Birthday
Trying for many years to find my birth mom (name removed). All I know she was born 1936. Her parents were Hipolita Lugo and Avelino Seda Ramirez. Wonder if someone could help me in this. Thank you.
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@NANCYRIVERA51 I think your best bet is https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/online-genealogy-help I hope I did this right — not very good with computers or if they were in the US, you could try the 1940 census on Ancestry - they might let you try one name for free and I would look for your birth mom's parents names. The problem is that your birth mom might still be alive in which case, both government and church sources would want to preserve her privacy. Best wishes
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I assume this is her: GCDL-DHX. I see from her profile that she is deceased (there is no attached source to verify this - if you have one, please add it).
While this doesn't help with the birth date, she does seem to be on the 1950 census alongside her mother.
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Hello Nancy,
If I were searching for a person who has passed and the information that I had included her biological parents, I would start with them.
Assuming this is within the US, census reports are open and when you access these, if you are able to look at the text of the original, there might be more information available. ( Some indicate family member birth year and birth month also)
Because she has passed, another source might be the funeral home/ religious establishment in which was used for any burial/ and the state in which the person passed.
Death certificates are available to close family through online, certified cites. These are often required when a person closes an estate for those who have passed and I am not familiar with all state practices.It is also possible that your missing person might be found through obituary services such as Find-a-grave dot com or Legacy. Each are best when specifics are available such as 'state', death year, and birth year.
I assume that you have searched familysearch with the birth year and death year in place, but it might help to open end the birth year and then- once you have it, close it again.
It seems that her birth year was a span where many tended to tweak the birth years in surprising ways and it could be that the year you 'know' could be incorrect if there is no data to support it.
Assume there may be alternative spellings on everything also. If there are nicknames, assume they might show up in official data.
Many went by middle names.Others Initials.
As a lady, she may have been married- more than once- widowed- or said she was- as the stigma attached.
Leaving things open and working backwards, using cited data, official and recorded information- and don't be afraid to consider some information that you may have been told by well meaning people could be incorrect as well.
Good luck to you.
I hope that you are able to find information you seek and it brings some answers.
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