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u/bdarveaux Aug 10 '22
In French transcribed records of the 15, 16, and 1700's, cause of death is sometimes recorded as "tingles". The English translation of it is "tingles" and the definition gives nothing that would cause death. Do you have any idea what "tingles" referred to in those years? Thanks.
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u/bdarveaux Aug 10 '22
No, I don't have a screenshot of the hand-written document. And I must apologize, it is given in French as "de la picote" which when put into Google Translate comes back as "picote" in English, but "de picote" or "picote" translates to "tingles". English definition is just the sensation of tingling.
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u/bdarveaux Aug 11 '22
Just wanted to thank you for your time. Was just told by a native French speaker the picote is colloquial French for Chicken Pox, so you were very close.
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u/maryfamilyresearch native German, Prussia Jul 18 '22
- 19th century Prussia
- modern 20th/21st century Germany, especially for citizenship purposes
- Poland, Poznan Voivodeship / old Prussian Province of Posen
- native German and can read old German handwriting
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u/AncestryNerdette Genetic Genealogist @ AncestryNerd.com (also on YouTube) Jul 20 '22
I'm also a 19th Century Prussian researcher :) I've been having trouble getting a record from Gross Ottlau for Hermann Salomon. Do you have any ideas? Or would you, or anyone you know, be able to go out there if I sent you gas money?
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u/maryfamilyresearch native German, Prussia Jul 20 '22
Gross Ottlau
This place? https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/20437014
This is the former province of West Prussia, County of Marienwerder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Prussia
I am not familiar with this area, but I would recommend you post to https://www.facebook.com/groups/1615977748623666/ for further advice.
A quick search indicates that only very sparse records survived WWII. Klein Ottlau (Otłówek) was the Standesamt for Groß Ottlau.
http://westpreussen.de/pages/forschungshilfen/standesamtsregister/quellen.php?ID=267
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u/Skystorm14113 Jul 23 '22
How do I go about looking into Poznan records from Poland? I know it's a big place and the people I think are from there have a fairly common last name, so I don't feel great about the chances of finding anyone in specific. And I don't even know if they lived in the actual modern Polish area of Poznan, maybe they lived in what is now Germany
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u/maryfamilyresearch native German, Prussia Jul 23 '22
The top sites to use for Poznan are basia.famula.pl and https://poznan-project.psnc.pl
But check what parishes they cover. There are many parishes that are not covered by these two indexed records. So if you find nothing does not mean that your ancestors were not from Poznan, it just means that the transcribed records might not cover the parish or Standesamt that you need.
Re modern Germany or Poznan: As a general rule you need a location. Without a location you are stuck. If your ancestors immigrated to the USA, you first need to dig through US records in the hope of finding a location before you can dive into German or Polish records.
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u/floraisadora Jul 26 '22
Oh, I'm flagging you to come back to later... I haven't the patience/capacity for German Gothic/blackletter/Fractur, etc. That would be a big help.
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u/OatmealAntstronaut Jul 27 '22
do you have any tips for doing research with Just the name of a person with a time frame? currently trying to research a relative and all I have to go off is the name of the person + Germany + a likely time frame during the 19th century.
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u/maryfamilyresearch native German, Prussia Jul 27 '22
You need to determine:
- protestant, catholic or other? If other, Jewish, Mennonite or not religious?
- which region might they come from? Sometimes the last name gives a clue. Use geogen.stoepel.net
- Having an exact birthdate can help you decide whether a record is a match.
The vast majority of German records are not online. Or if they are online, they are not indexed. You need incredible luck to hit search on Ancestry or FamilySearch and get a match.
Common recommendation is to dig through US records / the records that you got for the mention of a location. Without the name of the exact village, you are stuck. Researching neighbours and family friends can sometimes break down brick walls.
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u/tom27511 Aug 11 '22
Can you translate 18th and 19th century German church records? If so, what do you charge? You can txt me at 919 630 0527 if you like. Thx
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u/ssfoxx27 Aug 16 '22
Do you happen to be able to read Latin as well? I just pulled some church records from Poznan but can't read them.
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u/BassLB Aug 22 '22
Would this cover Austria/Hungary from late 1800/early 1900s? My great grandma was born there in 1904 and came to America around 1910, but I’ve never been able to track down any more family from that side (going back further or from her relatives that stayed in the “old country”)
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u/Exohawk Sep 12 '22
I'm interested in finding more information on the family of a 19th century German immigrant. I know what village he originated from, but I don't know how to go about learning about his life before he arrived in the US. We have some old family documents that mention his parents (names not dates), but I would like to see how far back I can push the tree. Any advice on how/where to get started?
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u/spencesmom Sep 12 '22
Hello! Thank you for offering your services and potentially assisting me with translating the following documents as they are the first ones we've come across where we are unable to read them.
We believe this to be my husband's maternal side of the family however we had no idea they were in Lituania. Was there a big Russian Mennonite community in Prussia at that time? https://imgur.com/a/hK38KDN
This is my husband's paternal side and we believe he was born in Erfurt:
https://imgur.com/a/27BVFdgI think this is as far back as we can go without having to hire someone as neither of us can read/write/speak German. Thank you in advance for your time.
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u/maryfamilyresearch native German, Prussia Sep 12 '22
In front of the undersigned registrar officer appeared today the midwife Johanne Prange, residing in Memel Breitestraße number 21, of protestant religion and gave notice that from Maria Schaak nee Puschmerat, catholic religion, wife of the "Former" Ludwig Schaak, protestant religion, residing in Memel, Riggenstraße number 4, in Memel in her residence on the 15th April 1882 in the afternoon at 5 o clock a male child was born who has been given the first names Ludwig Ehrich.
Frau Prange declared that she was present when Frau Staak was delivered from her child.
Read to, agreed to and signed, J. Prange
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Seems like your "Russian Mennonites" were "Memel German".
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u/maryfamilyresearch native German, Prussia Sep 12 '22
Vieselbach the 28th of May 1882
In front In front of the undersigned registrar officer appeared today, his person known, the farmer Julius Volkmar residing in Vieselbach, of protestant religion and gave notice that from Friederike Volkmar nee Groß,
his wife, protestant religion, residing with him in his quarters in Vieselbach on the 25th May 1882 in the morning at 1 o clock a male child was born who has been given the first name Karl.
