Genealogy & Family History Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, September 29, 2016

Genealogy & Family History newsletter

Top new questions this week: Accessing Italian World War I records online? Is there a way to access Italian war records pertaining to individual soldiers (I'm looking specifically for World War I) online? For example, I know Australia does but my somewhat limited knowledge ... military-records world-war-1 italy   asked by tschumann 3 votes answered by PolyGeo 1 vote Linking Sojourners to Illegitimacy at Launceston, Cornwall in 1790s? I've traced some relatives to Cornwall in the late 1790s,1800's. If I'm right, the first children born to the couple in question were born illegitimately in St Thomas by Launceston, and the remainder ... cornwall illegitimate 1790s   asked by Allan Smith 3 votes answered by PolyGeo 2 votes Strategy to find the death of an individual with a common name I thought I had found the death certificate for my grandfather Thomas Jones (born 1905) but the recent availability of the 1939 register and the Midlands Electoral Rolls have proven me wrong (see Back ... england 20th-century death-records wales   asked by ColeValleyGirl 2 votes answered by Jan Murphy 1 vote Why are the lengths GEDmatch.com Chromosome Segment Matching segments not proportional to their cM? The GEDmatch.com Chromosome Segment Matching report has the following legend: One of my reports has the following triangulation match: The purple segment (< 5 cm) is 102912701 - 111046063 ... dna autosomal-dna gedmatch.com tringulation   asked by WilliamKF 2 votes answered by lkessler 3 votes Setting inclusion criteria for a one-place study? In my limited spare time I have embarked on a one-place study for my village. This has started out compiling various censuses and parish registers, and now I am in the process of creating a database ... one-place-studies   asked by Harry Vervet 2 votes Which Golden Thread Matrilineal "Clan" maps to my mtDNA haplogroup? I understand the 'seven daughters of Eve' is now up to 36 clans per a 'golden thread' figure in a recent issue (Fall 2016) of American Ancestors. Do the names map to haplogroups? My mtDNA haplogroup ... mitochondrial-dna   asked by Duncan 2 votes answered by lkessler 2 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: 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 What is the meaning of these remarks on 1948 USMC discharge papers? I am trying to understand the full meaning of the remarks shown on this record from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Muster Rolls. This is from July, 1948. (column headers) (record in ... military-records 20th-century us-marine-corps   asked by Gene Golovchinsky 12 votes answered by GeneJ 11 votes Can you answer this? Searching for Birth Record or 1900 Census, Marie Paris b 28 Mar 1885 St. Louis, Missouri Can you help me to find either a Birth Record or a 1900 Census Record for Marie Paris who was born 28 Mar 1885 at St Louis, Missouri? Marie's parents are: Isabella Washington (Benden - div) Paris ... census-records birth-records missouri   asked by ElizabethT 1 vote

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