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Who was Gottfried Havelberg's father?
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Is there a passenger list for the "Western Monarch" that arrived in Wellington NZ in January 1880?
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I am having difficulty merging two names of the same person in my family tree
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A well known web site has a link to images that contain nearly 100 years of marriage records from the village where my wife's grandfather is from. These records are in a long format and some are handwritten in script. All of them are in Italian.
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Mary Jane Clelland Was born in Ireland in 1823. Does anyone know who her parents are?
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When did Ernst Webster die and where he was burried?Was he burried together with his wife Ethel Webster? Thank you
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Seeking information on decedent's of Malea Labon Cooper.
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John Copeland born 1841 in Queens County Ireland, Brother to my grandfather Robert. Both these men were in the RIC in 1869. Lived in Queens County, but most if the Irish records have been destroyed in that county
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Maria/Mary Hedican/Hedigan
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