| Subject | Date Asked |
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| Wood Family | 10/26/2009 |
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 |
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 |
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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| biological father | 9/16/2009 |
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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| Fern Surname From England | 8/26/2009 |
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 |
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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| Preservation | 7/23/2009 |
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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| My surname origin | 5/23/2009 |
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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| Sampey family | 4/20/2009 |
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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| Stewart DNA | 4/9/2009 |
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 gg grandfather's birth cert | 2/3/2009 |
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 |
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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| William Morris | 1/15/2009 |
Q: Was the William Morris (http://www1.walthamforest.gov.uk/wmg/home.htm), famous for his wallpaper ...
A: Cannot find a relationship between the two men. To keep them straight I will refer to William the ...
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| What am I? | 8/20/2008 |
Q: I wanted to know if you could answer the following question for me. From my mothers side of the ...
A: You cannot tell if you have 'black' in your family by looking at features. There have been ...
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| Herbert Family History | 8/15/2008 |
Q: greetings from not so sunny South Australia, where we're having the wettest and coldest winter for ...
A: When I tried to find the information you mentioned, it worked out to a William Mousley, not Thomas. ...
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| Herbert Family History | 8/13/2008 |
Q: greetings from not so sunny South Australia, where we're having the wettest and coldest winter for ...
A: You usually cannot prove a relationship to royalty unless it was acknowledged at the time of birth. ...
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| Sampeys from Lemont Furnace | 7/27/2008 |
Q: I stumbled across your name, as I ran into a woman named "Viola" the other day and simply thought to ...
A: Of course we are related. My father was born in Lemont Furnace son of Thomas Jacob Sampey and ...
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| Home /real-estate genealogy | 7/26/2008 |
Q: For a college history course I am doing a genealogy report on my mother’s house. I have gathered ...
A: Although I have never written a "house genealogy" I believe that the timeline would be the best way ...
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| name | 6/17/2008 |
Q: etnicity of last name raynes
A: There is a place name Rayne(s) in Essex England. My book of names states that it was a name from ...
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| tracing to royalty | 6/17/2008 |
Q: Through studies of UK census & parish records, I discovered that my great-grandfather's parents ...
A: The only royal to take a DNA test was Prince Phillip and that was to identify the Russian royal ...
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| Genealogy Trace | 5/5/2008 |
Q: Good Day, My Name is Mark Allan and I'm looking for the birth and ancestors of my thrice great ...
A: Does the marriage certificate list parents of the couple? If Thomas came when only about 3 years of ...
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| Searching for Eddie Norman William | 4/25/2008 |
Q: My friend's father Mr Eddie Norman William left her for many years now. Mr. Eddie Norman William was ...
A: Without more information - date of birth, birthplace, parents, etc., I am unable to find Eddie ...
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| English relatives running off to Scottland | 3/24/2008 |
Q: For several years now I have been trying to find a marriage record for a GGGrandmother Elizabeth Amy ...
A: I agree that you need someone in Glasgow as registration only started in 1855 in Scotland and they ...
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| English relatives running off to Scottland | 3/22/2008 |
Q: For several years now I have been trying to find a marriage record for a GGGrandmother Elizabeth Amy ...
A: Maybe they didn't marry! She would have had to have parental permission to marry under 21 and going ...
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| What relation | 2/18/2008 |
Q: I hope you can help me. What relationship would a Full Cousins Daughter, Granddaughter and Great ...
A: The easiest way is to chart it by generations: 1. Mother her sister ...
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| mahlon sampey | 1/11/2008 |
Q: Frances, I have spoken with you in the past before my grandather, mahlon, had passed on. He had what ...
A: Allyson I remember you and will be happy to share my research with you. I have my book almost ...
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| Henry Rowley Bishop | 12/20/2007 |
Q: There is a story in my family that we are related to Sir Henry Rowley Bishop born 1786 in London. I ...
A: The 1851 census lists at 13 Cambridge Street, London Henry Bishop knt., 64, Professor of Music Rose ...
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| sampey family | 10/30/2007 |
Q: I have just come across your web by accident. I am amazed that there appears to be so many Sampey's ...
A: I have many Sampey families that started in England. There was a Huelin Sampe as early as 1276. ...
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| surnames | 10/25/2007 |
Q: What is the rule for naming your offspring with the father's name? i.e. john Smith Sr., John Smith ...
