Genealogy & Family History Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, June 30, 2016

Genealogy & Family History newsletter

Top new questions this week: Benefits of joining the Guild of One-Name Studies? For years I have been conducting an informal (and/or obsessive) one-name study. There are only 150 or so people who bear our surname globally, all but a handful of those in England. I have many ... surnames one-name-studies   asked by Harry Vervet 4 votes answered by Debbie 8 votes Finding railroad maps for Germany in late 19th century? I am studying a group of immigrants who came to the northeastern United States from Saxony in the 1870s to 1890s. Many of them were skilled workers all recruited from the same area specifically for ... 19th-century germany emigration maps   asked by Jan Murphy 3 votes answered by Jan Murphy 2 votes How accurate are birth dates on the 1939 Register? One of the most useful pieces of information on the 1939 Register is the date of birth, since there are no other country-wide records containing birth dates other than civil registration records. ... england 1930s national-registration   asked by Harry Vervet 3 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Determining ethnicity according to ancestry? My sister, cousins, and other relatives speculate that my mom's grandmother was Jewish (for various reasons). I've heard people say at times things like, for example, "I'm 50% German" or "I'm 25% ... research-methods jewish ethnicity   asked by Daniel Pendergast 12 votes answered by RobertShaw 14 votes What is relationship of widower to late wife's family (i.e. in-laws)? Is there any enduring relationship by law or tradition for ex relations by marriage, and what would it be called? I am a widower. I still have a strong personal relationship with my late wife's ... relationship-mapping   asked by eddie 3 votes answered by PearsonArtPhoto 3 votes Sources of German birth records (outside FamilySearch) Most of my ancestors are German or Russian and I tend to use FamilySearch a lot. However, about two months ago, the search stopped working for me and I haven't yet found a fix. Are there any other ... birth-records germany   asked by American Luke 8 votes answered by muellerd 7 votes UK death certificate details in 1908 Can anyone tell me what sort of information I will find on an UK death certificate from 1908? I think my great-great-grandfather died in a work house in 1908 and was hoping his death may have been ... death-records united-kingdom 1900s-decade   asked by Julie F 4 votes answered by Danny Barber 5 votes

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