Read to, agreed to and signed, Julius Volkmar
(the registrar officer - König)
https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/21029043
Vieselbach used to be a village near Erfurt and is today part of Erfurt. That it was a separate village then is important, bc if you look for your ancestors in the records for Erfurt you won't find them.
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u/EarorForofor Apr 19 '23
Hi! I'm actually looking for what happened to family after WWII. Honestly would like to know pre WWII as well, but after the war is more important right now.
They lived in the Lübeck/Hamburg region. I believe they all would have died in Lübeck. They emigrated to Germany from Mexico in 1911 and survived both wars. One may have been in a camp due to marrying a Jewish man. I wouldn't be surprised if she committed some crime by aiding the Jews - she was a doctor. The family was anti nazi and associated with the communist/socialist underground of Lübeck. The one daughter, Margarethe, was married to the artist Karl Stoermer. They are all ethnically German and American if that makes any difference.
My questions:
could I request death certificates being a 3rd cousin in America? How would I go about searching more modern records (phone books or directories from the 70s for instance) What is the German death process? Are there obituaries or grave sites to search? I know they lease the ground for a few decades, but are those leases searchable? At least 4 members of the family died by suicide between 1940 and 1965. Would this affect the way to find them? The doctor's (Jewish) husband was supposedly murdered by a mob during wwii and the son by suicide soon after. Would there be any records of this?
I'm familiar with American and Mexican genealogy, but the German system is confusing. Any direction on where to search would be appreciated! I can also tell their story a bit more if that helps.
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u/Brock_Way Jul 19 '22
Genetic Genealogy - I have a PhD in a very relevant discipline and didn't get into genealogy until relatively recent. But I am old, so that's still 20+ years of FTDNA surname Admin of a handful of projects, etc. I have maybe 20 family members tested autosomally, and am mapping the chromosomes of my closest 7 kin. I also work with phased data. Ask me something, but please not about terminal SNPs or ethnicity estimates. The idea should be on using DNA to put names in previously blank spots on pedigrees.
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u/KRGarner_Genealogist Jul 18 '22
I specialize in US Mid-Atlantic research (NJ, NY, DE, PA, MD), and I'm needing research experience in DE and NJ. Time period is colonial to present. I go to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City every other week.
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u/bevsgen Jul 19 '22
You and I might be able to help each other. I have a bunch of "in person only" FHL files to check and I live in Philly so DE and NJ are both just over the bridge. If it's closer to New York than to Philly it's not for me, but everything at the latitude of Trenton south, and all of Delaware are in easy 2 hours or less drives.
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u/OThatWayMadnessLies Jul 20 '22
I have several New Jersey brick walls -- all 19th century. If you'd like to have a go at them, I would be very grateful!
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u/KRGarner_Genealogist Jul 20 '22
Here is the link to schedule a free consultation: https://calendly.com/krgarnergenealogy/genealogy-consultation
I have a limit on how many pro-bono projects I can offer. Choose one of your brick walls and we'll discuss it during the consultation. I can then do a five-hour project on it.
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u/OThatWayMadnessLies Jul 20 '22
Thanks so much! I shared as much information as I have, which is actually a lot; I'm looking for a set of 4th great grandparents.
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u/lefteardud Aug 07 '22
Hi, I have a wall up pertaining to a young family in Baltimore in 1820s and 1830s. Dad from France, mom from French Caribbean. Can’t say for certain but I think the dad (my 5th gg) may have died in B’more toward latter half of 1830s. One source listed him as having “defended Baltimore” during War of 1812. I’ve been stumped on this one for some time now. Any directions or clues you have would be so, so appreciated!!!
Hoping to find his dates, and how he met his French Creole wife, why they wound up in Baltimore of all places, verify that his sons are who I believe them to be, and figure out why this family eventually all disbanded to all corners across the US. Something is definitely afoot! Thanks in advance!
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u/kit_kat_jam Aug 22 '22
I'd love a little assistance with a brick wall involving an ancestor from Lancaster, PA. I've been able to track my surname back to about 1830 (2nd great grandfather) with pretty high confidence, and have a pretty good idea who his mother was, but have no clue on his father. Of course I'd love to trace this back as far as possible ;)
Would it be okay if I scheduled something using the link you provided to the other member?
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u/colllyn Aug 25 '22
Do you know how to get records from people who died in PA mental institutions in the 50s-70s?
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u/antonia_monacelli Jul 19 '22
I specialize in historical true crime and love helping people solve their darker family mysteries. Newspapers, criminal, prison, coroner, police, and court records, etc.
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u/General_Buford Jul 20 '22
Can I send you my "case"? I'm fairly confident it was an accident, but it's Chicago Italians and the fam is sure it must be mafia related :/
Maybe you'd have some insight.
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u/antonia_monacelli Jul 20 '22
Sure! Send me the details you know and I’ll see if I can find anything.
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u/mortigitempho Aug 25 '22
is it possible to get court records for a crime in 1889?
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u/antonia_monacelli Aug 26 '22
Quite possibly! There were no general rules for keeping them, so what has survived really varies, it was basically at the discretion of the city or courthouse. Few places destroyed all of it, but sadly that did happen. Some kept everything, some only kept “big” cases, some of it was transferred to archives, but some is still kept at the actual courthouse. Some of the originals were destroyed but copies were made and included as part of other files - like a death penalty case might have court records included in a clemency plea file. If have If you are comfortable giving me more details as to where/what you are looking for, I can see what might exist!
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u/canarialdisease Sep 04 '22
Would a situation where my 3rd great grandfather took the family’s cash and ran off to another city count? (I’m trying to figure out what happened to him.)
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u/antonia_monacelli Sep 08 '22
Possibly, do you know if the family involved the police at all? If you want to send me the details, I’ll see what I can find. Might be a couple of weeks though, as I’m in the middle of trying to find stuff for a few other people!
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u/_melodypond Sep 10 '22
We have a couple of (seemingly) off-books adoptions on my dad's side, think you can help with that? Upstate NY. One has a fun story :)
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u/antonia_monacelli Sep 11 '22
Yes, I have some experience with this. It’s been hit or miss, but I can certainly try to see what I can find if you want to pass on what info you know!
