Genealogy Articles

The Problem with Birth Records

     As a genealogical researcher one of the most common sentences I hear is: “I need a birth record for my great-grand-so-and-so born in 17 or 18__.” I then have to break it gently that, although one of my greatest wishes is to make records magically appear, such a record has a higher probability of not […]

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Genealogy Articles

The Problem with Birth Records

     As a genealogical researcher one of the most common sentences I hear is: “I need a birth record for my great-grand-so-and-so born in 17 or 18__.” I then have to break it gently that, although one of my greatest wishes is to make records magically appear, such a record has a higher probability of not […]

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