Vital Records (BMD, name changes, etc.) - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

San Francisco Birth Records for 1893

LouiseGaffney — 1 Dec 2008 10:14:47 GMT

How, or is it possible to get information on a birth certificate, San Francisco May 1893?

MYFAMILY.com still sending painful Birthday reminders years after person is dead

sjfrap — 24 Nov 2008 4:39:05 GMT

Be very careful about your decision to open a MYFAMILY.com website.
I had a website for several years and then closed it back around 2004. MYFAMILY.com is STILL using all the e-mail address for the member I had to send them Birthday and Anniversary Reminders.
This has caused me and my family great pain as some of the members are now deceased. It looks like I am insensitive (because I already know of their passing) and it’s a very hurtful reminder to the other family members.
I have contacted MYFAMILY.com several times and after MUCH transferring and calling, they assured me it would not happen again as they “fixed the problem”.
Well, it was okay for a year or so and now it is happening again.
I am getting very angry letters from my family and worst of all…..I don’t know it’s happening since I don’t receive ANYTHING!!!
How long has it been happening and how many family members haven’t let me know about their pain.
I don’t recommend using the site.

Life of Thomas McCarney 1843-1875 born in Minnesota

dabcpa_1 — 24 Nov 2008 3:37:59 GMT

Can youhelp me find a record of Thomas McCarney's Birth or Death? I have handwritten records by a family member, but would like to know more about his ancestory.

Births and Marriages

williamvanhattem — 15 Nov 2008 10:12:42 GMT

Please help a newby. I am trying to access Births and marriages from the early 1800s.

How do I do this??

Your help is greatly appreciated. Bill

birth records custer

becky mcdougal — 12 Apr 1999 7:39:34 GMT

william jasper custer 1863 san antiono tx

Divorce Records

Michelle_Fogg — 25 Oct 2008 9:44:02 GMT

I have just found out that my Grandfather had been previously married and divorced before marrying my grandmother. He was living in Lancashire at the time and know that it was somewhere between 1940 and 1947. Can anyone advise if there is a way to trace this record.

Thanks

name change no court record

PriscillaR — 22 Oct 2005 2:55:13 GMT

How can someone change their last name without going to court?
About 1930/31 my grandfather's children decided to change their last name from Block to Bradley. ...I really don't know why they did this.
Louis Block was my grandfather's stepfather & Grandpa was really upset with his kids when they did this.(according to my aunt)

According to my aunt, who was the only one who didn't do so, they did not go to court to do this.
It's making it a bit rough to find information when I don't know who was using which surname at a specific time.
priscilla

marriage and divorce records 1948-1951

Larry and Dixie Loy — 19 Sep 2000 8:32:50 GMT

Desiring to locate data base to research or contact via snail mail
about MI and NM state marriages between 1948 and 1951.

Then will need to contact agency concerning divorce in MI or NM between 1949-1951.

Am willing to do all leg work, but so far none of the addresses or url provided have the information needed.

Thanks, The LOY's in NM. ldloy@roswell.net

Where to find Vital Records pre-1865?

diamondskylucy — 5 Jun 2007 7:31:18 GMT

I'm trying to find out where I would need to look to find vital records pre-1865. I know that these records are often scarce and are often found to have been damaged or lost in fires and not cared for as well as we genealogists would hope, but if it's possible to find records prior to that date, where would I start to look? I have checked with the counties in Ohio where my ancestor would have been, but they only carry records back to the 1867 if that far. Once you've run out of state and county sources, where do you look? Any help is much appreciated!!!

Advice please/how to find vital records

Amy Murphy — 12 Jul 2006 12:53:07 GMT

Hi All, I am at wits end trying to figure out how to locate vital records for my Winfield/German Flatts ancestors. The county site says they are located at the city or township level but I have been unable to find a Winfield website/address/phone number. Can someone give me some advice on where to look? Is there a central index/newspaper/library somewhere? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Amy ammurphy@voyager.net

know exact birth date and place but cant find record of birth

mandynewnum — 15 Mar 2008 12:25:14 GMT

I have found out my grandfather's date and place of birth from his navy record sheet but there appears to be no record of his birth in the bmd records. Am I being really thick?!!?
Please advise.

Site to post location of Official Marriage/Death websites

kq1969 — 1 Oct 2008 5:12:45 GMT

I would like to see a site where people could post the locations of official state or county websites where marriages and or deaths are searchable.

Example: Missouri Death Certificates at: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/#...