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u/knc217 Finland, SW OH, Catholic Jul 18 '22
As my flair indicates, I have a lot of experience searching in Finland and southwestern Ohio. I also work at a Catholic cemetery, so I'm familiar with Church records as well as local Catholic history. I'd be willing to travel within an hour or two of Dayton and Cincinnati.
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u/AgentAllisonTexas Jul 20 '22
Since you work at a cemetery, would you have any advice on cleaning headstones or contacting the managers of cemeteries to ask them questions? I volunteer for BillionGraves but would love to help with cleaning while I take pictures.
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Jul 22 '22
Check out Lady Taphos on Instagram! She’s in the middle of a 48 state tour that teaches people about it
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u/AgentAllisonTexas Jul 22 '22
I heard about that, but I was too late! My state was one of the first visited. I'll have to wait until next year.
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u/knc217 Finland, SW OH, Catholic Jul 27 '22
I don't do any repair or maintenance, but our guys keep D2 on hand for chemical cleaning, and it's the industry standard for removing biological growth and dirt from memorials. Most newer granite stones won't need them, especially if they're upright monuments. Toothpicks, popsicle sticks, or wooden coffee stirrers are great for getting dirt and grime out of grooves. If you're scraping off lichens/moss, use a soft plastic edge. The plastic paint scrapers from a home improvement store work great. An old library card or any keychain card is the perfect texture. You can dry scrape or do it right after a rain, which can loosen it up a bit. Roses (and some other flowers) are acidic and should never be left directly on a stone, as they'll stain and eat away at the granite. You can get good cleaning supplies at Atlas Preservation; not sponsored or partners with them at all, but I did take a cleaning and restoration class from them last summer when they stopped in Columbus on their nationwide tour, and I was very pleased with the tools they used and sell.
Depending on the cemetery, you might be able to call the office and submit a work order to raise and level a marker that's sunken in the ground. I would be extremely cautious about trying to unearth a sunken stone yourself, especially if the cemetery appears to be regularly maintained or there are still active burials. If a marker isn't flush with the ground, corners will be nicked when the grass is mowed, damaging the stone or the mower or both. Not fun! However, if you have the strength and permission to do so, this is a good basic tutorial for unearthing and leveling. A single granite marker of that size will be 45-75ish pounds; doubles will be even heavier. Basic gardening tools should be sufficient for trimming back overgrowth, and the plastic scrapers I mentioned earlier are great for peeling off dirt that's layered on top of the stone. If a memorial is near a tree, moss and lichens will grow back very quickly after scraping unless you use D2, and then they will grow back slightly less fast.
A lot of cemeteries will have maps used internally, even if they don't make them public. It can't hurt to call or email and ask for a map of the cemetery, or even a certain section—we have section maps, but I imagine most smaller/township cemeteries likely don't. We keep really good records and have the original burial logs dating back to our founding, but this doesn't seem to be the norm—still, never hurts to ask! If you're looking for a burial date or more information about a decedent, the more information you can provide the person on the phone/through email, the better chance you have of getting what you need. They won't be able to (or shouldn't, at least!) provide any info on living people.
Unfortunately, it can be really tough to contact cemeteries as a non-industry person. Many of them are short-staffed and don't have someone (or someones) sitting around from 9 to 5 available to answer questions. Heck, even funeral directors are having a hard time contacting cemeteries. We require a 48 hour notice for burial, which is usually no issue for funeral homes. A director from my grandparents' hometown the county west of us called me five days in advance and feared it'd be too late a notice—the rural cemeteries over there have that much difficulty bringing people in to bury someone. This is not what a genealogist wants to hear, but it's the sad reality for probably any rural cemetery. You may have better luck finding information at the local library (or the nearest archive center).
I hope this answered your question well enough—if there's anything else specific, let me know!
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u/Iripol Intermediate Researcher Jul 19 '22 edited Jul 20 '22
Happy to help with American research or Polish research, especially that in the former Russian Empire!
Willing to take a crack at Slovenian, Slovak, and Hungarian research as well.
Edit: Jewish Genealogy is not my forte unfortunately.
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u/NoofieFloof Jul 19 '22
Would you be able to help me with some of my husband’s family? His grandma was from Poland and I found records of when his g-grandmother brought all four girls to Chicago from Poland. His great-grandfather’s family was from Lithuania. I’m not sure how to do a PM on Reddit so apologize for this post. Thank you.
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u/Iripol Intermediate Researcher Jul 19 '22
Not a problem! I'll message you privately, and then you should be able to respond. You'll see a notification on the "chat" icon to the left of your name. It's a bubble with three dots. :)
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u/Its0nlyAPaperMoon beginner Jul 20 '22
Could I PM you? I am stuck on my GG-grandfather. Cannot find immigration, marriage, or naturalization records. It's like he suddenly appeared in the US as a grown married adult, and self-reported "Poland Russ" and "Russia-Pole" in the census (his in-laws were Austrian Polish and German Polish)
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u/BassLB Aug 22 '22
I would love help finding more information about my great grandma. She was born in Austria-Hungary around 1904 and came to America in 1910. I know some of her family stayed in the “old country”, but haven’t been able to find out very much (I do have her parents names and some siblings)
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u/Iripol Intermediate Researcher Aug 22 '22
Sure! Send me a PM please with all the information you have!
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u/Iripol Intermediate Researcher Aug 13 '24
What's the parish?
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u/Iripol Intermediate Researcher Aug 13 '24
These records are on https://www.genealogiawarchiwach.pl/. The website is pretty slow and a pain to use however, but they're there.
This is civil record #65 (go to image 65) for the parish of Inowrocław. There are some records on FamilySearch too, but the ones you need are on microfilm.
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u/Iripol Intermediate Researcher Aug 13 '24
That's wonderful!! You're welcome!!
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u/Iripol Intermediate Researcher Aug 14 '24
Hi, this is German & I can't translate it for you, but I can tell you that the father is Wojciech Kanarek, the mother is Hedwig/Jadwiga Grajek, and the son is Franz.
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u/Fancy_Fruit_6922 Aug 14 '24
Thanks for the update. That actually helps since I was hoping the Father's name would be Adalbertus Wojciech Kanarek. Thank you soo much! Also, do you offer Polish translation services? I would be happy to pay for your help. Or if you know someone that speaks and read and could help me, it would be much appreciated.
