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  • Need assistance connecting a German male that married a local Cape Colony woman and died there

    I have searched records trying to understand how this man arrived in the Cape and I cannot. I know he was here from the 1800's, married, had children and died in th3 Cape. If anyone can assist, it would be great.

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    Ichs suche die Heiratsurkunde von Alma Louise Baumann (Alma Elise) geboren1861 in Wien und gelebt in Dresden. Ausgewandert ca.1884/85 Ankunft New York (kam allein an) Ehemann Adam Müller Berufer Brewer geboren 1860 in Hörstein Bayern Ausgewandert ca.1881(Hafen Baltimore. Gelebt und gestorben in Multnomah Washington Oregon…

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    The tile for the England Jurisdiction 1851 map has disappeared from Lab Experiments. Is the best and most direct way to find it by going to Search/Research Wiki and type in the description? Is it now considered to the point where it is no longer an experiment and most all maintenance/renovation completed for the new…

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    We invite you to check out the new upgrades to the Memories Uploader. Then share your feedback! You will see changes to the Uploader Tool when you select multiple memories to upload. You will see these changes when uploading memories in the Gallery as well as when uploading through the Memories Tab on a Person’s Page in…

  • The starting point- using your spouse as the starting point when searching relatives

    @Bruce Uebergang We have moved your post from User Trees Feedback to Family Tree so you can receive an answer. The previous post will be deleted. Brice said: There are times when we both have the same ancestor but without the ability to switch between the two of us then only one set of relationships are shown. Is it…

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