Example: Cook County, Illinois marriages: http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/SignIn.aspx

I asked Ancestry.com for a board where the location of these sites could be posted. I received a reply that this request did not fit their board requirements. There are so many requests on many boards for the locations of such sites, one board where these site location could be posted would be a great research source.

divorce record for parents needed

vickilmp — 20 Nov 2008 4:51:30 GMT

my parents are now 67 and 71..both wih dementia, cannot remember first marriages dates, etc...I hve full names, can anyone look up in ohio their divorce records for me? i am in washington state, cross the country...it was about 1964-1969, I am pretty sure, and most liekley frnklin county, columbus, ohio...more details upon request. can send small fee, and pay for record. any help apprecited
thanks
vicki

father name change from Toledo to Ruiz

valerieroark — 15 Sep 2008 7:30:58 GMT

how do I find out when/where father changed last name from Toledo to Ruiz? It was sometime after school before military.
Mail@newtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org

Old terms for cause of death

jswendula — 30 Sep 2008 3:36:57 GMT

Twice now I have seen "sustained a shock" referred to as the cause of death for elderly men in the 1920s/30s in their obituaries (Rhode Island, if it matters). Does this mean seizure, stroke, something else? I really doubt this means electricution, if so my ancestors were very careless with electricity!

Thanks

Marriage Certificate Question

nobodyhere143 — 13 Sep 2008 11:32:37 GMT

I recently sent for a marriage certificate for my great (X2) grandparents. I was hoping for the fathers of both of them to be listed on it, but no names for the fathers of the bride or groom are listed on it. Just a dash/line where either father's name should be. Any advice as to why this might be?

Northern Ireland

yvonnegilbert1 — 3 Oct 2008 9:47:31 GMT

I am new to this and looking for Birth Death etc in Northern Ireland. Not in England and Wales, not in Ireland and not in scotland. So which records do I search?
Help

deaths

susanworrall1 — 27 Sep 2008 5:48:08 GMT

I am having great problems trying to find any deaths can find their Births Marraige but nothing else can anyone help

Birth Registered Twice?

whistler1441 — 27 Sep 2008 6:19:00 GMT

Hi. I'm a little bit confused after finding my great grandmother's birth registered twice in BMD records. Exactly the same name is used (including middle name) and exactly the same district but 5 years apart. Both volumes were the same (7a) but the page numbers were different (611,695). IS it possible that she was registered twice two years apart? Any advice would be appreciated, thank you:)

California Birth Records before 1905

lklumpp1 — 22 Sep 2008 2:34:45 GMT

I understand in California, Birth Records prior to 1905 were kept by the counties rather than the state. When tying to obtain a copy of one of these earlier birth certificates, you are directed to contact the county. Are there any additional resources or databases that may help me identify the actual county of birth for an individual, Ruth Taylor, born in 1898 in California? Thus far, my sources are limited to two different census records neither of which specify a county.

Thanks!

Death Certificate Numbers

klyte71 — 16 Sep 2008 6:40:57 GMT

hey all
i have ss#'s for my grandparents but i need to know their death certificate numbers in order to get their death certificates, also there was a site that you can order them through for about 12 dollars i cant remember it and ancestry is wanting to charge me 56. for one death certificate from florida.
Frank Light, died October 19, 1980
Sylvia Light, died January 6, 1997

thanks for the help
Kimberly

Only fathers name on baptism record

wmnslogic — 15 Sep 2008 2:27:46 GMT

If a baptism record only lists the fathers details, what does this mean?

NAME CHANGES

yohyohy — 13 Sep 2008 11:19:03 GMT

hello is there anyone who can helpme,
im trying to find out when my great grandparents changed their names when they cam efrom russia to england.
great grnd pa is FRANK MILLER ( mincyinskus) or something near.DOBabt 1862- 1867 russia TAILOR AND JOURNEYMAN
MARY MILLER( YAKOB PODENSKY)or near. DOB abt 1852 russia.
she had two children who had MILLER for thier surname.
I can only guess they came here abt 1880ish.
Mary was 11 years older than frank and we r not sure if they did actually marry.or if they all came over together??
pls help
thnx jacki

Robert Charles Leepard

nther43 — 8 Sep 2008 6:56:17 GMT

Robert was born Dec 25 1857 in Pittsburgh, Pa to supposedly Robert Leepard and Abigail Mason. He also had two sisters, Jennie and Sally. Sally died in New Orleans. I would like to know if this was his parents names and these are his sisters names. He might have had a brother also. They migrated from Canada, Ontaria possibly. Robert's parents might have been killed in the great train wreck of Pa when he was a little boy and was sent to live with an uncle there in pa. Would like info on him and siblings, parents. Also heard Robert was taken to Ala. by preacher to live.

Mothers maiden name on birth certificates

SuStar65 — 8 Sep 2008 1:56:20 GMT

Does any one know what year they started putting mothers maiden names on birth certificates?

BMD 1984-2005 oddity

enonod1 — 4 Sep 2008 2:09:24 GMT

While tracing across the 1983/1984 boundary I notice some 50 deaths typical per quarter but when I go beyond 1984 the same search shows on say 2 deaths per year for the same name.
I must obviously be missing something, can anybody say what please?

Surnames

JennyHerbert1952 — 2 Sep 2008 12:47:05 GMT

Could someone please tell me how legal it was in 1898 for a man to use a different surname on his marriage certificate. Also he used that surname for his father (who was deceased). Would this marriage be legal and the children of it legitimate.