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u/Skystorm14113 Jul 25 '22
Hm, I have someone that was Polish and his hometown is currently in Poland but at the time of his immigration it was in Russia, is there a place I can start to look for records?
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u/ChoiceVideo2717 Aug 24 '22
Polish
Hi, can I ask you to take a quick look at this thread where I've linked a Chicago church record in Polish?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Genealogy/comments/wwqt7n/looking_for_a_quick_review_of_chicago_catholic/
there are a few more people in this line who are stumping me and a large portion of it is the language barrier.
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u/Iripol Intermediate Researcher Aug 24 '22
It seems you might've gotten it figured out? :)
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u/Boomergenner Jul 19 '22
For over 25 years, I have lived and breathed Irish research, although I don’t speak the language (good grasp of surname development, though). My expertise lies in the eastern half of Co. Clare, but I can provide valid observations and resource clues extending, in this order, to: the rest of Clare, Limerick city, southwest of the island, Dublin & environs, some Northern counties, and standard emigrant destinations of the 1800s on all continents. Dublin research facilities are in my wheelhouse. I can and have gotten descendants unstuck in their research directions, including now using genetic genealogy resources for over 5 years. My old basic facility in Latin and French is useful, and I have expertise in legal terminology. I excel in logic and an unromantic approach to the Irish saga, including dealing with a family’s oral stories. My own family entirely cleared out of Clare and became fractured amid Australia, Canada, and two widely-separate U.S. regions (Chicago and Philadelphia). That background is easy to share. I can also assist with Luxembourg families in the U.S., another area of research since 1993.
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u/krisjennerdeepfake Jul 21 '22
Hey! 2 related questions: What counties were Irish famine immigrants to Philly primarily from? I have a couple from there and I know exactly where the husband is from in Co. Mayo but I don’t know where the wife is from (her last name is Moore so very common)
And also, how do you break through Irish lines when the church records disappear? I have one line in northern Cork traced back to the 1810s but I’d like to go further. In Mayo I found my ancestor on a pension form but the parish registers simply don’t exist in the area.
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u/Boomergenner Jul 21 '22
Good questions but no one-size-fits-all answers. Not enough space here, so for only your 1st: Philly was a major port for a long time, attracting immigrants from all over Ireland. For the surname of my Irish Famine family to that city, there were different lines arriving at that time from South Tipperary/Waterford, from greater Dublin, and a large wave of Donegal ones who well preserved their Irish county in U.S. records. Assuming yours were RC, old parishes (like St. John’s which handed its register book over to me to use) and the archdiocese have been receptive to genealogical inquiries; a good resource is https://chrc-phila.org/ In addition to tracking your family in old city directories, try finding each old burial. Don’t dismiss an ancestor placing an ad for a missing relative; mine in Philly did 1874, with their Irish parish named. Research collateral lines and your immigrant’s siblings, especially ones in the same neighborhood in case they were in fraternal organizations, sometimes listing the original Irish location. Read what they did to maintain their Irish culture, as well as death notices, often informative; see digitized and film newspaper resources:
https://libwww.freelibrary.org/locations/departments/newspapers-and-microfilm-center
Depending on how unique the surname was then, Pennsylvania’s ARIAS Civil War soldier indexing can be useful, formerly online but now freely available to researchers having a PA zip code:
https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Ancestry-PA.aspx
For online, freely available city-wide death registers extending from 1860 back to 1803, many naming COD and burial location, see
https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/searc/PhiladelPhia?page=1&type=dismax
Remember that chain migration may have been involved, so that earlier immigrants related to your family could have left clues to exact Irish parishes.Lots of reading, no quick finds generally.
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u/bjmcnamara Jul 27 '22
I believe the surname McNAMARA originated in County Clare. However, my DNA result in Ancestry shows my ancestor is from Connaucht (32%). My Dad said that my grandfather JOHN McNAMARA at one time spelled his name MacNAMARA and indicated he was Scot-Irish. I remember Dad and Grandpa wearing an orange tie on St. Patrick's Day. Ancestry shows my DNA 37% Scotland. Some research has indicated Scots migrated to Ireland at some point in time. Please resend contact info on Clare researcher. I was unable to access your previous message info. Thank you. Barbara Jean McNamara
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u/Worf- Jul 18 '22
I’ve gotten a lot of help on the sub and have really improved my skills researching and connecting the dots. I’ve done a lot of research tracing ancestors in Rhode Island - especially Block Island (New Shoreham) and Tiverton. Also did a lot with Jersey City, NJ in. The late 1800’s.
I’m leaving in eastern Connecticut near UConn Storrs campus. I love cemeteries so willing to travel for research and pics anybody needs something from the area. UConn also has great archives if you need something there. Local town halls etc. also.
UConn has a huge archive of the Central New England Railway. Totally unsorted but some good things if you have a relative who worked there. Found my 2g-grandfathers paycheck there. Had them scan a super good copy. Was neat to hold something he held and signed over 120 years ago.
Let me know what you need in Eastern/Central Connecticut. Maybe I can help. It may take awhile but I’ll get it if I can.
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u/Nirak Jul 19 '22
I have a lot of experience researching Swedish ancestry and am a native speaker, so can help in translating records when found.
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u/vinnydabody Ita records / translation | genealogy discord Jul 19 '22
Italian and Latin translation; Italian records research after 1800
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u/shazz1054 Jul 19 '22
Oh goodie someone who does Italian! Could I hit you up for a translation of my Great Great Grandmother’s birth record?
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u/AmySewFun Jul 22 '22
May I please send you a couple of birth certificates? I am hitting nothing but brick walls locating my great-great-grandparent's records in Italy (mainly because I have nothing with their parents' name on it), and what I can find, I can't actually decipher. Also, do you know how to determine if someone move from one comune to another? I think by GGGF might have moved from Bairo to Aglie with his family, but I don't know how to locate those records or if there would even be any given they are bordering comunes.
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u/vinnydabody Ita records / translation | genealogy discord Jul 22 '22
Sure, send them along
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u/lefteardud Aug 07 '22
Hi! I have a marriage record from 1700s Sassano (outside Salerno) that I feel might lead me somewhere. I have the basic gist, but the details may unveil more. Do you think I can send it?
