Genealogy & Family History Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, May 28, 2015

Genealogy & Family History newsletter

Top new questions this week: Determining which Blanch Hambly married John Geach at Menheniot, Cornwall, England, in 1688? My 7th great grandmother Blanch Hambly married John Geach on 25 Apr 1688 at Menheniot, Cornwall, England. John had been baptised on 15 Mar 1658 at Menheniot. There are two candidates for Blanch's ... england marriage-record cornwall 17th-century   asked by PolyGeo 5 votes answered by vervet 5 votes Is George Bismark Foster the son of Dr James W Foster and Arabella? I've been struggling with finding the parents to George Bismark Foster with a high degree of confidence. The death certificate for George Bismark Foster shows he died in Crosby, Minnesota on 9 Feb ... research research-methods conflicts   asked by WilliamKF 3 votes answered by RobertShaw 1 vote Searching for birth record for Lucy Pratt Stowell b circa 1813 Norfolk/Plymouth Co, MA As per my original question(s) here: How accurate do late 20th century Genealogical histories of New England in early 19th century tend to be? I am searching for a birth record for Lucy P. Stowell ... united-states birth-record new-england massachusetts   asked by k1ate 3 votes Is ancestry.com DNA test accurate with respect to native american descent? Both myself and my wife believe we are descendants (each on the order of 1/16) of native americans, yet for the Ancestry.com autosomal DNA test, the ethnicity estimate shows nothing for native ... dna native-american   asked by WilliamKF 3 votes How accurate do late 20th century Genealogical histories of New England in early 19th century tend to be? I am sure there is a term or phrase for this sort of publication-- but unfortunately I don't know the correct one! I have used/referred to "Christopher Noble of Portsmouth, N.H. and some of his ... 19th-century new-england methods   asked by k1ate 3 votes answered by Jan Murphy 2 votes Seeking birth record for John Shaw Mckay born 1915 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland I can't find this guy anywhere in any of the sites I have searched, and I've searched a lot. He is in my tree as a memory from my Grandma (it's her father) but there is no proof of him anywhere. birth-record scotland   asked by Jennifer 1 vote answered by Jan Murphy 1 vote Is genealogy compiled in 1922 for Stowell family of Higham, MA generally accurate? In a previous question I enquired, in part, in re the general accuracy of this sort of compiled genealogy to which @janmurphy gave me an excellent and well-reasoned answer. I am particularly ... research-methods records new-england   asked by k1ate 1 vote Greatest hits from previous weeks: Parsing a GEDCOM I have a need to parse GEDCOM files to extract: For all Individuals: their (primary) surname, given names, plus a unique ID, and life dates (birth/baptism/christening - death/burial) For all ... gedcom   asked by ColeValleyGirl 8 votes answered by Rob Hoare 5 votes What does O.S. K.U.V stand for on a headstone? I'm looking at the headstone picture shown on this page: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23185170 Which has an O.S. K.U.V. symbol with two hands shaking. The grave is ... cemeteries fraternal-organization   asked by WilliamKF 8 votes answered by CRSouser 8 votes

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