Birth Certificate questions

brianhhhhh153 — 4 Aug 2008 9:26:57 GMT

I'm doing some genealogy research on my family and I came across some Birth Certificates for someone in my family and I wanted to ask some questions about them.

There is one birth certificate for this person dated about two weeks after the birth. The date signed is about a week after the birth and the the date received by the local Reg. is the day after that.

I found a second birth certificate for the same person dated about four months after the birth date with "date signed" and "date received by local reg." about four months after the birth date as well. Different dates than the first one.

Would it be usual to have different dates for these on different copies?

Also the attendants are different people on the different copies although I think both were doctors in the town. Both certificates say 1 attendant but have different names and signatures for that one.

Would different copies list different attendants?

The second certificate has a number over the line that says "child" and the first one does not have a number there.

One thing I noticed is the second certificate has a 1-N and a three digit number on the "parents" line. The last number is a one.

The first certificate is very faint with the 1-n and a three digit number but it looks like the last two are zeros which are not the numbers in the second certificate.

Would this mean anything if they were different numbers on the Parents line?

The whole thing looks very sloppy with them mistaking a G for a six and an eight for a nine on the birth number so it may be typos in some areas.

Would any of these things question the validity of the information on the birth certificates? Is this normal for Birth Certificates to be this way?

Thanks,
Brian

Advice on illegitimate children sought

JeffNaylor55 — 22 Aug 2008 2:20:39 GMT

I wonder if anyone can help, or point me to some resources that could. My GGGrandfather James was baptised in 1815 with his Mother's surname. 1 year 2 months later, his mother married and at some point James took his mothers' new surname. His mother's husband could be his natural father, but I can only guess that.

James married twice, the first time in 1836 there is no father's name given, and on the certificate for the second marriage James' father is just given as "deceased".

His mother went on to have 4 more children. James' sister (or half-sister) Sarah looked after his children after the death of his first wife, and in the census they are listed as Nephews.

If James' mothers husband accepted he was the father (whether that was true or not) could James just change his surname, or this time, would there be a legal process required?

TIA, and apologies if this has been answered before and my search hasn't found the post!

birth records

caliglia — 30 Jul 2001 2:22:18 GMT

Does anyone know where I could aquire birth/death records from Ireland?
My great-grandfather was born there without telling his family, came to the United States at age 12. I have no indication of who his parents may be.

Finding out parents records from birth certificates.

ashleystewart110 — 17 Aug 2008 10:41:06 GMT

I'm trying to find out who my real grandmother is and if she is still alive. I've found my mothers birth record and her mothers maiden name matches what she thought it might be, but how do I find her details now?

Free birth records

Heather — 30 Jan 2004 2:27:44 GMT

Can anyone point me in the direction of a searchable database for birth records from around 1940-1970?

Kentucky Vital Records Project ( Death Certificates )

TheresaRGriffiths — 7 Aug 2008 8:20:22 GMT

http://kyvitals.com/vis/search/search_death_recs.php

( Not all deaths are on here they just started this and believe it starts for years 1911 and after. You can view the ones that are on here. Remember to check all your different spellings of your names )

Search Death Records
Our search engine will only return hits for transcribed records with images in our database.

If you need to view all records registered in Kentucky, use the Kentucky Death Index.

Help !

philipmartin1411 — 20 Jul 2008 8:43:33 GMT

Can someone tell me

1) why despite all levels of a search a person known to have been born does not appear anywhere on the BDM lists (myself and partner included)- and yet appear under marriage registers

2) Why when someone was registered as born they are totaly untraceable as either married or dead thereafter - I guess the list does not include alien abductions !

These are all 1900's to current date

3) Is it poss to add 2 sets of parents ? (Reason being adoption)

Thank you.

Pre 1837 Birth Certificates.

wbrechin — 18 Jul 2008 2:05:23 GMT

Could some tell me if it possible to obtain pre 1837 Birth or baptism certificates.Thank you .
Kind regards
Janet Brechin
Australia.

No birth record question

chlban — 21 Aug 2007 4:50:52 GMT

I'm having a difficult time because there is no birth record on file for me. Both parents are deceased, and
family was not close. No reason to believe I was adopted,
and even if I was there should be a record. I am unable
to prove, by an standard means, that I'm a US citizen, although I know full well I am, as I've never lived anywhere else. I cannot obtain a passport witout a Birth
record or baptismal certificate, neither of which I have.
I have no living family that I know of.

I have a copy of my mothers death certificate, which states her birthplace and I've ordered a copy of my fathers death certificate. Neither of their birth records
are on file either, but that's due to when they were
born, 1911 and 1914, and both were in rural areas. I, OTOH, was born in Long Beach, Ca. The hospital I was always
told I was born in, only keeps records for 10 years, and
I was born in 1954.

I do have some school records from Jr. High and High school, that state place of birth, but that's not enough.
I also have a letter from Social Security stating that they
have already destroyed my fathers records, but that they
did pay survivor benefits in my name (my father died when
I was thirteen, making me eligible as his dependent) for
approximately 4 years. None of this is sufficent to get
a passport.