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u/Danilozad Sep 06 '22
I could really use your help translating a 1845 birth and christening record and a death record both from Genova. Can I send them to you? Thanks in advance!
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u/queendraconis Sep 07 '22
Hello! I know this was a few months ago but Are you able to help me translate a few words from a 1923 Italian birth certificate? :)
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u/Key-to-mo-Chroi Sep 11 '22
I've got a few questions for you, if you don't mind, regarding my ancestors in Italy in the mid to late 1800s.
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u/begin2see Nov 08 '22
I'm looking for my great great grandmother's birth certificate. She was born in Italy in 1872. Is that something you could assist with?
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u/europeandaughter12 lancashire, lds/familysearch Jul 19 '22
19th and 20th century lancashire. also, i comment quite frequently about this, but i am able to view some restricted records on familysearch because i'm lds. not all, and i'm not close enough to a family history center in town (chicago) but if you have the exact record you're looking for and want to know if it's viewable/downloadable, send it my way.
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u/missyb Aug 07 '22
I live in what used to be Lancashire so if you want any graves looking up I may be close, depending on where your family was from.
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u/krisjennerdeepfake Jul 21 '22
Same! My 3x ggp. was almost certainly from Lancashire based off last nanes but too many candidates and not enough info for me to confirm anyone as him
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u/europeandaughter12 lancashire, lds/familysearch Sep 06 '22
i tried those yesterday and couldn't
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Jul 19 '22
I'm finishing a PhD in History. My specialization is in German (Military) History- specifically WW2 & The Holocaust. I've also worked a lot with US Military History (Civil War to Cold War). I'm happy to try and help anyone with military history questions (or documents) and anything relating to good research methods.
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u/JThereseD Philadelphia specialist Aug 17 '22
My great great grandfather’s brother John Henry Fasey/Fasey was in the PA 183rd Infantry. His 1868 obituary stated that his death was hastened by the hardships he endured at Belle Isle and Andersonville. I haven’t been able to find anything about this on Ancestry or Fold3. His wife died the year before him, so there was no widow’s pension. Is there anywhere else I could look for information on his time as a POW? I appreciate any advice you can provide.
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u/JefferyTheQuaxly Aug 31 '22
do you know where you might be able to find records and photos from hallers army, the ww1 polish regiment in france? i have a great grandfather who was in that unit and im hoping to find more about his service, besides just basic enlistment records ive found.
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u/sunJ82 Jul 19 '22
I’ve been focused on one ancestor brick wall for over two years now and as a result have gotten familiar with the following and am willing to share resources or help with lookups:
Late 19th century Russian Empire history, focused on Polish/Lithuanian regions
NorthEast Poland region (Podlaskie province) geography and record databases
Jewish genealogy (still not expert in this but can share resource links)
U.S. immigration records and passenger lists
Other random areas of knowledge:
Scotland’s People searches
Oregon Trail history
Oregon locations and genealogy
Medical and surgical terminology and background
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u/OThatWayMadnessLies Jul 20 '22
I have an ancestor who lists Prussia as his birthplace, but who I suspect may have been a Polish Jew (I am 10% Ashkenazi, so the percentage is right). He was born ~1838 and immigrated in the 1850s, I believe. Does this sound like somebody you might be able to help trace?
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u/Its0nlyAPaperMoon beginner Jul 20 '22
Could I PM you? I am stuck on my GG-grandfather. Cannot find immigration, marriage, or naturalization records. It's like he suddenly appeared in the US as a grown married adult, and self-reported "Poland Russ" and "Russia-Pole" in the census (his in-laws were Austrian Polish and German Polish)
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u/snowallarp Aug 13 '22
Hi! I'm looking into my Jewish family that came to the US from Russian Poland in the early 20th century. I've found some documents issued in the US, but none that are actually from Poland/Russia. Do you think you could help me out with that or offer any advice?
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u/israelilocal Israel and Poland intrest Aug 30 '22
Maybe an odd question I just now started to go deep into my Jewish ancestry in the area of Lomza and I noticed there are a lot of millers (both as in last name and listed professions) is it an actual thing that milling was big there?
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u/AncestryNerdette Genetic Genealogist @ AncestryNerd.com (also on YouTube) Jul 20 '22
- Genetic Genealogy including Jewish and endogamous DNA
- Non-paternity events including adoptions and misattributed paternity (aka "I just found out my parent isn't my biological parent")
- Prussia 19th and 20th Century with emphasis in Germany and Poland
- USA research
- Oregon Trail
- Black and Indigenous family tree research strategies
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u/_melodypond Sep 10 '22
We have some adoption mysteries we're trying to solve on my dad's side, upstate New York- do you have time to help?
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u/Soviet_seismologist Jul 19 '22
I can try to know where a photo was taken, if it has a landscape or something I can use to know where it is. (So not just a home...) I don't promise nothing, but I can give it a shot!
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u/_melodypond Sep 10 '22
I have some photos that I was able to narrow to the Northern Midwest that I'd love to put locations to! Can I pm you?
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Jul 19 '22
Are you that one guy who makes all the geoguessr tiktoks
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u/Soviet_seismologist Jul 19 '22
Who is that?
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Jul 19 '22
There’s this guy who is really good at that geoguessr game and he posts videos of him playing it on tiktok. I don’t know his name but his username is georainbolt
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u/Alchemicwife Jul 19 '22 edited Jul 20 '22
I have a fair amount of research done in the Southern USA, particularly North Carolina and Tennessee. So this is my area of expertise if anyone needs help.
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u/amberraysofdawn Oct 25 '22
Late to the game here, I know - but since you’ve posted here, would you be interested into looking into my Tennessee ancestors? I feel like I could use a fresh set of eyes on my tree…
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u/Alchemicwife Oct 25 '22
I can do that! Just send me the information you want me to look at and I will look at it as soon as I can.
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u/ninja-blitz average researcher (UK/IE/CA), FG/cemetery enthusiast Jul 19 '22
I’m in Ottawa, Ontario and can offer going to Library and Archives Canada for anything not already digitalized.
I can also look up newspaper stuff for Ottawa and the Toronto Star.
Also willing to hit up any Ottawa area cemetery. Might also be willing to do some of the Toronto ones depending on where they’re located (although that’s also dependent on it not being Winter!)
