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Russian Translation on ViewMate
#belarus
Mara Friedman <mara.friedman@...>
I would like to get as much translated as possible >from the following
marriage document between Szaja Frydman and Chana Ruchla Festman in 1891. It took place in Poland but the document is in Russian. I am particularly interested in the names of the parents of the bride and groom, with special attention to groom's mother's last name (if provided). http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33290 Thanks so much! Mara Friedman mara.friedman@... MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately
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Check out the 60+ conference programs to be available over the Internet as LIVE!
#yiddish
bounce-2804243-772983@...
If you have been waiting to see what Conference programming will be
available over the Internet through LIVE!, your wait is over. Check it out at the Conference website and subscribe to LIVE! now! Once you go to the conference website, www.iajgs2014.org, click on "Program and Schedule" (under the "PROGRAM" tab) and then enter "LIVE!" in the "Session Code" field and click "Search". Check out the more than 60 programs that will be available live and for three months after the Conference on the Internet. To register for the Conference or LIVE! go to registration.iajgs2014.org. See you at the Conference. But, if you cannot join us in Salt Lake City this summer, we certainly hope you take advantage of this very affordable way to enjoy much of what the Conference has to offer. Hal Bookbinder, Banai Feldstein, Ken Bravo, conference co-chairs 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Hilton Salt Lake City Center July 27 - August 1, 2014 bookbndr@...
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KehilaLinks Project Report for May 2014
#yiddish
bounce-2802665-772983@...
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bil'shivtsi (Bolshevitz, Bolshovtsy) (G), Ukraine Created by Kenneth Entin http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Bilshivtsi/ ~~~ Dubasari (Dubossary, Dubasar), Moldova Created by Yefim A. Kogan http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Dubasari/ ~~~ Shklov (Shklow) (including Zarecha and Rizhkevich), Belarus Created by Daria Fane http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/shklov/ ~~~ Skuodas (Shkod Shkudy), Lithuania Created by Rachel Mines Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer <samglaser@...> http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/skuodas/Skuodas.html ~~~ Velikiye Komyaty (Magyarkomjat) (S-C), Ukraine Created by Roberta Solit http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/velikiye_komyaty/index.htm ~~~ KEHILALINKS WEBPAGES RECENTLY UPDATED: Belozerka (Bielozorka), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Belozerka/ ~~~ Buchach (Buczacz) (G), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Suchostaw/sl_buczacz.htm ~~~ Grodzisko Dolne (G), Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kolbuszowa/grodziskodolne/sl_grodziskodolne.htm ~~~ Kherson (Cherson), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kherson/ ~~~ Kimberley, South Africa http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kimberley ~~~ Novopoltavka (Koloniya Poltavka), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Novopoltavka/ ~~~ Perechyn (Perecseny, Perecin) (S-C), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Perechyn/ ~~~ Pereyaslav-Khmel'nyts'kyy (Periyoslov), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Pereyaslav_Khmelnytskyy/ ~~~ Raducaneni, Moldova http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/raducaneni/ ~~~ Solotvyno (Aknaszlatina, Slatinske Doly) (S-C), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Solotvyno/ ~~~ Zolotonosha, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Zolotonosha/ ORPHANED WEBPAGES Some of our Kehila webpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for adoption. Barysaw (Borisov), Belarus http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/borisov/borisov.html ~~~~~ Briceni (Brichany, Britshan) (B) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Brichany/brichany.htm ~~~ Borzna, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/borzna/borzna.htm ~~~ Rozdol, Ukraine (G) http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/rozdol/rozdol.htm ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage or adopt an existing "orphaned" webpage please contact us at: < bloch@...>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteer webpage designers who will help you create a webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Russian Translation on ViewMate
#belarus
Mara Friedman <mara.friedman@...>
I would like to get as much translated as possible >from the following
marriage document between Szaja Frydman and Chana Ruchla Festman in 1891. It took place in Poland but the document is in Russian. I am particularly interested in the names of the parents of the bride and groom, with special attention to groom's mother's last name (if provided). http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33290 Thanks so much! Mara Friedman mara.friedman@... MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately
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Yiddish Theatre and Vadeville #YiddishTheatre Check out the 60+ conference programs to be available over the Internet as LIVE!
