My great-grandfather was born in Syria circa 1886 and came to the US in 1907. I know the city he was from. Any ideas on how to find his relatives in that city?
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posted by starkraven
on Oct 16, 2012 -
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I have a health condition that may end my life prematurely. I am an "older" parent of an only child who is currently 8 years old. It's important to me that I leave a record of who I was. Can you help me with strategies to help me "index and annotate" myself for her, so that when she is older she could have an idea of her father as an adult beyond just the Daddy that I am to her now?
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posted by nickjadlowe
on Dec 13, 2011 -
42 answers
I'm looking for a NJ birth/death record for a baby who only lived a short time during the 50's.
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posted by runnergirl
on Jun 9, 2011 -
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My mom is trying to trace our family's geneology as far back as she can. She knows where people came from (Canada, France, Ireland) but we have no records further back than her grandparents, who came down from Canada.
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posted by unlucky.lisp
on Sep 28, 2010 -
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I'd like to attach some historical perspective to my age in order to impress/scare my grandchildren. 1950: So far I've got 'Civil War vets still alive.....'
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posted by Pennyblack
on Feb 21, 2010 -
36 answers
I'm going to be at a rainy cottage all weekend with 3 senior citizens: my dad, aunt, and uncle. I want my non-talkative dad and his sister to reminisce about their childhoods, but I suspect my aunt's talkative husband will dominate the conversation. If that happens, Dad and Aunt won't talk much. How can I encourage them to reminisce without hurting my uncle's feelings?
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posted by twistofrhyme
on Sep 30, 2009 -
11 answers
I'm preparing for a massive personal archiving/interviewing trip with my grandparents and need advice regarding many aspects of the project.
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posted by ikahime
on Aug 18, 2009 -
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I'm doing a family tree. As part of doing this, I'm trying to trace the ancestors of my maternal grandfather, Lawrence Fortin. The problem is that not only did he die before I was born (in the 40s), as it turns out he was adopted by the Fortin family. The question is, where on earth do I begin in finding records on Lawrence Fortin and who his biological family was?
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posted by azieger
on Dec 15, 2008 -
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If my maternal grandfather was my (alleged?) great-grandfather's biological son, why would his last name be different from both of his parents'?
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posted by dumbledore69
on Sep 25, 2007 -
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Familytreefilter: Okay, so my mother's brother's wife's sister's daughter had a child. What is his relation to me? What's his mother's relation to me?
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posted by carpyful
on Apr 19, 2007 -
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Why is Marat Safin's sister's last name Safina? I know they are Russian but adding an 'A' to a daughter's last name is not a Russian tradition that I know of, anyone?
posted by Cosine
on Sep 6, 2006 -
8 answers
Need High-Res image of one particular Dawes Roll page. I have a low-res image, but I can't read some of the words. Longish story within.
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posted by vanoakenfold
on Aug 12, 2006 -
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How can I get my hands on a Vienna phonebook from circa 1938? I will be spending a weekend in Vienna next month, and I would love to see the apartment where my late grandfather lived before fleeing the Nazis. Unfortunately, nobody in the family knows the address, and there aren't any letters or other documents to provide it. Things are also complicated by the fact that I won't be visiting on a weekday, so any archives that might have this information will presumably be closed. Plus, I don't speak German. Am I out of luck, or is there any way to track this information down in the next few weeks?
posted by yankeefog
on Oct 18, 2005 -
38 answers
Geneology/Census Question: Any way to find out how many humans of Nth generation live in a state. For example, how many 6th generation Arizonans are there?
posted by BrodieShadeTree
on Nov 10, 2004 -
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GenealogyTilYourEyesGlazeOverFilter: Trying to figure out (and
this page just confuses me more) the whole "second cousin" and the whole "cousin x removed" thing. (more family relationships inside)
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posted by WolfDaddy
on Oct 30, 2004 -
12 answers