Any ideas from anyone would be appreciated.
Any ideas on how to prove my status without a birth
record?

How accurate are the cenus records?

Lauren_Zaborowski — 21 Apr 2008 3:19:33 GMT

I searched for records on my family and found my great great grandfather, his first wife and son. under his orginal birth year. I checked again without the year and came across a man a year older than my grandfather. but with familiar similar names. Am I close? or way far off? Please help!

Marriage certificate

cjnagle — 10 Jul 2008 11:37:57 GMT

Please I need help reading this marriage certificate.

find without birth cert?

eyenobest — 8 Jul 2008 5:37:59 GMT

How can i find out my birth grandparents names without looking at my birth father's birth certificate?
is there any way if doing that.... i dont even know there names. only my birth-grandmother's maiden last name

Employee CC as father's profession

davidbent1_1 — 30 Jun 2008 4:55:36 GMT

The Marriage certificate for my grandmother's first marriage has her father-in -law's profession as "Employee CC". Any idea what this means? The marriage took place in 1913 and John Gray, the father, is not marked as deceased.

Birth Index - Mothers maiden name

whatlink — 18 Jun 2008 7:40:32 GMT

From 1912 Index included mothers maiden name. Does anyone know if it is possible to search these maiden names?
thanks
KW

what year did they start adding the name of the partner to the marriage records?

HAS121278 — 20 May 2008 8:46:17 GMT

I am trying to trace the Maiden name of Caroline Chubb babt 1864. She married Charles Chubb between 1881 and 1891. Lived in Lambeth, UK in 1891 with children Caroline, Charles, Maud & Willis

In the past I have looked up the Husband's record of marriage then taken the surname listed of the partner checked to see if there is a match to the first name.

But it doesn't seem to list the partners name back in 1881, does anyone know when they started putting this on the records and any advice on how I can track down her maiden name

Thanks H

Please Help Decipher Cause Of Death

elliotwrann_1 — 7 Jun 2008 2:42:50 GMT

I've got my Great Grand Aunt's death certificate from 1885. New York City. She was six month's old when she died.

Cause of death is tough to make out - I don't want to say what I think it is so any helpers can view it with an un-influenced mind :-)

I'm attaching the image.

Thanks in advance for your help!

EW

Cause of death on Certificate

brijan23 — 7 Jun 2008 9:24:15 GMT

Hi, I wonder if anyone can confirm the cause of death on a certificate. I think it may be cancer of the cervix or the womb.
Epithelioma Carcinoma Uteri - Exhaustion
Any ideas?
Thanks
Janet Johnston

birth certificate 1920

ValerieDonovan12 — 18 Sep 2005 12:44:33 GMT

My mothers birth certificate states she was born 24.8.1920 at 2 willow bank Rusholme UD.

I think this was a maternity home in fallowfield.
Does any know this address or tell me what Rusholme U.D. is
Thanks NValerie

B.V.R.I

rvmarissen — 1 Dec 2001 9:18:54 GMT

Hi ,Excuse my ignorance but can anyone tell me what the BVRI disc for U.K. is. Thanks Veronica.

B.V.R.I

rvmarissen — 1 Dec 2001 9:18:54 GMT

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2nd Marrage

flossieberry — 9 May 2008 7:06:40 GMT

Dont know if i am thick but when a lady dies that has been married twice what name goes on the death Certificate 1st married name 2nd or Maiden Name
Sandra

Is there hope?

andergrl03 — 24 Apr 2008 8:23:24 GMT

I'm looking for the author of some pocket diaries I found from 1863, 64, and 67. He never gives his name but always mentions Amelia who I believe is his wife. He mentions a five year anniversary in 1864 and Amelia giving birth to a boy on Oct 9th or 10th. He mentions going to Forty Fort almost daily and to Kingston PA daily as well. I also know his birth day is Oct. 2 1827. It is very possible his childrens names were Mary who turned 8 june 3rd 1867 and Eddie who may be the boy born in 64. He lived in close proximity to the Crammers and the Hughes' but I think Mrs. Hughes was a widow. Ugh, ok so I know tons about this guys friends and I even know he didn't want Lincoln to win. How do I find his name???

help please

kimiglover — 25 Apr 2008 10:43:43 GMT

Hi I am new to this site and just can't work out how to do things. I have found a record of my birth on a page that tells me vol and page numbers but how do I use this to see a full copy of my birth certificate?

How do you seach for birth records only knowing father's name and state?

apriltoon — 13 Oct 2007 1:31:31 GMT

My grandfather had a daughter but I don't know her name. All I know is that she exists and I need to find her. I know her father's name and that she was born in Michigan. I have a range of years for her birth, but that's all.