#yiddish
bounce-2804243-772983@...
If you have been waiting to see what Conference programming will be
available over the Internet through LIVE!, your wait is over. Check it out at the Conference website and subscribe to LIVE! now! Once you go to the conference website, www.iajgs2014.org, click on "Program and Schedule" (under the "PROGRAM" tab) and then enter "LIVE!" in the "Session Code" field and click "Search". Check out the more than 60 programs that will be available live and for three months after the Conference on the Internet. To register for the Conference or LIVE! go to registration.iajgs2014.org. See you at the Conference. But, if you cannot join us in Salt Lake City this summer, we certainly hope you take advantage of this very affordable way to enjoy much of what the Conference has to offer. Hal Bookbinder, Banai Feldstein, Ken Bravo, conference co-chairs 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Hilton Salt Lake City Center July 27 - August 1, 2014 bookbndr@...
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Yiddish Theatre and Vadeville #YiddishTheatre KehilaLinks Project Report for May 2014
#yiddish
bounce-2802665-772983@...
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bil'shivtsi (Bolshevitz, Bolshovtsy) (G), Ukraine Created by Kenneth Entin http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Bilshivtsi/ ~~~ Dubasari (Dubossary, Dubasar), Moldova Created by Yefim A. Kogan http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Dubasari/ ~~~ Shklov (Shklow) (including Zarecha and Rizhkevich), Belarus Created by Daria Fane http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/shklov/ ~~~ Skuodas (Shkod Shkudy), Lithuania Created by Rachel Mines Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer <samglaser@...> http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/skuodas/Skuodas.html ~~~ Velikiye Komyaty (Magyarkomjat) (S-C), Ukraine Created by Roberta Solit http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/velikiye_komyaty/index.htm ~~~ KEHILALINKS WEBPAGES RECENTLY UPDATED: Belozerka (Bielozorka), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Belozerka/ ~~~ Buchach (Buczacz) (G), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Suchostaw/sl_buczacz.htm ~~~ Grodzisko Dolne (G), Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kolbuszowa/grodziskodolne/sl_grodziskodolne.htm ~~~ Kherson (Cherson), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kherson/ ~~~ Kimberley, South Africa http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kimberley ~~~ Novopoltavka (Koloniya Poltavka), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Novopoltavka/ ~~~ Perechyn (Perecseny, Perecin) (S-C), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Perechyn/ ~~~ Pereyaslav-Khmel'nyts'kyy (Periyoslov), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Pereyaslav_Khmelnytskyy/ ~~~ Raducaneni, Moldova http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/raducaneni/ ~~~ Solotvyno (Aknaszlatina, Slatinske Doly) (S-C), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Solotvyno/ ~~~ Zolotonosha, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Zolotonosha/ ORPHANED WEBPAGES Some of our Kehila webpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for adoption. Barysaw (Borisov), Belarus http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/borisov/borisov.html ~~~~~ Briceni (Brichany, Britshan) (B) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Brichany/brichany.htm ~~~ Borzna, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/borzna/borzna.htm ~~~ Rozdol, Ukraine (G) http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/rozdol/rozdol.htm ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage or adopt an existing "orphaned" webpage please contact us at: < bloch@...>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteer webpage designers who will help you create a webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator
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Jewish relative in 1892 NY Census
#general
Walter Rosett
I am trying to locate information >from the 1892 NY State Census. My
