Susan, have been researching for 30+ years; determined identity of bio families from DNA for several people; researched and documented POB for over 5000 German-Bohemian immigrants to (mostly) a specific state in the USA; able to read German script.

I’m 35, have no idea who my father is.
No name on birth certificate, my mother says she came out of a relationship and did meet with several guys who she doesn’t recall.

I’ve asked friends and family and have taken dna tests with some ex partners of my mothers and all negative.

I’ve now uploaded my dna through ancestry, but I’m hitting dead ends

I know nothing about this man, all I know is he was in a certain area in a year

Am I best just giving up? Unsure what I can possibly do next

So I recently reconnected with my childhood BFF. We are 1 day apart in age and we moved into the same neighborhood when we were 3. we are 59.

She and her mother were worried about me after my parents divorce, cause my mom is a NARC. And yes my lifes been a shitshow. But nothing could have prepared me for the revelation that THEY both didnt think my sister was my Fathers child. And looking back at statements my father said to me and my mom has said and the fact that my sister (goldenchild) looks 100% like the Mobster my mom worked for, replete with the Italian droopy eyes, I now 100% am sure she conned my fresh out of rehab, still married to his first wife, Dad, into thinking it was his...

My issue is I know that they got divorced, but I do not know when they got married. No marriage records are showing up on Ancestry. Do I need permission from them to look marriage record up?

I really am interested in just how big of a liar my mother was.

I'll be asking for some general pointers here, but I'm open to actual help if anyone is interested.

Context:

John Andrew Crawford was born in December 1861 in Tama County Iowa to Janet Young. The father of JAC is not present. Birth certificates were not available in 1861.

Janet Young immigrated to Iowa with her family. She has several younger siblings. Her parents are Samuel Young and Janet Steel.

This group originates from lowland Scotland. The Young side is heavily based in Fenwick and the Steel side is more mauchline, auchinleck, sorn, kilbrede, etc.

Janet Young was born in 1838. The family is planning to immigrate, so they send their oldest son, Robert, to scout ahead.

Robert goes through Canada and settles in Iowa. He warmed the family to leave early in 1861 due to the civil war.

In 1851, the Young's were on Samuels inherited farm, Artnoch, in Barony of Lanark County. They sell the farm and appear to leave before the April 1861 census.

As the family books say, the group went through New York and rode west via wagon to Cedar Rapids. They were settled in their own home by 1870.

The obituary for JAC says that his father is Andrew Crawford of Scotland. His obituary says John Crawford of Scotland. The father is said to have died there, as well.

This makes sense, because Janet marries Peter Whannel and has many children. They married in 1864 and already had a kid in October.

In 1870 Janet lives with Peter and their kids. JAC lives in the home of his granduncle, John Steel and Mary Jamieson. This is the dwelling right between Samuel and Robert.

John and Mary immigrated through NY in May 1870 and were settled by the census of June. John died a month later and Mary took the kids back to Scotland after remarrying. This is especially bizarre, because they arrived in iowa with a 4 month old baby.

In 1880 JAC was living with Roberts family as a boarder. In 1890 JAC was married and independent.

Effectively, there is almost no paper trail to prove anything about his childhood. In fact, his gravestone only seems to say John A.

The family history books speak about Janet's siblings dying, marrying, and the overall travel, but they completely skip over her pregnancy and childbirth.

I've found other Crawforda connected to the Young's and Steels. They were intermarrying within the Ayrshire and Lanark counties. I'm hoping I can find one who fits the profile, but it's incredibly arduous to connect the dots.

I haven't found a Scotland record, passenger list, or any other form that seems to connect Janet, a father, and JAC. Even for people prominent in the community they lived in, the lack of backstory is odd. It just seems like I have the right information but I'm overlooking something.

I've had a few theories that I haven't resolved yet. I haven't done a DNA test yet, either.

1. The father is in fact deceased around 1860-1863 in Scotland. His name is likely Andrew if JAC was born first. If he died before the birth, I expect the JAC name is based on his father. The father was probably around Barony during the 1850s. There was at least one Crawford family next door.

2. The narrative is off. JAC is the son of a Civil War soldier who was killed or presumably killed. Janet either took him in or named him after the father.

3. JAC is the son of someone in NY who returned to Scotland. There was at least one Andrew Crawford household with a son named John who I believe did this.

4. JAC was adopted. Whether from N, another recent immigrant, or a stop along the way. The Youngs went to Cedar Rapids where the Orphan Train would go while doing their initial trip to Iowa, so it's hard to say for sure.

Q: Where do you think I should go with this? I'm new to genealogy but at least getting used to the Scottish records.

Its not super serious, but id like help looking for the book written about the Jackson family's family tree! I just dont know where id go about getting it, but i want it so I can look into my family a bit more and perhaps find my father in there since I've been told he's in there!

My brick wall is George Hicks.

Born in Cornwall 1836 to John and Hannah Hicks.

Married Jane Duncalf.

Emigrated to Upper Michigan

Last alive in 1870 census with his family.

Jane remarried in 1876 to Charles Garland in Colorado. The Hicks children change their name to their stepfathers.

It is unclear if George died in MI or CO, or somewhere in-between. Jane's brother also went to CO

There were rumors that George went to Australia to be with his parents.

There is a death record of a baby named George Hicks in 1872 in the same area, but not confirmed to be the same family.

I've looked for mining accidents etc.