What states have online death certificates, other than Missouri

kq1969 — 19 Dec 2006 11:51:37 GMT

The Missouri Secretary of State has a page that allows searching and downloading old death certificates, for free, from the years 1910-1929 and 1950-1955.
1930 is to be posted before the end of 2006, also.
The years 1931-1949 are suppose to follow, sometime.

What other states, if any, have this kind of search engine and download service for death certificates?

The Missouri Secretary of State site location is:

http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
resources/deathcertificates/#search

Sourcing marriages

dwallace111 — 4 Apr 2008 1:31:58 GMT

Since my upgrade from US collection to world, my researching has been incredible. The only thing that I am having trouble with is sourcing the marriages of people in my tree. Even when I am putting the full date of marriage and place, I'm not finding the actual recorded source for the event. Am I missing something? Any advice...

OPR Query

jjcall — 30 Jan 2008 9:35:25 GMT

Is there some significances when OPR says natural child opposed to 1st child. Regards Jan

Death Records availability

livingstoneancestry — 27 Mar 2008 2:01:45 GMT

I'm trying to find possible records of the death of a few of my ancestors but they're prior to the statutory records started in 1855. I didn't see on the GRO website where there were any parish records for this sort of thing, only for marriages or births.

Is there a place on the GRO website that has this info or another place I could find it. Unfortunately we don't know their year of deaths. Only where they were married and where their children were born

Thanks, Suzanne Livingstone

Uncertified death certificates

jrboddie — 23 Feb 2008 6:10:27 GMT

There are web sites which sell copies of uncertified death certificates for $3 while certified copies from the state go for $12.

My question is how do these sellers have access to the death certificate database and why can't anyone access it? As far as I know, the state only provides certified copies (and, of course, charges the same even if they can't find it).

It is tempting to use such a service but I don't want to abet some state employee's illegal side job or pay for something that I could possibly access myself.

Birth records from 1870's

RobinDaleTX — 26 Dec 2007 10:13:18 GMT

I'm trying to find more information on my great grandfather who was born in Toledo, OH in 1871. I have what I thought was my great-great grandfather, but have found my grandfather and great grandfather listed in someone else's tree with a different great-great grandfather. I've contacted the other tree owner but have not gotten a response.

Where do I start to try to find out who my great-great grandfather is? I was always under the impression from my father (who has passed away) that our family line came from Germany, but the other tree has it coming from Poland.

Thanks!

help with definition of a word, please!

Becky — 1 May 2006 1:19:10 GMT

I realize that this is not an obit but I don't know where else to post it. I am trying to find the definition of the cause of death on a death certificate I recently found. Its for a boy almost 3 years old who died of "raepitis". Supposedly this boy may have had some mental retardation or other major disability (as reported by my grandmother) but no one knows for sure and there is no one left alive who knew him. Please help!

Wills

strathmor — 22 Feb 2008 11:15:55 GMT

I have recently discovered a will which may or may not be related to my ancestors,
The person concerned died intestate, (did not make a will) however his sister and her husband put in a claim to the assets and goods, can I assume that there was no other family involved or surviving? As my understanding was that any goods would pass to the next of kin, i.e. son daughters etc
Secondly if a person was made an executor of the will would there be any records of how they divided up the estate amongst the family if no stipulation was made in the original will?
any thoughts appreciated

Paul

Marking on Marriage Certificate

rickypo — 9 Feb 2008 7:55:15 GMT

Hello, On my G Grandfather's 1886 marriage certificate, (John Marsden)under the Fathers name is the name Frank and a surname that I cannot read (it is nothing like Marsden). The surname has been underlined twice and I am wondering if this signifies anything.

Hope somebody can help.

Rick.

FAMILY BIBLES

yohyohy — 6 Oct 2007 11:11:00 GMT

HI CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT A FAMILY BIBLE IS. I KEEP HEARING PEOPLE MENTIONING THEIR FAMILY BIBLE BUT REALY HAVENT GOT A CLUE AND NEVER HEARD OF THEM UNTIL I STARTED DOIN RESEARCH. HOW CAN I FIND OUT IF I HAVE ONE? THNX FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP JACKI

How do I obtain a UK will from overseas?

lubok73 — 11 Jan 2008 1:31:39 GMT

Hello

I'm trying to obtain my great great grandfather's will (if he made one) from overseas.
I have his death certificate, therefore I know his full name (William Eskrett), date of death (5th April 1903) and last address (2 Bowling Avenue, Kimberley Street, in Myton, Hull, Yorkshire).

I e-mailed the York Probate sub-registry to find out how to go about this, and got a standard reply back saying that I'd need to supply these three things (which I did in my email - it was like the person never read what I wrote!) She also said I'd need to do a postal order (which I'm guessing is like sending over a bank cheque made out in UK Sterling?)

If I were to pay by postal order, the bank cheque alone would cost 4 times the original fee (which is 5 pounds)! Is there a service available that would accept payment by credit card? I just find that for an overseas person, such as myself, it's prohibitive asking for payment by cheque.

Can anyone help me?

Many thanks!