grandfather, Joshua ROSETT arrived in 1891 and supposedly was staying with family. His brother Adolph Rosett (Arnold Rosette) at that time was married with a child and likely living in NYC. In 1896 Joshua lived at 402 Cherry St which seems to be in the far lower east side. Just before this he worked on 10th Ave several blocks >from Broadway. Stories suggest that he stayed with "family" but there were many "Rosett" families in NYC. It seems likely that he was in a Jewish-Russian or Jewish-Polish neighborhood. I hope that someone could give me an idea what area this would have been at that time since there were a great many Enumeration Districts and Wards to search. Walter Rosett wrosett@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Jewish relative in 1892 NY Census
#general
Walter Rosett
I am trying to locate information >from the 1892 NY State Census. My
grandfather, Joshua ROSETT arrived in 1891 and supposedly was staying with family. His brother Adolph Rosett (Arnold Rosette) at that time was married with a child and likely living in NYC. In 1896 Joshua lived at 402 Cherry St which seems to be in the far lower east side. Just before this he worked on 10th Ave several blocks >from Broadway. Stories suggest that he stayed with "family" but there were many "Rosett" families in NYC. It seems likely that he was in a Jewish-Russian or Jewish-Polish neighborhood. I hope that someone could give me an idea what area this would have been at that time since there were a great many Enumeration Districts and Wards to search. Walter Rosett wrosett@...
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Re: Was this Lithuanian-Jewish SCHWEITZER family related to the famous Dr. Albert Schweitzer?
#lithuania
Jules Levin
On 08.06.2014 17:24, saweinsteinbsme@... wrote:
Father: ISAAC SCHWEITZERThe name Schweitzer means someone >from Switzerland, so it is hardly a Jewish name, since Jews were not allowed in Switzerland until modern times. The famous Dr. Albert Schweitzer was besides being a doctor, a devout Christian clergyman and a missionary. On the other hand, Jews picked up surnames in all sorts of ways. To answer your question--extremely extremely unlikely. Jules Levin
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Re: Was this Lithuanian-Jewish SCHWEITZER family related to the famous Dr. Albert Schweitzer?
#lithuania
Jules Levin
On 08.06.2014 17:24, saweinsteinbsme@... wrote:
Father: ISAAC SCHWEITZERThe name Schweitzer means someone >from Switzerland, so it is hardly a Jewish name, since Jews were not allowed in Switzerland until modern times. The famous Dr. Albert Schweitzer was besides being a doctor, a devout Christian clergyman and a missionary. On the other hand, Jews picked up surnames in all sorts of ways. To answer your question--extremely extremely unlikely. Jules Levin
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Research in Lithuanian Archives
#lithuania
Howard Margol
<< Subject: RE: Records prior to 19th century
From: "David Ellis" djemkitso@... I've researched my Lithuanian ancestry as much as I can without actually going there in person. However, the only revision lists online for Vilnius, were from 1858 and 1875. I sent payment to an archivist at the Lithuanian State Historical Archives to find earlier census records. She found and sent me records for my family >from revision lists in 1813, 1816, 1834 and 1851, which enabled me to extend my known ancestry in Vilnius two additional generations (>from five to seven generations back). These records have not been translated and are not available online; >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The message on the digest >from David Ellis is very much appreciated. However, several of his comments need to be updated since changes have taken place in the Lithuanian archives, particularly the Historical Archive (LVIA) where the Vilnius records are located. The archivists no longer do research and private researchers in Vilnius are very few in number. The only reason why the Vilnius revision lists for 1813, 1816, 1834 and 1851 have not been translated is a lack of funds. If researchers interested in those records will contribute to Litvak SIG www.litvaksig.org/contribute and designate it for the Vilnius District, those revision lists can be translated and made available. Last, but not least, going to the Lithuanian archives to do research is not the answer. Going to Lithuania to walk the same streets, and see the same sights as your ancestors did is a very good reason to go there. Doing research can be a lengthy and expensive exercise. You have to have an interpreter with you unless you can read the old Russian Cyrillic language. The records you want to see may not be available for several weeks so your time there could be very lengthy, lasting 3 or 4 weeks. Howard Margol Litvak SIG Coordinator for Records Acquisition
