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Jose Donaciano Perez 1868-1940 looking for his mom and dads info ect.
by Donamaria 23 hours, 22 minutes ago

Seeking TRICKLEBANK family in Birmingham UK and Staffordshire
by Robinh 2 days, 2 hours ago

Seeking source documents for wive(s) names for CAPT Charles Saxon (c 1734-1816 SC)
by Roberta_1776 2 days, 17 hours ago

CRAIG FAMILY
by JDC1492 4 days, 4 hours ago

Hi my name is Kristen Root I have been actively searching for my maternal g-grandfather John Joseph McGuire DOB 2/1/1882 DOD 4/1937 was their a twin brother? Does anyone know the date he arrived? Also did he arrive in Boston MA or Canada.
by KRIS1171 6 days, 22 hours ago

Any information of the life of William Buchanan and his family who arrived in Sydney in 1912
by Catstycam 1 month ago

Looking to expand on Valentin/e Bartos/h family in NZ , tnx
by den_nz 2 months, 1 week ago

Robertson family tree
by Aliciarenee86 2 months, 1 week ago

GEORGE ASHCROFT, commonly assumed by relatives to have been born in London, near Shoreditch around 1740. Many people who have no documentation say he was born in Somerset but this is incorrect because the family was in London long before and after 1740.
by KableWalker 2 months, 1 week ago

Harriet Goodenough b: Butcher 1808-1866. m: John Goodenough b: 1799. My brick wall is with Harriet I can't find her parents. I hope you can help me Thank You.
by dolphin77 2 months, 1 week ago

I am looking for my Great--Grandmother's Grandfather's parents. William Bell --Born on August 12,1758, Moygashel, Tyrone County, Northern Ireland,
by joanparks 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Charles Leslie martin, and maryann mae mueller
by Oregonian 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Help for Harper family from Sheffield England from 1870's back. Ernest Harper (born 1875 Burslem, Sheffield) married Florence Birkinshaw (born 1877 Burslem, Sheffield).
by Kazz 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Looking for Information on Maud Peters (daughter of Joseph Peters "The Black Fiddler" Dromana/Queenscliff)
by CassieB 2 months, 2 weeks ago

George McCallister b.1775 in N.C. or S.C. and Jane Daniels b. 1779 in S.C. They married in Tenn.1812. Looking for their parents.
by ukboudreaux 2 months, 2 weeks ago

CARR, Hiram H. He was born Feb. 15, 1823 in Tenn. He and wife Sarah ??? born Nov. 26, 1824 in Tenn. lived in Sullivan Co., Tenn. in the 1850 Census. Looking for info about their marriage, Sarah's maiden name, and Hiram and Sarah's parents.
by ukboudreaux 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Paretahi Burnell (Nee Millar)and Frederick Edward Burnell
by Loweja 2 months, 3 weeks ago

I am trying to locate the source of my late Great Great Grandfather, Henry Charles Cosier. The family stories say that the Cosiers escaped religious persecution in France, possibly between 1650-1700. They went to London and started businesses.
by BigTrev52 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Clifford Marshall WW11 Service No: 1644, Stationed in Maari Egypt around the 1940s
by Loweja 2 months, 3 weeks ago

David and Elizabeth Smith
by Harper1775 2 months, 4 weeks ago

a fred tattle that was married to a freda tattle possible about 1940 t0 1950 may palmerston nth nz
by rochanten 3 months ago

I need help locating info on Abraham Waeir/Wyer/Waier/Waer and many more spellings. Abraham was born in 1683 not known where or who his parents or siblings were at this time. He is thought to have come from Hells gate NY area.
by HazelM63 3 months ago

John (or Johan) Leonard Strombach (or Stromback of Strombeck) of Stockholm, Sweden, 19th century.
by OnTheTrail 3 months ago

I've hit a brick wall and am searching for Jeane (Gray) and/or Lydia Anne Gray. Any help would be appreciated. Please read below.
by Beamish386 3 months ago

Looking for the ancestors of Joseph Miles ELLIOTT born circa 1846 in England. Had son william Joseph Elliott born 1846 who then migrated to Australia
by Saintedward 3 months, 1 week ago

John Tennant born 1743 in New Monkland, Lanark Scotland
by RickDawn 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Deans in Chester, Windsor Co., or Vermont in general
by maestrodean 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Charles Young Bronx NY. Immigrated1890 from Norway Birth May 8, 1869. Death May 29,1937. Married to 4 Jun 1894 • Manhattan, New York, USAMarcella 'Martha' Stapleton Young(1869–1919)
by writer1969 3 months, 2 weeks ago

ann elizabeth holdsworth x 2 new zealand.
by atticus7 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ellen Oatway Holdsworth
by atticus7 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Is anyone researching Mary Elizabeth Trudgeon and/or Charles Edward Prater who married in Victoria, Australia in1895 ?
by peter1945humest 3 months, 3 weeks ago

I'm seeking information about my father. His name is William Carpenter, last known to live in Corvallis, OR
by t_winkel 3 months, 4 weeks ago

I need help looking for the parents and grandparents of William Dowler born about 1810 and died 1873.
by dmpratt 4 months ago

Robert MARSHALL of Dungannon, Ireland.
by JulieTideman 4 months, 1 week ago

Looking for details of Emile Paul BERNET who emigrated to New Zealand. Wanting to find anything about him between 1866 and 1903. He is my great-grandfather.
by PaulRYKEN 4 months, 1 week ago

Hi there I am trying to find out about Brocks who emigrated to New Zealand in the 1880's Specifically a Thomas and Elisabeth Brock who had a daughter,Rosa. I think they settled around Christchurch in the 1870-80's.
by Iskra22 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Hallie Toler is the mother of James Harris. I can not find anything on Hallie or James parentage. James was born approximated 1830-1840 in Virginia and died in Cumberland County VA about 1924 or 1925. James earliest is 1850 Cumberland Census
by LBJ2021 4 months, 2 weeks ago

William Otto Frank Bensch My father
by VeronicaLee 4 months, 2 weeks ago

John C Crowley “Jack” especially his parents, born in Illinois, listed as A.A, “Arch” Crowley and Anna Williams
by Tamid514CT 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Seeking John Pell, whose daughter Hannah Emmeline Pell was born in Canada in 1852. The record of Hannah's baptism in 1859 at St. James Church Stanbridge East, Missiquoi Quebec, says she is the daughter of John Pell and Sarah Ann Ross.
by smitty 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Looking for information on William Bird.
by sumnertammy 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Looking for parents of Martin Calvin McCauley birth 2-15-1841 death 12-2-1928
by AALong53 4 months, 3 weeks ago

my great aunt Emma Findlay, (Emily ?). Father James Findlay - maybe 1822-1904, who married 1856 Aberdeen Scotland. Sister Isabella Fraser Findlay. Emma married who? when? and resided in Rhodesia - husband Alick was buried there in Umtali.
by robertaj 5 months ago

Nancy J. Gibson b. SEP 1831 SC. Both parents born in SC. M. S. Morgan b.1835 GA.1860 Census theyre in Hall Co,GA.1870 Census shes widowed with 2 children Emily J. Morgan 6 and William S.Morgan 4. d.30 Jan 1915 Fulton Co Ga. Burial Connally Cem Fulto, GA.
by Luvybugy64 5 months ago

Changing password
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by zephyr 5 months ago

Hit a brick wall with my 3rd Great Grandfather Henry Vennekolt.
by Sondria 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Hit a brick wall with my 3rd great-grandparents Franklin Newtown and Angeline Nightcap.
by jlcarotenuto 6 months ago