did the ottoman empire keep any records of second class citizens?
my oldest known ancestor was born in the mid to late 1800s. i’ve got no information on him other than his name and that he abandoned his baby after his wife died during childbirth.
i keep stumbling across posts of americans talking about their ancestors who lived in the 1600s and i really wished i could find more information about mine. i don’t know how to really look up records but i also don’t know if there are any.