Genealogy & Family History Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, February 26, 2015

Genealogy & Family History newsletter

Top new questions this week: Custom of hyphenated names in Germany I am searching for Joseph/Josef Greiner (my 4th great grandfather and a glass maker from the German Greiner line of glassmakers) and while doing so have gathered literally thousands of records which ... germany naming   asked by Cindy Kay 3 votes answered by bgwiehle 4 votes Finding 1896-1897 residence of William and Emily Mountjoy Rouse in Adelaide, South Australia? I have been using the online Sands and Macdougall South Australian Directories to try and trace the residences of my great-grandfather William Rouse (born 26 Jul 1860 and baptized 26 Aug 1860 at Truro ... 19th-century south-australia address   asked by PolyGeo 2 votes answered by PolyGeo 1 vote Finding identity of Eliza Ann Wills who witnessed marriage of Grace Martin Wills and Matthew Nettell in 1865 at Redruth, Cornwall? My 2nd great grandmother Grace Martin Wills married Matthew Nettell on 23 Sep 1865 at Redruth, Cornwall. Grace gave her age as 17 (I think it was just over 16 and half), and Matthew gave his as 19. ... 19th-century marriage-record cornwall   asked by PolyGeo 1 vote answered by PolyGeo 2 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Which FHL microfilms are available to view online? If I want to look at a particular microfilm from the FHL, I can order the film and have it sent to my local FHC to view there. But before I go through the trouble and expense, it makes sense to ... research-methods vital-records family-history-library familysearch.org new-york-city   asked by Jan Murphy 5 votes answered by AdrianB38 2 votes Should I use the modern (what it is called now) or historical (what it was called) place name? When I am writing records, do I use the name of a city or country as it is called today or as it was in the year an ancestor was there? Related to When documenting place names, should I write them in ... research-methods naming-convention documenting historical-gazetteer   asked by Jeni 38 votes answered by Gene Golovchinsky 31 votes Merchant marine - how to research people who worked on ships? I am researching a relative who disappears from conventional genealogical records. He married and fathered children regularly until his wife died but does not appear in census records with his family ... united-states 19th-century research ireland family-legend   asked by Colleen 8 votes answered by Cornelia Moore 6 votes What fields are available from a Social Security Death Index (SSDI) search at different websites? There are several different websites that offer a search form for the Social Security Death Index, the public-access extract of the Social Security Administration's Death Master File. Since ... united-states death-record social-security   asked by Jan Murphy 4 votes answered by Jan Murphy 7 votes

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