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I’m looking for information on a James Whitney Baxter who died in around 1988 in Phoenix Arizona, he had lived in Ontario Canada and was married to a Hazel st Pierre. They had three children, June, Doreen and Robert all three children are now deceased.
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hi. my name is bonita sangster from nova scotia canada.my gillie ancesters came from cranshaws,berwickshire,scotland.I AM LOOKING FOR GILLIES WITH A CONNECTION TO NOVA SCOTIA CANADA.
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How can I contact someone who has posted information on a family here in familytreecircles?
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Douglass Baglin restored photo help
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I haven been searching for 40+ years for John C Miller. He states he was born 1866 in Germany. He died in Madison Co Mo in 1904. He married Nancy Kathleen Young and had my great grandmother, Nettie Mae, in 1902. Any help will be greatly appreciated!
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I’m looking for a family member that married a little but can’t find anything
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Looking for Dewitt VanDusen born in 1851 died in 1930. Married Addie Marie Roe. Lived in New York. Who are his parents ?
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I am looking for the Mills family out of nc. Martha,John,Fletcher and Mariah..they migrate to mcdowell or mercer wv..mariah was my great grandmother..she married a Waters,Wallace and a Johnson..looking for any family or more siblings back from the 1800's
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Does anyone have information relating to Alfonzo / Alphonzo / Alfonso or Alphonso Delandelles/De Landelles or similar name/s who emigrated to Australia in early 1850s.
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Got an answer to my question regarding Samuel Brown. They suggest I look at journal 71006 on Joseph Brown. How do I access that journal?
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I use to have an account with this site however my name has changed..my old posts were under Leatha Basco and email has changed to Lookn4mylstroots@gmail.com
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LOOKING FOR RAYMOND ALEXANDER DUFF FORMERLY MOXON AS HIS SON IS LOOKING FOR HIM. RAY BRIAN HAS PASSED, SO HAS YOUR MOTHER LAURA MAY. PLEASE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY INFO ON RAYS WHEREABOUTS PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL julieweger7@gmail.com. thanks
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Thomas Judge married Louisa Ann Lane in Hobart in 1853. Are there any records of him in Hobart before this date? JudithEJ
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William Bragg, ex convict's death Notice in Sydney in 1861 stated "Bristol newspapers please copy" Who were/are William's William's Bristol family
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Frank Schreiner died in 1962. I believe he died in Wisconsin, I would like to confirm where he died.
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How far back in time can the surname Caviglia be traced?
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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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I am looking for information about the parents or other relatives of Eileen E Houlihan, born in 1920 or 1921 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. She married in London in 1949 and died in 2013.Does anyone have any information?
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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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Have been unable to locate a birth record for James Connelly, born about 1834 in Ireland nor for his wife, Ann McAdams. Can find no marriage record either.
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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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OLPHERT families in Ireland.
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I Am looking for relatives of Benjamin and Isabella Dewsbury (Booth) married 19th April 1864.
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I am looking into the Hughes Family, I read an article researched by ‘ALLYCAT’, How do I find Allycat and read her other articles of the Stephen Hughes family from Kent England?
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Dickiebird & Sandysees is the same person Email needs to be changed to sandra.clippinger@yahoo,com
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I am Searching for a woman in Australia named Evon Jarvis (maiden name). She is now about 80 years old. Please,give information to Pierre Marc (France), many thanks : pierremarc@museepolaire.com
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I would like to ask jonalex if he ever resolved the puzzle of Thomas Widdows Gunton's three marriages?
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Hit a roadblock in researching my Peck ancestry from England. My ancestor, Henry Peck, who came over supposedly on the ship Hector first to Mass. Bay in 1637 and then to settle New Haven CT; was not on the passenger list; so 1. how do we know he came
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