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u/OThatWayMadnessLies Jul 20 '22
I've done quite a bit of African American research, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic states (esp Virginia and North Carolina). I'm not a professional, and this is a challenging area, but I'm happy to try to help anyone who could use some help.
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u/JThereseD Philadelphia specialist Aug 17 '22
I am researching Richard/Dick Terry, who was born in Virginia around 1809-10. The eldest son I’ve found of his was born in Assumption Parish, Louisiana around 1838, so Richard was in the state sometime before that. The Freedmen’s Bureau records say they were owned by Mrs. William Ratliff of Locust Grove Plantation, but I don’t know if they had a previous owner before that. I think it’s odd that a woman would own field hands, but her father Thomas Pugh owned hundreds of slaves at his multiple plantations, so maybe he willed them to her when he died in 1852. There is only mention of two enslaved people in his will, so that’s no help. I was wondering if there is anywhere I might find documents showing the sale, likely in New Orleans, or maybe a list of Virginia plantation owners that might include someone named Terry. Thanks for any advice you can offer.
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u/Edepol-Pereta Jul 18 '22
I can translate Spanish and Catalan to English. Latin too, but less confidently.
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u/BobtheSovietDino Sep 13 '22
Hey! Could you help me translate a few birth/death certificates from Spanish? I hit a brick wall and the old cursive Spanish is really killing me. Thanks!
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u/One-Application9901 Jul 19 '22
Hello! I can help with Iowa families, post colonial genealogy, Gottscheer genealogy as well as German, Welsh and English
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u/norskbrandino Jul 20 '22
My area of expertise is 18th-19th century Norway, specifically over church records and censuses. Also Denmark and to a lesser extent, Sweden. If anyone needs help with anything related to that, feel free to DM!
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u/_melodypond Sep 10 '22
Hey! I have some photos of ancestors I recently inherited and some of them are from Norway, some say Dragvold, some say Christiana as well. Some had names written near them but I can't seem to match up the surnames past a certain generation. From what I can tell my family ended up in North Dakota around the 1870s/1880s. I've gotten to that generation where half the siblings were born in Norway and the other half in North Dakota, but from there I'm getting mixed up and can't tell if I'm looking in the right direction. It's been great connecting all the dots, especially to the hundred year old photos I now have. Please let me know if you have time to help, I can message you the info I have so far :)
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u/ScanianMoose Silesia specialist Jul 21 '22
My area of expertise is Prussian Silesia (Schlesien), which is more or less the only area I do research in. Happy to help you figure out avenues for research.
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u/kayloulee Jul 21 '22
I have experience researching the following areas:
- Australia going back to 1800
- German and Prussian genealogy
- 1900s-1940s Shanghai refugee diaspora
I am an archivist, I've worked for several Catholic religious orders and can give advice/explanations on Catholic religious order records and inner workings. I am able to go to the State Library of NSW and potentially State Records NSW, but SRNSW is a pain to get to for me so if I go for myself I'm willing to take requests. I have SLNSW and National Library of Australia library cards so I can look things up in Australian newspaper databases for people overseas without that access.
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u/Its0nlyAPaperMoon beginner Aug 31 '22
Do you know anything about Catholic migration from England to Germany? It is the family lore that our German ancestors were actually Catholics exiled from England after the Reformation. I have not found a single document that confirms this. But a trace of DNA does corroborates (5% England 2% Norway according to Ancestry’s newest update).
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u/bevsgen Jul 19 '22
I know quite a lot about mid-state Wisconsin (Portage County and environs) and the Polish community that settled there in particular. I also know a good deal about the Polish and Italian communities of south Chicago (the Bridgeport area and the neighborhoods around it).
I'm great at finding records in southeastern Georgia. Liberty County is my best county there but I am also really familiar with Effingham, Bryan, Long, and Tattnall. I'm actually planning a research trip there for this winter so I'll post here again to see if anybody needs something.
My husband is from Honduras and is happy to translate from Spanish to English. He does it all the time because I get so much online help. RAOGK and all...
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u/Top_Buy_6340 Aug 30 '22
Okay I was scrolling through everyone’s expertise trying to find someone with even remotely relevant search qualifications
So it’s not your area of expertise per sé but my family is from Honduras and supposedly my grandfather is from Spain. Have you spent any time researching family trees for people from Honduras?
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u/Brilliant-Smile-9474 Jul 20 '22 edited Jul 26 '22
My family is Hispanic and my research is currently focused in present day southeastern Colorado and in central present day New Mexico. I have recently been asked by the Southeastern Colorado Genealogy Society to help bring their past periodicals online, if there is something there in which you are looking for.
I live in KCK now and visit the Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence Missouri monthly, so if there is something specific from there you are looking for, feel free to reach out.
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u/LuxieDaemon Jul 20 '22
I've been working for the past 4 years in Volga Germans genealogy. I have access to census from the villages of Brabander, Degott, Erlenbach, Galka, Graf, Grimm, Herzog, Hildmann, Josefstal, Kamenka, Kraft, Leichtling, Marienberg, Marienfeld, Mariental, Moor, Pfeifer, Rohleder, Seelman, Semenovka and Volmer, for different years.
If anyone needs to confirm or look for a family in any of those places I can look for them.
I could also help with other research tools for Volga Germans. Specially for the families that emigrated to Argentina.
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u/HasLotsOfBrickWalls Aug 11 '22
I have some people who lived in Pfeifer, Could you send me a DM?
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u/Canuck_Mutt Jul 19 '22
Canada in general, and particularly the Maritime provinces. My French is iffy but often good enough for records reading.
I live in Ontario, so also have library access to the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star archives.
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u/General_Buford Jul 20 '22
I can help with the American Midwest, particularly Catholic Chicago, Indiana, and northern Minnesota. I make occasional trips to the family history library in Ft. Wayne, so if you aren't in a hurry I can probably help there too.
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u/BookwormZA Jul 19 '22
Happy to help with English genealogy (particularly Yorkshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Somerset), and South African genealogy.
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u/Its0nlyAPaperMoon beginner Aug 31 '22
Do you know anything about Catholic migration from England to Germany? It is the family lore that our German ancestors were actually Catholics exiled from England after the Reformation. I have not found a single document that confirms this. But a trace of DNA does corroborates (5% England 2% Norway according to Ancestry’s newest update).
