Genealogy & Family History Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, July 30, 2015

Genealogy & Family History newsletter

Top new questions this week: Finding birth/baptism record (ca 1845) for August E.F.Reichow in Germany? How would I find a birth/baptism record for my great grandfather (August E.F.Reichow 1845-1899) in order to identify his parents and siblings? The timeline I have for him is: Left from Bremen in ... germany birth-record baptism-record 1840s   asked by gail reichow scaramuzzo 3 votes answered by lejonet 2 votes Getting information from closed mental institution in California, USA? My great-uncle's wife was committed to Camarillo State Hospital in California for something over 30 years, until her death in 1967. She has no descendants. I have become very interested in this ... united-states records california   asked by ewormuth 3 votes What are these abbreviations in a Verlustliste (zurueckgeh, krgef, A)? I'm looking at Verlustlisten 1. Weltkrieg, page 22.835: Peter Robert (Bremerhaven) on genealogy.net. In the entry, it says "zurueckgeh." What does this mean? I know other entries say things like ... germany military-records world-war-1   asked by ewormuth 3 votes answered by lejonet 6 votes Finding information about 1920s adoption in New York State? I am trying to find out information on my great great uncle. I need some advice on how to go about finding the information. All I know about him other than his name at birth which I am unable to post ... new-york-state adoption 1920s   asked by Emma B. 2 votes Meaning of source numbers in U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 There are 3 records in The U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about the marriage of Luke Lea and Elizabeth Wilson, showing two different birth states for her: Source number: ... united-states marriage-record sources   asked by espertus 2 votes answered by Jan Murphy 2 votes Finding birth/baptism record (ca 1812) for Charles H. Cox born in North Carolina? I would like to find a birth or baptism record for my 2nd great grandfather Charles H. Cox, in order to identify his father. His father I'm told was from the United Kingdom. The timeline I have for ... 19th-century north-carolina 1810s   asked by Jo Ann Werner 1 vote Record of 1890s UK consular marriage in Japan? In the 1890s there was consulate in Kobe, and I am trying to determine whether the consulate issued a particular certificate of marriage. Did the consulate provide witness to such marriages? If the ... marriage-record united-kingdom japan 1890s   asked by Akira 1 vote Greatest hits from previous weeks: I found some living distant relatives. Now what? During my research, I have identified some people currently living who I believe are distant relatives. They are a brother and sister, who are my wife's third cousins. Neither has a family tree on ... communication relatives   asked by Gene Golovchinsky 16 votes answered by Tom Wetmore 23 votes How to interpret a reasonable X DNA Match, but no shared cM Autosomal result on GEDMatch? I recently uploaded one of the Autosomal DNA results I manage to GEDMatch.com and ran the X-Match routine and came up with a puzzling result. The strongest result by far on the test has 37.2 shared ... dna   asked by CRSouser 3 votes answered by RobertShaw 4 votes

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