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A country that no longer is what it was (East of France, North of Greece) before (I think) WWI started.What country and time period would you estimate?
A country that no longer is what it was (East of France, North of Greece) before (I think) WWI started.What country and time period would you estimate?
I’ll do some research. I’ll get back to you.A country that no longer is what it was (East of France, North of Greece) before (I think) WWI started.
Prussia?A country that no longer is what it was (East of France, North of Greece) before (I think) WWI started.
Do you mean a country that has changed borders or just became multiple new countries? For example, Eastern Europe today is multiple countries that used to be part of bigger nations.A country that no longer is what it was (East of France, North of Greece) before (I think) WWI started.
Facebook can be a great resource. My great grandfather came over from Greece. A few years ago I had very little info on my greek side (the surname I carry.) so I found a Greek Ancestry group on Facebook. Many people will ask for translation of Greek to English. You may also try Google translate. I was actually put in contact with a distant relative of the family in Greece. I cut and paste our conversations and put them in Google translate. You may also want to look for Facebook Groups of locations in Germany that the family may have lived. Also check with churches that the family may have attended. I knew my great grandfather's family were Greek Orthodox so I reached out to the church they attended in the US. Also you may reach out to a university in your area that may be able to help with the translations. Good luck! I also had a DNA surprise in my case that helped shed some light on the family and life in Greece.I need help please!!!! I am organizing my father's "holocaust box" , that's what we call it. His German Jewish family was either killed or escaped the holocaust and his archived materials about their journeys to life or death are stuffed in a box. I took the box from him and am organizing them.
However....I have come across TONS of letters from concentration camps, labor camps, on the boat to America to freedom, correspondence between relatives after the war, and my grandfather's time in a refugee camp in London. BUT they are all in OLD SCRIPT GERMAN!! I thought I only had two letters and someone online I hired transcribed a couple but it was very expensive. Then I realized I had MANY letters!!!
How can I get them transcribed in an economical way? Google translate does not transcribe old german script.
Help!
When you say you don’t have a name, how far back of the family line can you accurately go back? As in records going back to the family that is rumored to being in your lineage? Just trying to get a sense of what tips I can offer to help.A country that no longer is what it was (East of France, North of Greece) before (I think) WWI started.
Austria-Hungary?A country that no longer is what it was (East of France, North of Greece) before (I think) WWI started.
Thanks! I have an idea but as the aforementioned chicken, I’m good not knowing the precise title(s) that I might be related to. I don’t seek to upset any apple carts. If I could research anonymously I would.When you say you don’t have a name, how far back of the family line can you accurately go back? As in records going back to the family that is rumored to being in your lineage? Just trying to get a sense of what tips I can offer to help.
You can search anonymously. I meant that if you know either the Royal house line or the country itself, you can just look at all on record people on Wikipedia.Thanks! I have an idea but as the aforementioned chicken, I’m good not knowing the precise title(s) that I might be related to. I don’t seek to upset any apple carts. If I could research anonymously I would.
I'm at a point where I'm going in and cleaning up a few profiles. I have a 4x great-grandfather whose Civil War service was linked to documents for another man with the same name and from the same city. But after researching that man, I learned that he had moved West after the war, while my ancestor stayed in PA. So I'm deleting a lot of sources and facts.How’s everyone’s research going?
Genealogy thread. Post questions on genealogy here. Genealogy is a hobby of mine, so if you need some tips just ask. If you have any tips, feel free to share.
pretty sure that's a no. Even if the father had a substantial amount of European dna, his child would show more than 1% AfricanHey Buzz, thanks for starting this thread. I have done some research on Ancestry and some in the family have taken the DNA test, not sure if anyone on this thread knows the answer since the question is related to DNA results, rather than the research part. But wondering the following question:
If someone has a black parent (father), and a white parent (mother)....is it possible for their DNA result to come back with only 1% "black"? The other 99% is English/Scottish/ etc. To me, that would be impossible and that her father is not who she thinks it is ??
Does anyone have advice or knowledge to share on this?