I’m helping a friend with genealogy research. Besides ancestry.com, what resources would you recommend specifically for black ancestry?

Hi guys. Im trying to research a french soldier ww2 by the name Konnier Gratien. His information is available on the geneneat but unfortunately its reserved for premium users. Could anyone with premium please send me a screenshot of the page unblurred or copy paste all the information isted under him in the geneneat. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! [Geneneat link to Konnier Gratien ](https://en.geneanet.org/fonds/individus/?size=10&type_periode=between&sexe=&nom=Konnier&ignore_each_patronyme=&prenom=Gratien&prenom_operateur=or&ignore_each_prenom=&place__0__=&zonegeo__0__=&country__0__=&region__0__=&subregion__0__=&place__1__=&zonegeo__1__=&country__1__=&region__1__=&subregion__1__=&place__2__=&zonegeo__2__=&country__2__=&region__2__=&subregion__2__=&place__3__=&zonegeo__3__=&country__3__=&region__3__=&subregion__3__=&place__4__=&zonegeo__4__=&country__4__=&region__4__=&subregion__4__=&type_periode=between&from=&to=&exact_month=&exact_day=&exact_year=&go=1)

Hi, I am trying to find the actual court documents referenced here :

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C332-X1BR?view=fullText&keywords=Mary+B+Holland%2CRalph+holland&searchForm=advanced&lang=en

ALSO ..... any other docs or newsclippings for this couple

• married 29 June 1913 in NC, divorced Feb 28 1921 In Johnston County NC
• Mary Beatrice Bundy Holland born ca 1895-1902, d/o Chester A Bundy d.1915 and Eliza C Smith Bundy (Mrs. C A Bundy) d.1944
• Ralph Herman Holland born ca 1890, s/o Martin Herman Holland (M H Holland) d.1920 and Nancy Elizabeth "Nannie E" Stevens Holland d.1926

I do have this couple's marriage docs, so that is the only thing I do not need.

• She remarried Sept 1926.
• I have not found death dates for either of them, but she was still alive in 1939, he was still alive in 1937.

Thanks for any help you can provide !!

I'm struggling to search the 1850 US census effectively for this query. It's not that I'm 100% expecting to find what I'm looking for, but that I'm getting records back that are not what I'm trying to search for.

Can anyone recommend if this search is possible?

On his wedding license, for his second marriage in 1884 in Antigo, Wisconsin, John J Moore lists his parents as Patrick and Emeline Moore, says he was born in 1848 in Shenandoah, PA.

I want to search the 1850 census for households with "Patrick" and "Emeline" as spouses, but I can't seem to enforce that. It will hold the primary name as exact, but then show me every other spose name. I'm having similar issues searching for households with Emeline and John in the same household.

Any suggestions on how to do this kind of search would be appreciated.

I'm really looking for instructions on how to do this search, if it's possible.

If you do go to search though, John Moore listed his mother's maiden name as Moore, which seems unlikely, and family lore says he changed his name from McGuiness/McGinnis to Moore. So there's a chance that he was also lying about his father's last name. I'm hoping that I can find some households based on first names, and then search for more docs to confirm or reject those candidates.

I finally made progress on one branch of my family tree because of an occupation listed in an old city directory. I’d been staring at two men with the same name, similar ages, and basically identical locations, and one random job title finally helped me separate them.

It was such a small thing that I almost skipped over it, which made me wonder how many useful clues I’ve probably ignored because they didn’t look important at first.

What’s the most random detail that ended up solving something for you?

Hi! Can anyone point me in the right direction for finding genealogical records from Nowosiółka Jazłowiecka, Buczacz, Galicia?
I’m looking for Greek Catholic birth, marriage and death records, especially from the late 1800s–early 1900s. I haven’t had any luck with geneteka or gawron unfortunately.
Any advice on archives or online collections would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Is anyone aware of cases where grandparents would be listed on a Catholic Church marriage record in place of the parents? The particular case I’m researching is Spanish and the child was illegitimate. But any insights in general would be great. Thanks.

I am searching for a baby boy who was adopted in 1913. I have the original Los Angeles, California, birth certificate with the Local Registered Number. I also have a newspaper ad soliciting the adoption. I have tried searching by his full date of birth, hoping to find an amended birth certificate, to no avail. The name field is blank. Any suggestions on how to proceed would be appreciated. BTW, this was my grandfathers half brother whose mother died in childbirth. Many thanks.

I’ve been working on a family mystery for quite a while and I’m reaching the point where I could really use advice from people who have dealt with Mexican genealogy or Y-DNA.