Rachel

Handwriting help please

CJHarding — 20 Nov 2007 12:37:02 GMT

On a 1862 marriage certificate copy, one of the witnesses signs his/her name with his/her initials.

The first initial looks like a numer "9" but instead of a curly tail (which would tell me it's probably a "J") it's a short straight line slightly inclining to the left going no further than just to/on the line it's written on. The loop of the "9" is large, more round than oval, and almost looks like and "o". Any idea what it could be? I've been on various hand-writing web-sites but can't find a character like it. I was almost sure it was a "J" but all the other "J's" on the page are very distinguisable as a classic double loop "J's", with the second halves distintly below the line - why should this one be different?
Hope someone knows what I mean. I can scan the signature in and send it on if someone wishes.
Charlotte.

WHY CHANGE YR NAME????

yohyohy — 7 Dec 2007 8:52:19 GMT

HI EVERYONE,please can someone tell me how i would go about finding out if my grt gran ma changed her surname .on my grans wedding cert in 1923 st rollox glasgow sep. .mary was down as podenskey (something else was writtern but i couldnt read it.i found two marriages in the scotlanspeople.records, but none with her surname.but married a frank miller.help!!!thnx jacki

latin phrase on marriage record

goldste1 — 1 Dec 2007 10:43:42 GMT

I hope I'm posting this in the right place.

I have a old (1891) Roman Catholic marriage record for some of my ancestors, and I can't seem to find the meaning for a phase on it:
on the "where from" line (ex loco) it says:

"Sina etc. u. s."

Google searches haven't helped clear it up. I'm thinking it means "outside the u. s." (euphemistic for "nobody has any idea more specific than foreign) but I'm far from certain.

Anybody have any idea?

Thanks,
--steve

Temiscaming Church Records

bertrandtracy — 21 Nov 2007 7:03:09 GMT

Using the ancestry Drouin collection onine, how/where would I find records for Temiscaming before 1899? This is the year they start at, but I need to search records before that. Any ideas?

Alais - AKA?

DShiner53 — 30 Oct 2006 2:56:34 GMT

Hi
I know this is going to sound stupid. Why would someone have an alais - aka. Does this have to be changed in court?
Donna

birth records missing

RyanTree777 — 10 Feb 2007 6:04:46 GMT

Hello all, I have been trying to search for relatives on this site and I cant find birth records for my Nan and her sisters. I managed to find them both on another genealogy website but cant find them here also I cant find the death records for there Dad. I was just wondering if the Registration district (keighley) and sub district (bingley) had not been uploaded by a mistake

Grace Whitfield
Mothers maiden name: Dinsdale
Dob: 27th of August 1920
Registration District: Keighley
Sub-District: Bingley
vol: 9a page: 302

Merenah Whitfield
Mothers maiden name: Dinsdale
Dob: October/November/December 1921
Registration District: Keighley (Could be wrong)
Sub-District: Bingley (could be wrong)
vol: 9b page: 74

Also they had an older sister who was not a whitfield called Eva. I dont know when she was born and I cant find her on the Birth registry maybe this record is missing from the site too. I would look on the other site but I am not sure when she was born and you have to pay for credits so could end up spending alot of money looking there. Thank you for your help

Unregistered Deaths

annebruton_1 — 10 Jul 2007 9:56:38 GMT

I have been searching for a person who I know died in 1934/ 35 but I cannot find them on the BMD registers or in the registry offices where his death could possibly have been registered.

What does this mean?? Where can I go from here?? Am I right in starting to sniff a mystery?
Any help/ ideas gratefully received!

Has anyone purchased the IGI on cd rom?

katherineandco — 31 Aug 2007 10:15:10 GMT

Like most people, i have been using the IGI at familysearch.org in my research. But i am aware that there is a cd rom which can be purchased too.
What i'm wanting to know is whether it is worth buying the disk or not. I mean, does it hold more information than the free search at the site?

The reason i am asking is that i have been able to locate only one of my ancestors on the website, and the information was very little. If i buy the cd rom will i find the rest of his family on there?

thanks for any advice you can give me

1932 - 1935 Divorce Papers in CA

Jake3610 — 8 Oct 2007 7:22:15 GMT

I have tried everything I can think of but can't seem to find any place to order divorce papers from 1932 - 1935 in CA unless I have a date to order them. Can anyone out there help???

Jake

FREE BMD

yohyohy — 7 Oct 2007 8:35:37 GMT

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHEN IM LOOKIN AT THE FREE BMD DOES IT SHOW BOTH PARTIES WHO ARE GETTING MARRIED OR JUST ONE.AND IS THERE ANOTHER WY I CAN FIND OUT MORE DETAILS OF THE MARRIAGE? THNX JACKI

Child Custody Papers in 1950's?

amandacoates1 — 23 Sep 2007 8:51:46 GMT

Hi there

Where can I find the papers for child custody matters in the 1950s? I want to see the reason a court agreed for a father to have custody and I do have the date of divorce, full names, DOB's and marriage date.