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Research in Lithuanian Archives
#lithuania
Howard Margol
<< Subject: RE: Records prior to 19th century
From: "David Ellis" djemkitso@... I've researched my Lithuanian ancestry as much as I can without actually going there in person. However, the only revision lists online for Vilnius, were from 1858 and 1875. I sent payment to an archivist at the Lithuanian State Historical Archives to find earlier census records. She found and sent me records for my family >from revision lists in 1813, 1816, 1834 and 1851, which enabled me to extend my known ancestry in Vilnius two additional generations (>from five to seven generations back). These records have not been translated and are not available online; >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The message on the digest >from David Ellis is very much appreciated. However, several of his comments need to be updated since changes have taken place in the Lithuanian archives, particularly the Historical Archive (LVIA) where the Vilnius records are located. The archivists no longer do research and private researchers in Vilnius are very few in number. The only reason why the Vilnius revision lists for 1813, 1816, 1834 and 1851 have not been translated is a lack of funds. If researchers interested in those records will contribute to Litvak SIG www.litvaksig.org/contribute and designate it for the Vilnius District, those revision lists can be translated and made available. Last, but not least, going to the Lithuanian archives to do research is not the answer. Going to Lithuania to walk the same streets, and see the same sights as your ancestors did is a very good reason to go there. Doing research can be a lengthy and expensive exercise. You have to have an interpreter with you unless you can read the old Russian Cyrillic language. The records you want to see may not be available for several weeks so your time there could be very lengthy, lasting 3 or 4 weeks. Howard Margol Litvak SIG Coordinator for Records Acquisition
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Researcher: Zakarpats'ka oblast
#ukraine
Michelle Chubenko <michelle@...>
Seeking recommendations for a researcher/photographer in Zakarpats'ka
oblast, Ukraine. Thank you! Michelle -- Michelle Chubenko https://www.facebook.com/groups/NashiPredky/ https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/107238252771720982783 MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Researcher: Zakarpats'ka oblast
#ukraine
Michelle Chubenko <michelle@...>
Seeking recommendations for a researcher/photographer in Zakarpats'ka
oblast, Ukraine. Thank you! Michelle -- Michelle Chubenko https://www.facebook.com/groups/NashiPredky/ https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/107238252771720982783 MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.
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SEARCHING: CHERNYANOV AND TURNER (Ekaterinoslav, Odessa, Los Angeles)
#ukraine
Jenny Golub <jlgolub@...>
I'm looking for information about my great-grandmother Manya Chernyanov (maiden name Golubov), who was born in Ekaterinoslav, probably in the 1860s or 1870s, and was living in Odessa in 1900. A Chernyanov relative later had the last name Turner, and was working as a jeweler in Los Angeles in the 1940s. We don't know if Manya ever immigrated.
Jenny Golub MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please sign all posts with your name and location.
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine SEARCHING: CHERNYANOV AND TURNER (Ekaterinoslav, Odessa, Los Angeles)
#ukraine
Jenny Golub <jlgolub@...>
I'm looking for information about my great-grandmother Manya Chernyanov (maiden name Golubov), who was born in Ekaterinoslav, probably in the 1860s or 1870s, and was living in Odessa in 1900. A Chernyanov relative later had the last name Turner, and was working as a jeweler in Los Angeles in the 1940s. We don't know if Manya ever immigrated.
Jenny Golub MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please sign all posts with your name and location.
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Check out the 60+ conference programs to be available over the Internet as LIVE!