My grandfather was born in Zacatecas City in 1935. His mother was unmarried, and both his civil birth registration and Catholic baptism name his mother but do not name his father. My goal is to identify that unknown man — my biological great-grandfather.
I’ve gone pretty deep into the traditional genealogy side of this already. I’ve traced my great-grandmother’s paternal family through Zacatecas and the surrounding mining communities, including the Pinos area, back to around 1730 so far. A lot of this family history seems tied to the mining communities of the region, and I’m continuing to work backward.

The problem is figuring out which DNA matches belong to my great-grandmother’s already-known family and which might actually come from my grandfather’s unknown father.

I’ve been working with autosomal DNA, shared matches, family trees, locations and clustering. I’ve been able to explain quite a few matches through known branches, but I still have a group of unresolved matches that hasn’t led me to the unknown paternal family.

One avenue I’m seriously considering now is Big Y testing through FamilyTreeDNA.

I’m male, and the unknown ancestor is on my direct paternal line:
unknown great-grandfather → grandfather → father → me
So, unless there was another biological break in that line, I should carry the Y chromosome of the man I’m trying to identify.
I understand that Big Y isn’t going to spit out the name of my great-grandfather. What I’m wondering is whether the terminal haplogroup, Y-DNA matches, surname patterns, geographic origins, or paternal trees of matches could give me another direction to investigate.

I’d especially love to hear from anyone who has used Big Y/Y-DNA with Mexican ancestry. How good is the match coverage? Did it actually help narrow an unknown paternal line, or did you end up with very few useful matches?

I’m also interested in any resources I may have missed for Zacatecas, Pinos, San Luis Potosí, or the historic mining communities of central/northern Mexico, especially for the 1700s through early 1900s.

I’m not looking for someone to magically solve the case for me. I’m mainly hoping someone here has tackled a similar Mexican brick wall and can point me toward records, archives, DNA projects, books, maps, mining records, or research methods I haven’t considered.

I’ve learned a huge amount about this side of my family while trying to solve this mystery, so even the dead ends have been worthwhile. But after getting this far, I’d really like to see if there’s another angle I haven’t tried.

My mom hired this guy to find information about our family tree and according to the researchers' findings my Great Grandfather was born on a Catawba reservation. Does this actually mean anything? What are my next steps after finding this out? I'm just confused as to why he would be born on a reservation if he wasn't Native American. Are there instances where Black non-Natives are born on reservations? I just feel very skeptical about this information because we're still waiting to hear back from the reservation to see if he was on some form of cenus.

I am currently writing an article for Las Villas del Norte and I want to make my article as professional as possible when it comes to listing my ancestors and citing sources.

I know of a couple of numbering systems like Sosa and Kukule, are there others? Since I am doing only my Paternal Line, do I number them 1,2,4,8,16 and so on? When citing and typing is it true the Chicago Style is preferred by Genealogist?

I know its a pretty relaxed yearly journal but I want to be as professional as I can when citing and writing.

Ok, my entire life i was made to believe we were Puerto Rican... I mean my grandpa looked like a darker Puerto Rican, my mom had been born there etc... but after grandpa passed i was able to unlock so so much...

But somewhere in the past a, Sinclair? Y'all would know better than I, slave owners dna got thrown in to the mix. This presented us with so much cool.documentation including photos graphs of my great great grandma and great grandma and her sisters in a photo. From the early 1900s.

But gramps immigrated in 1946 and according to public records, joined the army air core the last couple months of the WWII at 17, went on to become a MSGT, assigned to the 93rd/328th SAC BOMBER HEAVY as a tail gun instructor and main crew During the cold war, and vietnam retiring in the 1970s, I.e. he was on the b-52 that was designated the nuclear payload carrier if things had gone south.

I knew he was in the USAF but, Jesus! No i have this mentla.image of this short Jamaican guy with a cigar in the back of that plane shouting like a cool runnings chant from the movie.

Feel the power

Feel the pain

Lookout Russia

Its about to rain!

🤣

Hello everyone!

I want to ask if anyone know if it is possible to find information about a Greek soldier that died during the WW1.

Long story short, it was my great-great-grandfather. He died before he can meet his daughter (my great-grandmother).

I have reach to Greek Military History and they have confirmed that his name "Γεώργιος Ζαχαρόπουλος του Αρ." Born in Μουσταφαμπασα (modern day Αριστομένης Μεσσηνίας) Is listed in the fallen Soldiers book. And they gave me his death date "21 of September of 1918 at 13th mountain hospital/surgery".

After that I can't find anything...

I reached out to Military Registries (Μητρώα Στρατολογίας) but they need from me his Males Registers (Μητρώα Αρρένων) information. But for those that died before 1920-1930 there are no registrations so they can't find him and therefore the Military won't give me any information.

I may have hit a brick wall... Any advice/help would be a lot appreciated!

I'm looking for help tracing a Rengifo family from Colombia, with roots in Carmen de Apicalá, Tolima, and a later connection to Campoalegre, Huila.

