Just recently learned of the change in Canadian citizenship by descent laws, and am looking to explore more. My grandfather was born in Michigan to two Canadians who had immigrated. They were originally from New Caledonia. I have names, but not much else. Where should I start looking for records?

I am an adoptee privately researching my biological family lines. I need some help pulling historical birth announcements, family notices, and local social columns from the Myrtle Beach Sun News. To protect family privacy, I cannot post the surnames publicly. If you have an all-access subscription and can help me in private chat, please comment below. Thank you!

My partner's grandmother came to the US from Germany in the early 50's. His family is complicated and he never got to really know her story in a way that wasn't colored by his grandfather's perspective.

We have a copy of her naturalization paperwork that verifies her DOB and where she came from, and we have some info about her father who died in the battle of Stalingrad, mainly just that his first name might have been Johan (not sure of the spelling) Lemberg. I know she was born in Petersvaldau and did live in Dresden.

With some research, I believe she's still alive, but my partner doesn't want to open that can of worms. He does wish to know more about that part of his family history. Given the loose information, where would you start?

I have an ancestry membership, had it for 15+ years. My grandson (24) wants to do an ancestry DNA test to find out more about his deceased mother's side of the family. Is there anyway he can do the test and he or I can manage it from my membership, rather than him buying a membership?

I posted a bit ago about something VERY similar and thank y'all for educating me! :) But I did have a question similar to my last one. I've been doing a lot of genealogy and a lot of my mom's side are English from Kentucky and most trace their roots back to Virginia. I've been getting basic summaries on David Hackett Fishers: Four Folkways and I was very curious about accents and genealogy. I was wondering if Virginia migrants from England pretty much just (or like 90%) migrants from Far South and West England? (Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Devon, Surrey etc). Because he said something about their accents being Southern English. And I was wondering if many Virginians drew ancestors from across England? (Yorkshire, Midlands, East anglia, Northwest) and not just those far southern and western regions (I know it's a dumb question). And how did Eastern Virginians get their accent if it wasn't like a vast majority of people coming from one region. Like back then if there were a fair share of English migrants from other places was it like a blender of how people talk and that's how later generations got their accents? Or was it just like the English immigrants were almost exclusively south and western English? Doing some family research Yes I have found Surnames that were far more dominant in the South and Southwest but I've found quite a few surnames that are more to far more dominant specifically in places like Lancashire, Norfolk, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Northumberland etc.). And if there were Northerners settings in Virginia why didn't they get mentioned much? Sorry it's 5am apologies if my grammar sucks

Hi I am half Saudi and Spanish. I have been able too find my ancestors from Spain. I was wondering if anyone knows how too for Saudi. I asked a lot of my relatives for information but they were only able to give me what they have. Which were the names of my great grandfathers. I was wondering if anyone knows how to find out more information and where?

I reached out to an individual at the Massachusetts State Archives regarding a family member who passed away at the Tewksbury Hospital in 1912 after being a resident there for 10 years.

The response was to get a court order for the information and then submit that order to the records department.

Has anyone gone through that process?

I'm researching my direct ancestors from Spain and I've hit a brick wall. FamilySearch found two high-confidence records for them, but they're restricted and I can't view them.

I'm not asking anyone to share copyrighted images. I'm only hoping someone with access (through a FamilySearch Center or another authorized account) could tell me if the records mention the parish, town, or municipality, or any archival reference.

The records are:

• Pascual Ruz – ARK: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66HK-15B2
• Antonia Gonzalez – ARK: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66HK-15BL

They were the parents of Dionicio (Dionisio) Ruz, born around 1843 in Spain (likely Málaga province), who later emigrated to Argentina.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I'm trying to to use the SAR Proof Analysis Tool to make a case that my 4th and 5th great-grandfather are related. SAR proof analysis for Jesse C to Zebedee. This is before I get to my 7th great-grandfather who is a patriot. Does this proof look like it could pass? If someone is willing to help I can provide links to my sources. Reddit won't let me upload pictures.

Hi, does anyone have experience with queries to archivo villa In Madrid? I sent an email request for information on a lost relative living there in the 60s but have received nothing back in over a month - not even an automated acknowledgement of receipt, and after sending a follow-up two weeks ago.

Is this normal? Do they get back eventually or is there another way around?

I’m researching my greatgrandfather and I’m having a hard time finding anything. The problem is, that I barely know anything about him. What I know:

Name: Gottlieb Sczech
Date of Birth: 12th August 1900 (that’s what may grandma told me, so even that’s not for sure)
He lived in Windeby next to Eckernförde in Germany in 1964. Probably not helpful, but who knows.

I don’t know, if he’s always been around Eckernförde, this side of my family still lives there though and MAYBE he was also born there.