A: Officially there is no rule. However, usually it is Senior, junior and then III. Most men drop the ...
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| Missing enlistment papers? | 10/12/2007 |
Q: I am in Michigan but planning another short trip back to London and the archives. We have a ...
A: Once you research before 1837, things are harder to find. The London Metropolitan Archives has some ...
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| Sampey NZ/Australia | 7/20/2007 |
Q: Have you made any progress in the Sampeys from our side of the world. I found a picture of a ...
A: While I haven't been working on the Australian/New Zealand Sampey family, I have been putting more ...
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| LOOKING FOR FRIEND | 7/8/2007 |
Q: Frances, Hi, can you please help me. Im looking for someone who I went to High School with. I lost ...
A: You could try genforum.com where you can post a message by her last name or rootsweb.com where you ...
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| LOOKING FOR FRIEND | 7/8/2007 |
Q: Frances, Hi, can you please help me. Im looking for someone who I went to High School with. I lost ...
A: Maybe she doesn't want to be found. At least keep that in mind. If you think it won't be a ...
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| Death Record | 5/10/2007 |
Q: My husband's aunt died about a year ago. He was a beneficiary on her life insurance policy. He is ...
A: You don't say what country your Aunt died in. If in the US, you can look for her social security ...
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| Rosamond Elizabeth Sansome | 4/30/2007 |
Q: I have hit a real block. SANSOME, Rosamond Elizabeth (aka Rose), who emigrated to, and died in, ...
A: It is always hard to find women because they change their name. I did find a Rose Sansome who ...
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| Carroll Family | 3/3/2007 |
Q: Frances, I was told that you have done some research on the Carroll family and was hoping that you ...
A: Sorry, I went the other way on the Carroll family. Daniel (II) married into my Sampey line and I ...
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| birth certificates | 2/22/2007 |
Q: My mom can't find her birth certificate. We have tried to find a copy but she was an at home birth ...
A: My mother didn't have a birth certificate so Social Security required sworn statements of her older ...
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| Anthony Osbrook (Osbrooks/Ozbrooks/Ausbrooks) | 2/5/2007 |
Q: According to the usual online resources, as well as the book "Ausbrooks Ancestry," Anthony Osbrook ...
A: If you go to Familysearch.org you will find some early Osbrook names that might match your family. ...
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| German Genealogical Help | 12/5/2006 |
Q: I thank you for any help that you may be able to give me. I have been tryign to research my mother's ...
A: I am not an expert on German genealogy but the following should be helpful. ...
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| LIKES=GLASS-VINGREN Surnames | 10/30/2006 |
Q: I am running into all kinds of problems with the above names.
A: Don't know what your problems are but Charles Vingren was in the 1880 US census as coming from ...
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| Skinner and Oubridge and Betts families | 10/30/2006 |
Q: sorry to be so obtuse- want to know about the Skinners in Eng that George left and who his parents ...
A: I can't really tell you anything about George's family as there were 365 George Skinners on the 1861 ...
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| last names | 10/20/2006 |
Q: When did people start having last names and why
A: English surnames started in the 12th and 13th centuries. They were used to differentiate between ...
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| atkinson | 10/15/2006 |
Q: Thomas Atkinson, born 1850, Wolstanton staffs, is said to have been married in the 1871 census, ...
A: Christopher Atkinson married Betsey Lancaster in the first quarter of 1869 and died in the third ...
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| missing wife/wives | 10/9/2006 |
Q: I have been researching the Atkinson name for quite some time, but have been absolutely stumped with ...
A: I cannot figure out which Thomas Atkins is your ancestor as there are 351 of them on the 1871 ...
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| genealogy | 9/28/2006 |
Q: I am interested in tracing my genealogy and would appreciate any input you may offer. The project is ...
A: You don't say where you live but most places 'seal' the record and only the adopted person can ...
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| road blocks | 8/31/2006 |
Q: One of my family's that I'm researching - hit a rock. I need records from a county in Ohio SW ...
A: You don't give a time frame so I will have to answer generally. 1. Go to rootsweb.com and join a ...
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| family origin | 8/12/2006 |
Q: What is my families origin? I am a sampey
A: If your family started in New Orleans, they were from France and changed their name from St Pe to ...