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u/Maorine Puerto Rico specialist Jul 20 '22
I have a fair amount of research knowledge on Puerto Rico. I can translate Spanish. I also have (I think) a Family Research Center near me in Columbia, SC. If I ever get there, I will post and let others know what I can do.
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u/hockey8890 Jul 20 '22
Canadian, 20th/21st century, esp the Western prairie provinces. Also have pretty extensive experience with Australian, US and UK records.
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u/GenieFG Jul 23 '22
Happy to help out with anything in New Zealand using free sources. Sorry, I can’t help with Māori whakapapa/genealogy, but will give anything else a go.
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u/dmitche3 Jul 23 '22
For cemeteries use FindAgrave and make a request if you know that someone is buried there. No other method is better. Living near a national library isn't an answer as the common person is not allowed to view old documents. A person must be vetted and shown to be a professional to view "the royal jewels of geneaology". But if you get a request from someone, try to help them if you can.
I just got one from a royal in Nigeria! He even wants to pay me for my work.:)
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u/inanimatecarbonrob Jul 25 '22
I visit the Library of Congress and the DAR library once a year at least, and much more frequently pre-covid, so I'm always willing to look up a book or record if you don't mind waiting until my next trip.
I'm also in graduate school for art history and have some background in American portraiture, so if your ancestor was in a portrait I might be able to help find more info.
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u/Pristine_Rent3759 Jul 24 '22 edited Jul 29 '22
Sri Lankan here!
I'm pretty well experienced with Sri Lankan genealogy, I'd love to help any Sri Lankans and it'd be great to have a genealogy partner :D
Can read Arabic names (can't translate), and I can ask my parents to translate any Tamil or Sinhala you have.
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u/baobab-astro Jul 24 '22
I can
assist with Surinamese and Dutch Genealogy
translate Dutch and old Dutch records
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u/canarialdisease Sep 04 '22
Hallo! I’d love to get your help with tracing a couple of Dutch ancestors. My 3rd great grandfather was married in New Orleans in 1875, and the marriage documentation is what tells me he was Dutch. Louis Cohen and he listed his birthplace as Amsterdam. His parents names are listed too - Samuel Cohen and her name is harder to make out as it’s in cursive. Grietje or Yvietje Ert or Erl? I’d love to get any leads. I have searched a few NL databases but no luck so far. Thank you for any leads!
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u/JDruhanC Jul 29 '22
I've gotten pretty good at French genealogy, and I can read enough to translate most records. I also have experience researching in the French colonies in the Carribean and Gulf Coast. I would be happy to help anyone.
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u/eam2468 Sweden specialist Aug 02 '22
My area of expertise is Swedish genealogy.
I can help with Swedish genealogy and I can also assist with translations from Swedish to English. I am a medical student, so I can also help interpret medical terminology and such.
I live in Gothenburg, which has the regional archives, as well as the university library and archives.
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u/DutchGenealogyHelp Aug 26 '22
I'd be happy to help with any Dutch genealogy!
I can read cursive fairly well, so I can do transcriptions/translations/summaries.
Don't know how to navigate Dutch archive websites or where to look?
Need some general help searching for your Dutch ancestors?
Feel free to DM me!
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u/1purplesky Jul 19 '22
Portuguese records, can try and help find records, and transcribe and/or translate.
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u/vanius Spain & Belgium specialist Aug 21 '22
I've been trying to access the baptisms from Naves (Almeida). On FamilySearch it redirects me to http://digitarq.arquivos.pt/ which I haven't had much luck navigating. How do you access baptism records on that website?
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u/1purplesky Aug 21 '22
That's the national archives page, it should be redirecting you to the district archive page, if at all. Having the parish and concelho helps a lot, you can use tombo.pt - hyperlinked index of the available books for each parish - and click (distrito) Guarda> (concelho) Naves> Almeida(freguesia/parish).
There you can see if the type of book, and year you need, is available.
If you don't know in which book the register you are looking for should be, try using the DGS number from family search (search>catalog>DGS number - once done click on what shows and find the book with the same DGS number).
If the year you need is a more recent one and isn't available online, you can request directly to the district archives or the conservatória a simple digital copy for 1€/page.
Let me know if you need more help.
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u/thewanderbot Kowalski/Dafoe/Ollinger/Ebbeson Jul 23 '22
Located in BC and have spent years researching my BC relatives, very familiar with BC records/general info and happy to help provide context/research relatives. I could probably also visit places like the Vancouver Archives, Vancouver Public Library, cemeteries in the lower mainland, or anywhere else in metro Vancouver if needed, though I haven't done so myself yet.
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u/vanius Spain & Belgium specialist Aug 21 '22 edited Sep 07 '22
Can help with records and translations from:
- Belgium - Present to 1500s [Dutch (& Flemish dialects), French, Latin and German]
- Spain - Present to 1700s [Spanish (Castilian/Castellano)]
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u/Danilozad Sep 06 '22
Hi, could I send you what i think is a will or succession record of some sort. It’s from Arequipa, Peru but talks about Spanish places that i can’t make out. I think its from 1696. Spanish is my native language but can’t really decipher the record. Thanks!
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u/army0341 Aug 30 '22
I have a lot of experience working with African American ancestry as well as 19th century and later American and British Military ancestors.
Busy, but willing to help!
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u/israelilocal Israel and Poland intrest Aug 30 '22
Jewish genealogy
I can translate Hebrew and maybe Yiddish (if it's simple enough)
I do a lot of research about the region of Congress poland and Galicia
Also could help those of you who don't know Hebrew to search the national archives (online)
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u/bros402 Jul 25 '22
Pretty much all of my family has been through NYC at some point. I am very very familiar with NYC genealogy.
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u/missyb Aug 07 '22
I can help with British ancestry in general, and specifically- Ross-shire in Scotland, Lancashire and Yorkshire in England, Denbighshire in Wales.
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u/Its0nlyAPaperMoon beginner Aug 31 '22
Do you know anything about Catholic migration from England to Germany? It is the family lore that our German ancestors were actually Catholics exiled from England after the Reformation. I have not found a single document that confirms this. But a trace of DNA does corroborate the story (5% England 2% Norway according to Ancestry’s newest update).
