) she was with the eastern band of cherokees and I was told ...
A: OK, If Hettie actually was found on a TN census and then later made it to the CN West and did ...
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