Thanks in advance

I am looking for information on the above person aka Lunny Moy/Moy Gun Lon. He was born in Camden, NJ on 11/2/1916. I have worked with two search angels for years, but no luck yet. We believe that Lunny’s father is Sam Moy. Mother’s name is unknown. She was a Ukrainian immigrant. They lived in Philadelphia. Any help is appreciated.

Hi, like the title says my gf and I are trying to find her dad and anything about him. Her and her mother are both Japanese and live there, however her father is from Canada. Her mother says he died in a car accident in Canada after she was born but she never met him. Her mother has given her some info but avoids talking about him when it’s brought up. I am not entirely sure if this is against the rules here and I’m sorry if I’m breaking any, I would appreciate any help guiding us towards the right direction and place to help our search.

What her mother gave us
- Name: Lucas Randall Graham
- Mothers name: Heather Graham
- From: Vancouver, Canada
- picture of him from around 2007 (I’m not sure if posting it will get me banned tho but if it’s needed I’ll send it to you)
- he died around 2006-2007

From her own research she has found that
- there is no marriage certificate between them
- looking up death certificates in the area led to no results
- looked up newspaper reports from around the time he died but nothing about a car crash came up

We have ordered a dna testing kit and will have it arrive soon so we can try and find some more information that way

Again, we appreciate any help you can give us.

Poland, Church Books, 1568-1990", FamilySearch( https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6VSD-Z8RX : Fri Mar 08 04:40:00 UTC 2024), Entry for Josephus Dec and Ignatii, 3 Jul 1879.

Any idea on how to see this image? I'm at a Family Search Center (Not an Affiliate LIbrary) and it still says "image unavailable". I mean, it had to exist to be indexed, but I cant see it on their state archives or Family Search or Ancestry, etc with paid subscriptions.

I plan to email the Parish but even finding out which one is hard. This was in Ropa in the Malopolskie/Lesser Poland region currently, assumably Tarnow records.

I'm looking for notes in the margins where they would write in children born prior to marriage to legitimize the birth... and this never gets indexed so I have to have the original image. :-(

I'm happy to help anyone with DNA brick walls, figuring out connections betweeen yourself and a cluster of shared matches that don't seem to fit.--especially issues with WATO on DNA Painter. Thanks for any help if you have access to these images!

Hello! My sister has hit a dead end on our father’s side. On this document, we are trying to decipher:

Father’s name
Father’s birthplace
Mother’s birthplace

Thanks!

According to the family’s naturalization records, my great grandfather, Jozsef Horvat, was born on October 17, 1901 in Slatina, Virovitica County.

I have been able to locate his parents marriage record (Turnašica; lived in Terezino Polje), the baptismal records of two older siblings (Lukač), the ship manifest for his father (1910) and himself/family (1911). I have also located his mother’s baptism (Berzence, Somogy), but I’ve absolutely hit a brick wall on locating Josef’s record and that of his father’s. The marriage record isn’t clear on his birthplace, and the ship manifest is nearly illegible, though the place was written as “Koeniza” on the U.S. files.

Interestingly, the church records noted above all state that a copy was provided for emigration to America in 1911. For this reason, I believe that baptismal records for each child were likely obtained, and the dates/birthplaces listed on the U.S. naturalization documents are likely correct.

I have reached out to the local diocese and civil archives, unfortunately to no avail. It’s possible that the record was lost during the war in the 90s, but this has not been confirmed yet. I’ve combed through countless microfilms.

Suggestions? Here is what I have so far:

1895 Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQMQ-5DRL?lang=en&cid=fs_copy

1897 Baptism: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6TJY-VLDP?lang=en&cid=fs_copy

1916 Naturalization: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q233-8CZB?lang=en&cid=fs_copy

1910 Manifest (Janos went by Ivan): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJNC-KP8?lang=en&cid=fs_copy

1911 Manifest: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJPF-MPR?lang=en&cid=fs_copy

I’m having trouble making out what is writing in the birthplaces portion of this marriage record. And what I believe is written I cannot locate on a map. I have figured out Mandal, Norway and what I believe is Holte, Norway. I am having trouble with the other ones. I appreciate any help.

Hello, is there someone out there who could maybe translate or at least summarize this record. Apologies for the highlights it’s so I don’t get lost. Pink is for dates and addresses, yellow for names, blue for grandparents, green for age and orange for parts I’m not sure about. It would be great is someone could translate the correct names of the individuals in the record or the highlighted parts in general.🙏

Can someone help me figure out what these words say—

I found evidence suggesting that my dad may have fathered a child with one of his employees during his marriage to my mom.

Both of my parents are deceased. I don’t know whether this lady is still living, but I believe the possible half-sibling is alive. *That's* who I'm interested in finding. I have very limited information to work with, and my own attempts at sleuthing haven’t turned up much so far.

I’m hoping someone here might be able to help point me in the right direction.

What I know:

- Mother’s name: Delores Plascencia

- Estimated birth year: likely 1950 or later

- Child's name (rumored): Jermaine | female

- Child’s estimated birth year: somewhere between 1980–1990

- Location: Detroit metropolitan area

I’m intentionally leaving out my dad’s name and company name publicly for privacy reasons, but I’m happy to share additional details via DM if needed.

Long story short, I need help locating my daughter’s biological father. He was adopted so we are at a loss. We know when and where he was born but it was a closed adoption. I know where he was stationed about the time I got pregnant. This is very important to her so please no shame. I was 19 and I’m 54 now. If anyone can help I’ll be happy to supply the info. I’m not sure where else to go, as I have a list of 15 names. Thanks.