I already have the Decree Nisi and Absolute but no reference to the child is mentioned. I thought these documents had to mention the children?

Many thanks in advance
Amanda

certified copy of birth certificate

Dan — 7 Sep 2006 5:21:29 GMT

how do I get a certified copy of a birth certificate, if I don"t know fathers name or know if mothers name is maiden or married name?

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES

gillmartin1 — 6 Sep 2007 11:30:54 GMT

Hiya,

Can anyone help please. A few years ago there used to be a website that if you were searching for a marriage, it would give you a list of all the persons who were married in that volume on that page ?? This made it a lot easier to match up spouses. Any Ideas.

Many thanks

Gill

marriages

gillmartin1 — 6 Sep 2007 11:45:21 GMT

Don't know if anyone can help on this one. I have the name of my Great Great Grandfather, and the date he was married and the vol and the page no. without requesting the certificate, is there anyway I can find out the surname of his spouse. There used to be a site that gave you the details of other people on that page in that volume.. Anyone any ideas please.

many thanks

Gill

Marrage Certificates.

carolewelding1 — 16 Aug 2007 6:50:07 GMT

I have two copies of my Grandparents marrage Certificate, on both copies their ages are wrong but everything else is right. The one says their marrage was in 1905, the other 1915. I know that they ran away to get married and that she would have been 20ys old, may-be she added some years on, but were birth certificates needed then to prove age?. The 1905 seems right as they had their first child in 1910. On both Certificates their fathers names,proffesions, etc. all add up. Can anyone solve this? Hope so. Carole.

How do I find a death record?

armedtigercatt — 21 Aug 2007 12:14:43 GMT

Does anyone know where I can find death records for family members, if I do not reside in the state. I am just trying to find out if my father died. Last I heard from him was 2002, and at the time he had lung cancer. I am a kid, so I do not have the money/credit card to find this out. I am trying to find death records in the state of Texas, for William Slaughter.

Alais AKA?

DShiner53 — 14 Aug 2007 12:47:06 GMT

Reg,
Thanks for info, I will look for book! My GGrandfather had one before he married and as far as I can tell my GGrandmother after 27 years with him changed her name as well and passed under the alais. Would these newspapers be the local paper in the city which they lived? This is quite a mystery!
Donna

Registrars - area covered

Simons_History — 20 Jan 2007 10:21:59 GMT

Anyone know if & how I can find out what area a particular Registrar would have covered in a particular year?

Best certificate for exact place of birth?

mlnicoll — 21 Jan 2007 6:52:27 GMT

I have a few people that I'm looking for that were born in Ireland and immigrated to NY and haven't had much luck in narrowing their place of origin down by census records, passenger lists, or any other cheap and easily found information. Before I start shelling out lots of money, I was wondering about people's experiences on finding a town or county of birth on either marriage certificates or on the birth certificates of children where the parents were immigrants. The marriages or births in question would be from the late 1800's or early 1900's.

Death records after 1979

ColleenLill76 — 10 Feb 2007 4:10:29 GMT

Can anyone please tell me if it is possible to do a search for a death record from after 1979? Unfortunately, I don't know the date of death or which county - just a name and approximate age.

Thanks for any help.

Colleen Lill

Death Searches

jmurray191 — 28 Feb 2007 6:34:47 GMT

Does anyone know how or where to find someone by date of death only? The death in question was 25 years ago, but I do not have a name. I have tried local obituaries and the SSDI - I am unsure of where else to look.

Name change

shannanhinners — 1 Mar 2007 1:53:28 GMT

I'm in a bit of a quandry. I don't know where I need to go to find my great grandfather's original surname. The family story is that grandpa John witnessed his parents death. They were hit by a train in Baltimore, MD. In order for him to give his testimony as a witness he changed his name to Harvey to be able to give his testimony. Because at the time, family members could not be witness. I don't know when they died or when he changed his name. But he was something before he changed his name to John T. Harvey. He lived in Baltimore, MD all his life and he was born in 1860's and died in the 1950s.

Please if anyone can help me that would be a big plus. I am estranged from his only daughter (my grandmother) and I am lax to contact her.

name change

PatClarke100 — 10 Jun 2007 5:31:28 GMT

Can anyone tell me how to find out about name changes. My Father's surname was Tullett as was his siblings. During the 1920/30's two of his brother's changed their name to Hamilton, their Mothers maiden name.
I have spoken to the children of one brother but they don't know,although they were born after the name change.
Hope someone can help solve this mystery Regards Pat

USBDM registration started???

sixrwe — 22 Jun 2007 1:18:23 GMT

What information is available from US BDM (Birth, Death and Marriage) Certificates and when was Registration started in America?