#ukraine
Hal Bookbinder
If you have been waiting to see what Conference programming will be
available over the Internet through LIVE!, your wait is over. Check it out at the Conference website and subscribe to LIVE! now! Once you go to the conference website, www.iajgs2014.org, click on "Program and Schedule" (under the "PROGRAM" tab) and then enter "LIVE!" in the "Session Code" field and click "Search". Check out the more than 60 programs that will be available live and for three months after the Conference on the Internet. To register for the Conference or LIVE! go to registration.iajgs2014.org. See you at the Conference. But, if you cannot join us in Salt Lake City this summer, we certainly hope you take advantage of this very affordable way to enjoy much of what the Conference has to offer. Hal Bookbinder, Banai Feldstein, Ken Bravo, conference co-chairs 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Hilton Salt Lake City Center July 27 - August 1, 2014 bookbndr@...
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Check out the 60+ conference programs to be available over the Internet as LIVE!
#ukraine
Hal Bookbinder
If you have been waiting to see what Conference programming will be
available over the Internet through LIVE!, your wait is over. Check it out at the Conference website and subscribe to LIVE! now! Once you go to the conference website, www.iajgs2014.org, click on "Program and Schedule" (under the "PROGRAM" tab) and then enter "LIVE!" in the "Session Code" field and click "Search". Check out the more than 60 programs that will be available live and for three months after the Conference on the Internet. To register for the Conference or LIVE! go to registration.iajgs2014.org. See you at the Conference. But, if you cannot join us in Salt Lake City this summer, we certainly hope you take advantage of this very affordable way to enjoy much of what the Conference has to offer. Hal Bookbinder, Banai Feldstein, Ken Bravo, conference co-chairs 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Hilton Salt Lake City Center July 27 - August 1, 2014 bookbndr@...
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translation from Russian
#ukraine
Mara Friedman <mara.friedman@...>
I would like to get as much translated as possible >from the following
marriage document between Szaja Frydman and Chana Ruchla Festman in 1891. It took place in Poland but the document is in Russian. I am particularly interested in the names of the parents of the bride and groom, with special attention to groom's mother's last name (if provided). http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33290 Thanks so much! Mara Friedman mara.friedman@... MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond via ViewMate or privately.
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Ukraine SIG at the IAJGS conference
#ukraine
Janette Silverman
Dear Fellow Ukraine SIGgers:
I hope that many of you will be joining us at the conference in Salt Lake City. Please make your calendars so that you reserve a large part of Thursday, July 31, beginning at 7 AM (yes, I did say 7 AM)for Ukraine SIG events. At 7 AM we begin the day with our fabulous featured speaker, Eric Goldman. He will be using film for his two presentations. His second presentation will be at the Ukraine SIG lunch - please make sure to make your luncheon reservation, while we still have room! Eric's talks will begin with our ancestors arriving in the US and assimilating, using the film Avalon to explain and expand on his points. He'll continue his discussion by looking at how that assimilation caused our current problems - locating our families back in "the old country" and understanding their stories, using the film "Everything is Illuminated" to explain and expand on his points. Between Eric's two presentations, we are scheduled first, for the Ukraine SIG General Meeting at 9 AM and then, after a brief break at 10:15, continuing with what is officially being called our Board Meeting, but will really be a continuation of the presentations that begin at our general meeting, at 10:30. We'll be having presentations to help you, our Ukraine SIG members in your research, and hopefully, to encourage you to volunteer in our many projects. Harvey Kabaker will discuss in detail, our microfilm scanning project, and I will discuss what happens with the films after they're scanned. Chuck Weinstein, via Skype, will discuss what it means to be a Town Leader and how Town Pages enhance our research efforts, and bring information to researchers who go to the pages. Phyllis Berenson will discuss how to begin a new project >from conceptualization to actualization. We will also have other presentations during the 9 AM - noon time slots (9-10:15 & 10:30-11:45). Board reports will be delivered after the conference via facebook and this discussion group, so that everyone, even those not in attendance at the conference will have full reports and a chance to discuss them. Janette Dr. Janette Silverman JewishGen Ukraine-SIG Coordinator ukrainesig.coordinator@... http://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/default.asp https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ukraine-SIG/180102942060505
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