Genealogy & Family History Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, July 31, 2014

Genealogy & Family History newsletter

Top new questions this week: How can I make it easier to read scans of records when the other side of the page bleeds through? Sometimes the scans of parish registers and other old records show "bleed-through" from the other side of the page. Is there something I can do to make these images easier to read? Here are some … software palaeography parish-register   asked by Verbeia 6 votes answered by Verbeia 5 votes Washington County, Ohio in the 1810 Census In ancestry.com's "About" section for the 1810 Census, we read the following: Schedules exist for 17 states and District of Columbia, Georgia territory, Mississippi territory, Louisiana territory, … 19th-century census-records ancestry.com ohio   asked by DaveBlackston 4 votes answered by Jan Murphy 3 votes Interpreting British Army service records: tours of duty More details about this service member are in my question Were British Army families stationed overseas enumerated in any Census returns? Alfred Clarke, b. 1840, from Brighton, Sussex, England, … 19th-century british-army   asked by Jan Murphy 4 votes answered by AdrianB38 4 votes Were British Army families stationed overseas enumerated in any Census returns? I have located a record for Alfred Clarke in the United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records. The TNA record series number is WO 97, and the original images are available at Find My Past. … 19th-century sources british-army india   asked by Jan Murphy 4 votes answered by ColeValleyGirl 4 votes using the card index for Queens Surrogate Court Probate records Since I asked the question about working with unindexed probate records, I have located some card indexes for administrations in Queens County New York online (as images which can be browsed) and one … united-states new-york familysearch.org probate   asked by Jan Murphy 2 votes Where was Dalmasz, Russia? I am trying to find information about my great grandfather. We have a Declaration of Intention for the United States of America, division of naturalization, which he signed. On the form it shows … russia   asked by Joy 2 votes How can I establish an early 19th century birthplace? I have been investigating my ancestor, Vestus/Sylvester Blackstone with a goal of getting an accurate timeline for some of the major events in his life. I am trying to resolve a number of … 19th-century birth-record birthplace pennsylvania ohio   asked by DaveBlackston 2 votes answered by Jan Murphy 3 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: What is the significance of the character 'j" at the end of a Roman Numeral While using an old (1907) book of transcriptions (on-line) The Parish Register of Gargrave in the County of York , I was puzzled by the number of dates recorded in the 16th and early 17th centuries … documents date numbering   asked by Fortiter 17 votes answered by Rob Hoare 26 votes What is the best way to clean old photographs? I have some old photos that have smudges of dirt and other unknown stuff on them. These are the things that I have done to try to improve them: White eraser (this has worked okay). Soft cloth … preservation photo   asked by Canadian Girl Scout 7 votes answered by AvieRose 5 votes

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