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| The History of the Bevan Family by Audrey Bevan | 4/22/2006 |
Q: Does anyone who has a copy of The History of the Bevan Family by Audrey Bevan, or anyone ...
A: I do not have this book. In fact, someone asked me about this book before. I suggest you go to your ...
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| The Elusive Ones | 3/19/2006 |
Q: I have done all the genealogy for our family. Of course, there is the elusive members of the Harris ...
A: You have not gone far enough back to get to England. I found the following at Culver, Ottawa, ...
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| Sampey Family | 2/18/2006 |
Q: back in 2004 I was in communication with Diane Beecham but an encryption device which was supoposed ...
A: I only have her business e-mail. It is DBeecham@onyxgroup.co.uk I hope she is still at this ...
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| Finding my great-great-grand mother birth certificate. | 12/5/2005 |
Q: I can't do it now but I will go to the church in the village she lived after coming to Romania. The ...
A: She was probably baptized in a Hegewisch church. Go to Google.com and see if there is a church ...
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| Finding my great-great-grand mother birth certificate. | 12/3/2005 |
Q: I am from Romania and for years my family tried to find the birth certificate for my ...
A: I realize you will have trouble since there seems to be a name change - at least in spelling. ...
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| relationship | 7/5/2005 |
Q: Can you please settle the following argument/ " I say that my husband's sister-in-law, is also my ...
A: From the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary: Sister-in-law 1. The sister of one's husband or wife. ...
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| Can you help? | 6/27/2005 |
Q: I am not sure if you are the right person i should be asking but here it goes... I have been looking ...
A: The problem is that this is a very common name. There are 76 with this name in California now. ...
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| History of the Bevan Family | 4/16/2005 |
Q: This starts not as a question but as an answer to a question you have posed previously about this ...
A: I found a John Bevin born in 1908 in Bolton who might be your husband's father. If this is the ...
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| England research | 3/2/2005 |
Q: My great grandfather, Thomas Knight, was born in 1845-7 in England. His parents' names are George ...
A: Thomas Knight is a very common name. I found 32 born in 1845 alone. If you know where he came from ...
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| Joseph Coughlin Our Grandfather | 2/9/2005 |
Q: We are doing family history on Joseph Coughlin He is our Brick Wall for Years now. He married our ...
A: I cannot find either Joseph Coughlin or Nora Shanley in the 1901 census for the U.K. However, many ...
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| Tracing my grandfather's family | 11/3/2004 |
Q: I don't know if you'll be able to help as I'm interested in tracing my grandfather's family who were ...
A: Can't help you with Belgium and you did not give me a time line. However, there might be some ...
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| Is there a wod for... | 8/17/2004 |
Q: There is a word. machanitim, in Yiddish (or Hebrew) for "the parents of my son-in-law (or ...
A: In-law means that the relationship is not by nature but in the eye of the Canon Law, reference to ...
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| Single name | 8/3/2004 |
Q: My grandmother, Mrs Wilder,and two of her children died in a fire in November 1901 at a house in ...
A: I found Annie, 25; Thomas Lewis C, 4; and George Henry,0, are listed as having died in the last ...
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| 1841/51/61 Census for Dover | 4/23/2004 |
Q: I live in Bucks and need access to 1841/51/61 censuses for Dover and may be nearby villages. I am ...
A: While you could go to Kent to look for records, what if he moved elsewhere in any of the censuses? ...
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| Birth certificates | 4/7/2004 |
Q: Was the word "bastard" ever used on birth certificates to denote an illegitimate child, and if so ...
A: I have never seen this on birth certificates in England, Ireland or the US. If you have one, it ...
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| Chandler Omar Sampey | 1/26/2004 |
Q: I am trying to find out the name of his wife.
A: Chandler was my great uncle and I can remember many of his stories. First the proof of his wife's ...
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| seeking book on history of Bevan name | 12/31/2003 |
Q: I am looking for the following book: Gamble, Audrey Nora - A history of the Bevan family. London. ...
A: A slight correction. The author is Audrey Nona Gamble and the book is available at the British ...
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| Genealogy | 10/13/2003 |
Q: I am searching for the birth of an ancester who was born in London, Camberwell, London (as stated on ...
A: If you are looking for lists on line then try BMD at rootsweb.com or www.1837online.com (a paid ...
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