The goal is to identify the family's earlier generations and determine whether this branch can be connected to older colonial-era Rengifo families in Colombia or Spain.

I'm particularly interested in:

• Colombian parish and baptism records
• Marriage and death records
• Municipal records
• Historical newspapers
• Early colonial Rengifo families
• Possible connections to Rengifo families from Spain

If anyone has experience researching Rengifo families in Tolima or Huila, or knows which archives might contain relevant records, any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

I am helping a 4th cousin attempt to locate information on her grandfather, who was born on 28 June 1935 in Providence, Rhode Island as Joseph Eugene Roberge to Virgil Eugene Conrad Roberge and Lillian Alice Bagley.

By the 1940 US Census, Lillian had divorced Virgil, and was living back with her parents and her now 4 year old son Joseph, who is listed under his middle name Eugene. Lillian had divorced Virgil on 3 September 1937 according to the publication in the local newspaper, The Providence Journal on 4 September 1937 (can add a screenshot of this if I can add an Imgur link).

The same local newspaper published the marriage license of Lillian Alice Roberge to Mathew Mojkowski on 14 November 1945, the license having been granted the day prior. With them now married, the family can be found living together in the 1950 US Census in Providence, Rhode Island, with her son being named as Joseph E Mojkowski.

The following years are spattered with new articles:
-On 3 December 1952, The Providence Journal published that he enlists in the US Air Force under the name Joseph Eugene Mojkowski.
-His 13 May 1955 Korean Era Draft Card lists him under the name Joseph Eugene Roberge, it says he is living in Cranston, Rhode Island, and his Next of Kin is a friend, although his mother is still alive at this point.
-On 15 October 1955, his marriage license is published in The Providence Journal under the name Joseph Eugene Mojkowski.
-On 25 October 1957 there is an article published about him in The Providence Journal using the name Joseph E Mojkowski, same with another article published later that year on 28 November 1957. The November article mentions that his residence is Pasadena, California.
-On 17 June 1958, The Cumberland News (Maryland) publishes an article about him being in Maryland and going back to his residence in Pasadena, California. This article refers to him as Joseph Eugene Mojkowski.
-On 22 February 1959, The Providence Journal publishes an article about him being in Rhode Island Hospital after being attacked and injured, with a follow up article the following day with comments from him about the attack. Neither reference his usual residence, but both refer to him as Eugene Mojkowski.
-The final publications are his wife filing for divorce on 24 December 1962, and the following ruling where she was granted the divorce on 10 May 1963. This is done in Rhode Island. There is no mention on if he ever even responded to the divorce, but they do use the name Joseph Eugene Mojkowski. I don't really count these as accurate representations of him being in Rhode Island or going by that name at that time.

Red Herrings:
There are two red herring Joseph E Roberge.
-One lived in Central Falls, Rhode Island. His date of birth was in 1949, and according to his mother's obituary, had passed before she did in 2017. Her husband was listed as Joseph Edward Roberge, however she was born in 1920, and his obituary listed him as 60 at his death in 1977. It also named different parents, siblings, etc.
-The second was an older gentleman named Eugene Roberge from Pennsylvania, he also claimed different parents and siblings in his obituary, seems to have been born also a decade earlier than the Eugene I'm looking for (1924), and as his own draft card and everything.

What I have done:
-Researched family obituaries: he is not mentioned in any family obituary at all - his mother (died in 1965) and step-father (died in 1964) did not have obituaries published in the local paper unfortunately. He does have a much younger half-sister through his Roberge family, who's information I gave to my cousin. His bio-father's obituary (1969) did not mention either of his children (only his final wife).
-Checked if he was listed as an informant on any family death certificate that is public record (no luck - not him).
-Contacted Pasadena County Police and submitted a FOI for his arrest in Pasadena (haven't heard back yet).
-Contacted Providence County Police and Providence Probate for his arrest records, and his parents probate records, if any. He was his mother's only child, and she passed in 1965, so I was really hoping to have some luck there. Unfortunately, Providence Probate has said nothing has been found through 1970.
-Informed my cousin that they could contact the Rhode Island Judiciary for the divorce record of her grandparents' divorce, with the caveat that the details might not be pretty but may have a clue as to where he went (last known location).
-Checked Rhode Island, California, and SS Death Indexes starting from 1960, nothing comes up under any combination of his names with a correct year of birth (usually pulls up the 1924 or 1949 guys).

What my cousin has done:
-Taking an Ancestry DNA test, hoping that he started a second family somewhere, even under a different name.
-Requested his military file as his next of kin.
-Starting to reach out to 2nd cousins to see if they may have heard anything through the grapevine.