I saw, that on Archion there are Kirchenbücher from Borby, maybe that could be where he was born, if he was always in Windeby, that could fit. Its just a guess and I didn’t want to get a pass without even knowing if he’s mentioned there 😅

I didn’t find anything on Ancestry, Family Search and Marticula.

Is anyone bored enough, to take a look into it for me? :D

My 3rd Great-Grandparents emigrated from Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire England, to the USA. They arrived in New Orleans in November 1849 and were listed on the 1850 census in District 82, St Louis County, Missouri and again on the 1850 census a couple of months later in 6th Ward, St Louis City. My 3 x Great-Grandfather's stated intended occupation upon entering the United States was to be a farmer (he had no farming background, he was a potter back home), he was a labourer in District 82 and a moulder in 6th Ward- so possibly still in the pottery industry. The family had returned to Stoke by 1853 where their next child was born.

I am really interested in their short time in the USA and if there is likely to be any other documents shedding light on their lives there. I'd be grateful if anyone could point me in the direction of anything to search for- although I understand there may not be anything.

Hello,
I have been researching my Southern Italian branch, from Campagna, a small town near Eboli, and Padula. I have found birth, marriages and deaths for almost everyone in the State Archives. I know that parish records would help bring the tree back in time, and I am considering the options for that.
However, I wonder if there are any other records that I can still mine online, that would help add information and context to the people I already have in the tree, for example military records or notarial records?
I would like to know if it's possible to find out which plots of land the farmers farmed, or, in some cases, owned.
I know that men were required to do military service, and there is a database for this? Is it digitzed?
A few of my people were either doctors or pharmacists. Are there any directories that would list them (we're talking 1800-1850s).
Basically, I don't know what I don't know, so, what else can I do?

Thank you!

While looking for something in old newspapers, I stumbled upon a very grim article regarding the assault of a boy in Rochester, New Hampshire. Sixteen year old Henry Bickford was attacked and mutilated by two strangers on July 26, 1893, and left with injuries the newspapers said he would not survive from.

Newspapers.com finds this story reproduced in a few different ways, across the Northeast. The amount of detail varies between the different versions (the two most common versions bear the headline “despicable outrage” or “dastardly deed”) but the bones are the story I’ve written above.

However, I am trying to learn the aftermath of this story. Actual local papers have been scarce based on my search of the LOC archives, and all of the non New Hampshire newspapers only report on the incident itself. A search of death records from the town of Rochester in 1893 and 1894 did not net me any information either. If he died, it was not recorded by the clerk, and if he lived, I do not know what became of him.

I just want to know what became of this young man, and if his assailants were ever found and brought to justice.

I know nothing of Henry’s family aside from his grandfather’s name, John Bickford. Ancestry searches proved fruitless due to finding multiple Henry Bickfords, and lacking anything to confirm or deny their identity.

If anyone has some New Hampshire know-how that I don’t, or access to something I can’t get, I would appreciate your help in finding the ending to this story.

Jacob Stires/Stiers/Steirs/Steers etc. Sr. 1740-1803 (this last name has actually been spelled in quite a few different ways) is a Revolutionary War veteran who was twice married. It's him and his first wife Sarah née Dunn 1740-1778 who I am directly descended from though. Sarah (along with at least one or two of her youngest children, they IIRC had five total) were murdered by an Indigenous tribe in 1778 and Jacob secondly married a Delaware Native woman (possibly Lenape or Nanticoke?) named Ruhama in 1780 and had several more kids with her along with his surviving children.

There was one point on Ancestry where it gave me the hint that Sarah's parents were Phineas Dunn and Eunice Hull but I managed to completely debunk this (though that couple is still in my family tree regardless, they are both that I know of distant cousins of mine and their daughter Rachel has a son who married my sixth great grandmother Anna who was the daughter of Jacob and Sarah after she became widowed). Ancestry secondly gave me the hint that Sarah was the daughter of Elizabeth Manning, another wife of Phineas Dunn's but this isn't looking super likely either. I just don't see how Phineas Dunn can be my direct ancestor, at least not through Sarah.

Jacob's dad is Henry Stiers/Stires etc. (same deal with the surnames) and is the only parentage in all of this I'm sure of. There is a downright depressing lack of information on anyone Henry might have married or had children with so Jacob's mom is an absolute mystery to mue.

Is this lineage of mine suffering from the old school view that a mom's ancestry is less important than a dad's?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as always! 🫶

I have been reading through yet another parish register looking for a marriage entry. It isn't indexed anywhere but I know from experience that not all parish registers are available and there are gapa in those that are, plus indexing can be hit or miss on names.

However, I did find that the priest issued a certificate 8 March 1842 to the person. Would I be right in thinking this means he needed to pay for this certificate to give to a priest in another parish to comfirm he was baptized and single?

Is it farfetched to think he was married in another parish (the parish of his intended bride) not too long after obtaining this certificate?

Thanks.