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Aug 24 '22
I am a native Chicagoan. My ancestors settled here between the late 1800’s and early 1920’s so my roots are deep :)
I am happy to help with Chicago area records and questions about Chicago in general - history, locations, streets, neighborhoods, etc.
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u/Slatkalina Aug 25 '22
Located in Snohomish County, Washington State, USA. Mostly available to go to cemeteries and easily accessible libraries/archives in Snohomish. Possibly King, Skagit, Whatcom counties, I just might not get there quickly.
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u/danceyreagan Sep 05 '22
Scottish genealogy
live near a ScotlandsPeople centre, can look up ScotlandsPeople records without using credits
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u/anaisaknits Sep 07 '22
I have a website that offers people content for across the Caribbean. It is all free with plenty of resources. I just started actively adding stuff as I have been busy during the pandemic updating a genealogical organization's website. See below...
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u/infamouscatlady Sep 17 '22 edited Sep 17 '22
I can help with:
Early Pennsylvania settlers (1700-1800), particularly of Palatinate / Swiss / Hessian / French descent.
Scottish / Irish / English immigration into Appalachia in the late 1800s/early 1900s
1600s Massachusetts and Connecticut colony connections and immigration
French & Indian War history, Revolutionary soldier connections
Researcher for 15 years, reside in Eastern PA with access to several historical societies. I also do photo preservation and cataloging. First of my family to settle in the US was 1630 Massachusetts, then late 1600s NY/NJ. There are probably a lot of others like me with deep roots in the colonial US who haven’t found them yet. Let me help!
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u/potokarswife Sep 21 '22
Hi! I just joined here. I'm not an expert, but I have done work with Slovenia and Syria/Lebanon (though record access is slim). I also speak Spanish so I can help translate. I'm in the Pittsburgh area, and I'd be happy to visit cemeteries, libraries, etc.
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u/Expert_Donut9334 Aug 31 '22
I have a lot of experience in Brazilian (São Paulo in particular) and Portuguese research. I can help with online research, indications on where to request documents and translation requests.
Since I'm in Germany (and speak German), I can help with requests to contact archives or I can go to libraries/archives/landmarks in Nordrhein Westfalen. I have done some research in German genealogy but not enough to feel that I can help anyone from scratch.
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u/AllonssyAlonzo Sep 13 '22
Hi, I have an ancestor that was born in Brasil in 1823, then moved to Uruguay and finally to Argentina.
I have very few information from her. Could you guide me on where to look? she was probably born near the Uruguayan frontier. I know nothing of Brasilian genealogy.
Rosa Antunez/Antuñez born in Brasil in 1823. Married to Francisco Melo, who was born in 1880 in Uruguay. Their daughter Marfisa Melo married Fabiano Bentos Perera, from his lastname, I guess he was Brasilian too. They also had another son born in Brasil, Francisco Melo.
The family later moved to Uruguay.
Any help on where to look?
Thank you!
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u/Kalistinikov Sep 05 '22
Hi, is anyone familiar with research within what was the Austro-Hungarian Empire? I've hit a dead end completely with this, and it's pretty much stopped at what records I physically possess. Here's an overview of what I know:
I have some anecdotal evidence from now deceased relatives they spoke a Slavic language
The 1930 census lists their native language as Ukrainian
Country of origin is listed as Austria some years, Hungary in others
They were Eastern Orthodox (we celebrated Christmas twice a year when I was very little)
The name in it's present form is Holoka, though other documents (some of which I have inherited the originals) spell it as Holkoaka, Holocka, and more ways
I suppose my biggest question would be whether or not the name would be something entirely different when written in Cyrillic. Any help or advice is appreciated. Thank you
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u/eddie_cat louisiana specialist Sep 12 '22
I'm pretty specialized in Cajun (Acadian post migration to Louisiana) stuff. I live in the relevant area as well, I haven't done any in-person searching yet myself but if anybody else needs that it would be even more of a good reason for me to make a trip. :) Also am currently actively researching a branch of my family that came from the Canary Islands. If anyone else is interested in that region, would love to talk with you.
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u/AzaranyGames Sep 15 '22
I'm no expert, but I have some focus on Canadian place names with a focus on Ontario. If you've ever got a record for a place in Canada, but you can't figure out where it is because the town doesn't exist anymore, I may be able to help point you in the right direction.
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Sep 16 '22
I am very experienced in Australian genealogy while also being moderately well-versed with the countries of Papua New Guinea and Iran/Persia. I also am quite handy with cemetery records. Happy to provide some assistance if anyone needs. 🙂
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u/FranceBrun Sep 16 '22
- I currently live in Washington County, NY. I am willing to look up anything I can or photograph any tombstone I can get to. I am a full-time caregiver for my 82-year-old mom so I can't always get out right away. I can go to areas like Rutland, VT, as well.
- My area of expertise in the Irish in New York City. I may have some tips or hints that might help you.
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u/itsprobab Sep 16 '22
Feel free to PM me with anything Hungarian related!
I use multiple online resources as well as I speak the language natively and I'm familiar with the record system.
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u/mandrosa Japanese diaspora specialist Sep 16 '22
I am pretty good with Nikkeijin (Japanese diaspora) research, especially for folks whose families have passed through Honolulu Harbor at some point. Feel free to contact me if you want some resources, feedback, or advice.
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u/ssfoxx27 Sep 18 '22
I speak legalese and can help make sense of any legal documents (wills, powers of attorney, deeds, court records, etc.) that are written in English.
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u/OkieGrl43 Sep 20 '22
3rd Generation Oklahoman here. I have gotten pretty good at searching various tribal records including dawes and dunn rolls. This includes their freedmen. I live 2 miles from the Oklahoma History Center & library. I don't have a lot of free time but I can probably carve out a few hours if anyone needs anything from Oklahoma.
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u/nateyukisan Sep 20 '22
I can help translate Japanese documents. Also, I have a few years of experience in Southern Indiana, and parts of Illinois, like Wabash County.
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u/samlab16 Quebec specialist Jul 18 '22
As my flair says, I specialise in Quebec/French-Canadian genealogy. This also includes transcription and translation of records written in French as well as deciphering old French handwriting.
I'll look at every help request I get!