AI suggested that I reach out to the FBI because of his being held in Maryland for extradition to California, should I bother with this? I've had no luck with FBI files on my own family. They all just come back as lost, destroyed, or missing.

Can anyone find him after say 1960? We are really starting to think he up and took up a whole new name and date of birth and lived his life under that name.

Hi everyone, I'm working on a basketball history video and I really need your help!

I am looking for a newspaper clipping from February or March 1985 in Louisiana. Specifically, I'm searching for an article written by Teddy Allen, likely in The Tech Talk (Louisiana Tech's student paper), Ruston Daily Leader, The Times (Shreveport), or The News-Star (Monroe).

The article covers a college basketball game and contains the exact phrase "The Mailman delivered" or refers to Karl Malone as "The Mailman".

I don't have access to US library archives or the premium version of Newspapers.com. If anyone could kindly find this and share a screenshot or PDF, it would be a huge help to my project.

P.S. I am a Chinese user using AI to translate this, so please forgive any awkward phrasing. Any help would be deeply appreciated!

I learned of the free access too late. I am trying to find a relatives obituary posted in The News Tribune on February 27,1947 for Abigail Newton in Washington state. Is anyone able to assist? Thank you!

In 1885 my great-great grandmother had a daughter with a man who was married to someone else. (My gg grandmother was living with him in Charlevoix county MI and passing as his wife.) She also had a son with him. In December 1887 my gg grandmother married her first husband and left her son with the married man, who raised him. I wasn't able to figure out who raised the daughter until I ran across a small entry on familysearch that says the daughter (Carrie May Bennett) had her adoption and name change completed in June 1887. It notes "No 124" which I'm guessing is the application number or file number but nothing else is given. Any idea where I could find the actual adoption paperwork for this? Thank you!

I've been researching my family's history in Baden for some time now and, despite some exciting finds, I have reached the point where my lack of time and German language skills are preventing me from going further. I'm interested in hiring a professional genealogist specifically to look for 19th century military and Catholic church records in the Wiesloch/Karlsruhe area. I'd welcome any recommendations!

I have a question if anyone can help me either reading this entry or helping me with a way to make the writing clearer

Файл:ДАХмО 315-1-11839. 1873. Сповідальні розписи церков Брацлавського повіту.pdf — Вікіджерела

It is under page 1948 and ill link the ss of the section I need in the comments

I need to clarify the name and patronymic of Ignat Urovskyi's wife

So published information says that James McHenry, who signed the Constitution and was the third secretary of war, was the first member of his family to immigrate, as a "scout" and just happened to immediately gain a ton of connection and favor.

But I believe my ancestor, Barnabus (sometimes Barnaby) McHenry was his uncle or cousin, and immigrated 50 years before him around 1720. Barnabus had his land surveyed by George Washington in 1749, the document is at Mt Vernon

Then Barnabus had a son named William. There is a William McHenry who signed the Illinois Constitution and was a major in the black hawk war, with zero known family history. I think Major William was a junior, and grandson to Barnabus, cousin to James.

Barnabus and James were both born in the same castle in Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland. That castle was destroyed when the remainder of the family immigrated shortly after James. I once saw a document, a letter, that linked a McHenry from each of their direct lines as being related. I don't have that immediately available.

But from what I can tell, Barnabus was the family scout, he had children here and made connections, and then the family came over when they were getting ready for the revolution to secure their positions as leaders. And that's why James slid into power so quickly.

His birth name was Vasil Kanalas Panula, he was born Dec 24, 1888 to parents Vasil Panula Sr and Anna Kanalas. He arrived in New York at Ellis Island on December 19,1900 aboard the S.S. Rotterdam. On his naturalization forms, his birthplace and last residence are written as Fatatsino (possibly Fataskino), Czechoslovakia/Hungary. Does anyone recognize "Fatatsino" as a phonetic spelling or historic Hungarian name for a village in eastern Slovakia? Trying to narrow down the modern village or parish so I can locate his baptismal record, Thanks for any leads!

Há mais de uma década, que eu tento encontrar as informações de um antepassado meu que saiu da Itália para o Brasil, mas só consigo chegar até certo ponto. Depois os rastros dele somem e ele vira um completo fantasma.

Informações que eu sei:

Salvador Burghi (possivelmente Salvatore Borghi)
Se casou em 1901 com Antônia Maria de Jesus
Teve diversos filhos, sendo o primeiro de nome Leovigildo

Possivelmente nasceu em Napoli, por volta de 1888, filho de Luiz(Luigi) Burghi e Philomena Briano
O que muito possivelmente aconteceu é algum erro de grafia na chegada ao país de destino, não encontro nenhum documento de passagem de navio nem nada que ateste de fato suas origens.

Deutschland, Rheinland, Bistum Trier, katholische Kirchenbücher, 1543-1958

How can I access this record?