DEATH CERTS - ARE ANY OF THESE YOURS

Marcie — 21 Apr 2003 11:03:16 GMT

If any of these are yours, contact me for the details on the certificates (parents names are in brackets)
Jessie Cochrane (Cochrane/Graham)
Thomas Brown (Brown/Pinkerton)
Thomas Connor (Connor/Donnelly)
George Frew (Frew/Barr)
Margaret Ferguson (Kerr/Banks)
Christian Hulston (Hulston/Black)
Alexander Young (Brown/Potter)
John Reilly (Reilly/McKelsie?)
Agnes Gilchrist (Walker/Wilson)
John Foy (Foy/Fitz)
William McMeillan (McMeillan/Henderson)
Helen Gillespie (Smith/Storie)
Rebecca Ferguson (Barr/Duncan)
John Miskell? (Miskell/Sullivan)
John Sterio..Stoerio? (Sterio/Stevenson)
Sarah Graham (Thomson/McNeil
Jane Tolson (Tolson/Ferguson)
Agnes Ferguson (Kay/Reid)
Agnes Kay (Kay/Thomson)
Charles Bready (Bready/McGuire)
Annie Blacklaws (Blacklaws/Valentine)
Ann Whyte (Bain/McCrae)
Alexander McGregor (McGregor/Salmond)
Elizabeth Birkenhead (Donaldson/Beckit/Hare)
Catherine McLear (McLear/McFarlan)
Mary McLean (McLean/McIntosh)
Catherine Bannatyne (Black/Smith)
Ann McEwan (Waddell/Crumbes)
Margaret Ross (MacLeay/Forbes)

maiden name on records

wjros1958 — 11 Jun 2007 10:03:00 GMT

what is the most reliable way to find a womans maiden name marriage certificate or a birth certificate for one of her children.If she was married more then once will these have her maiden orprevious married name or both?

How do I search parish records online?

DannyNewman30 — 12 Jun 2007 10:41:33 GMT

My 4x great grandfather was born in 1804. Is the BMD index only began in the 1830's I need to search parish records.
I have typed in all the information I have including the birth year but All I am getting is records from the 16the-17th centuries. It's pointless me looking there yet because I haven't even been able to leave the 19th century!

How can I effectively search Ancestry's parish records?

California Death Certificate

Tara1823 — 26 Apr 2007 7:03:13 GMT

I need help!! I'm adopted and I have all my adoption records. I also knew my birth mother (deceased) who was Osage Indian. I need to get a replacement CDIB card (certificte of Degree of Indian Blood). The Osage Nation found my file dated 1974, but I need my birth mothers death certificate. I NEED HER FATHERS NAME, TO APPLY FOR THE CERTIFICATE. PLEASE HELP ME!!!

parish registers help

meerten118 — 5 May 2007 10:10:48 GMT

is there anywhere online that you can view or order copies of parish register pages?

Death Details

MConaghan77 — 7 Feb 2007 7:51:25 GMT

How do you find out how someone died with out a death certificate?

death certificates

m_shonkwiler — 16 Feb 2007 10:51:05 GMT

does anyone do death certificates in GA for cheap! Some sites want outrageous prices and I need at least 5 different certificates!

Death Records

jmurray191 — 28 Feb 2007 6:43:07 GMT

Does anyone know of any resources to find a name when all you have is a date of death? The person I am looking for died only 25 years ago, but I do not have his name. I have tried the local obits and SSDI - but nothing shows up. If anyone has any additional resources that would be great.

locating probate/will

KarenEllis6972 — 30 Jul 2006 7:55:21 GMT

Could anyone let me know how I would go about locating a probate and/or will for 1915, 1926 and 1958.

British Isles Vital Records Index Coverage

Danielmum — 5 Nov 2006 11:21:53 GMT

Is there a webpage which details the coverage of the British Isles Vital Records Index for any parish? Or even at county level would be a help?

The FFHS have a page which gives this level of information for the National Burial Index and it is really useful.
http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Projects/NBIcounties.htm

Thanks, Claire

Cesov, Bohemia prior to 1878

KGregory1370 — 9 Dec 2006 10:29:36 GMT

Where are the records for Cesov, Bohemia for the years prior to 1878 located?

Can You Read This?

James Vajda — 27 Nov 2006 9:54:56 GMT

I recently obtained a copy of an ancestor's 1898 birth certificate from New York State. His parents were Czechs who immigrated in the 1890s. Their exact birthplaces have been a mystery to my family. This document lists the parents birthplaces, but in cursive that is hard to read. I've posted a copy of the document on my web server and attached it to this message. Please check it out and tell me what you think it says. Thank you in advance! Here's the URL:

http://jimvajda.com/Vajda-SJVI_1898_birth_cert.jpg

Feel free to reply to me directly at jvajda@gmail.com

Question about name changes

JoMac53 — 13 Nov 2006 3:55:47 GMT

Canadian Vital Records on Ancestry.ca

RobertaRobinson66 — 10 Sep 2006 6:12:37 GMT

Has anyone used this service? If so, can you tell me what can be seen when you click on the link for the record? Is it the actual record (registration) or is it a transcription of the registration that they were looking at? I am thinking about subscribing to the service but if it is a transciption only I may not.

Thanks to anyone that can answer my questions.

Roberta