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United States of America / Re: Dower renunciations in North Carolina deeds?
« on: Friday 11 April 25 19:09 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, that does seem to be the most likely situation. No separate volume is on FamilySearch, so now the task will be to find out if they still exist at the county courthouse!

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United States of America / Dower renunciations in North Carolina deeds?
« on: Thursday 10 April 25 22:32 BST (UK)  »
Hi all,

Researching a man who was married and having children in Guilford County, North Carolina sometime between about 1795 and 1817. I was hoping to encounter this wife's name in the deeds, as she dies by 1817 (husband remarries) and there's no marriage record.

Husband was a landowner and appears several times in the deed book selling property during this 1795-1817 window. None of the sales, however, include the renunciation of dower or name the wife, which I thought was a legal requirement. And this omission doesn't seem to be limited to my subject, either; I'm not seeing any wives or dower notations in any of the other deeds in the vicinity. (Looking at the deed books on FamilySearch.)

Any ideas why they weren't recording that information? Is there a legal thing I'm not understanding?
Thanks!

-K

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Immigrants & Emigrants - General / Records for an immigrant in 1964/1965 - Germany to US?
« on: Thursday 16 January 20 17:36 GMT (UK)  »
I have a grandmother who immigrated to the United States in 1964 or 1965 from Germany. She had married an American serviceman then stationed in Germany and presumably was allowed in on those grounds. She is now deceased and was never naturalized as a US citizen.

Are there any visa applications or immigration records which might exist for her? If so, what are my options as far as access? It appears NARA has visa records for this period, but they are not currently available. I would welcome any information about this or other records that might be helpful.

Thank you!

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Canada / Re: Help making sense of this cause of death? (French language)
« on: Tuesday 10 September 19 21:20 BST (UK)  »
Oh my gosh, you're right. Thank you! I'm a bit rusty on French, so thank you for your assistance.

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Canada / Help making sense of this cause of death? (French language)
« on: Tuesday 10 September 19 20:32 BST (UK)  »
This is a Quebec Catholic burial record from 1802. It seems to say that she died of a serrement (if I'm reading it correctly)--a pinch/cramp/constriction? She had just given birth a few weeks ago. Any idea to what medical condition this might have referred? Links to an old French medical dictionary?

Thanks!

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United States of America / Naturalization records for 1890s Georgia?
« on: Friday 17 May 19 01:00 BST (UK)  »
I'm looking for naturalization records for Augusta (Richmond County), Georgia in the decade between 1890 and 1900 and am coming up empty on where to find them.

The Ancestry database of GA naturalizations does not contain anything earlier than about 1918. I also contacted NARA-Atlanta and they confirmed they have nothing earlier than the turn of the century. Still waiting on responses from the Georgia State Archives and the Augusta-Richmond County Library but I don't have very high hopes.

I'm not sure which court I need, though I would guess the Superior Court is a good bet. My only clue that this ancestor was naturalized comes from federal censuses.

Help? Thanks in advance!

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United States of America / Re: Marriage applications for Richmond County, Georgia?
« on: Monday 06 May 19 20:04 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much for that context. I appreciate it! Sounds like there's unlikely to be an application for the 1890s, then.

I'll be bookmarking that page.

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United States of America / Marriage applications for Richmond County, Georgia?
« on: Saturday 27 April 19 01:32 BST (UK)  »
Is anyone aware of the location of marriage applications for Richmond County, Georgia, ca. 1890?

The licenses and certificates are online at Ancestry (etc.) and I've already found the one I need, but am wondering if there was a separate application filled out previously which might have more biographical information.

Possible locations? Should I just contact the Richmond County court?

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United States of America / Seeking info on an orphanage in Texas, 1960s
« on: Tuesday 25 September 18 02:05 BST (UK)  »
Where might I find information that would help me identify an orphanage? It may involve the word "Sunshine" and was in business in or near Fort Worth, Texas in the late 1960s.

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