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Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?
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Re: are there benefits of the My Heritage site over Ancestry
#general
I don’t have enough facts about my ancestors or even my original surname. It certainly was not Love in the Pale. So, the wide net that you seem to really dislike can be helpful to people with significant brick walls.
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Re: are there benefits of the My Heritage site over Ancestry
#general
The Israeli element drives me crazy. The app is always switching to Hebrew.
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Help with Russian translation of Records on ViewMate
#translation
Arlene Glass
I need translation of the Russian records from Lomza Poland. They are two marriage records and three death records. The full translation is not needed. On most of the records I only need the date and place. They are all from the Kolaczek family.
The links are below. Please respond using the ViewMate form.
Thank you so much for your help.
Arlene Glass
Atlanta Georgia
(death record of Lejba Gerszk Kolaczek}
(marriage of Szejna Feiga Kolacz and Szolim Joszk Kozikiewicz}
(marriage of Juszk Kolacz and Etka Rywka Kolaczek)
(death of Peltyn Kolaczek)
(death of Chaim Berek Kolaczek)
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Re: are there benefits of the My Heritage site over Ancestry
#general
mbekken@...
I use wikitree for my main tree. One of the problems I have with other sites, as previously mentioned, is that references are not required, so someone can repeat their family lore as if it were known to be true. For example, many trees will list one of my ancestors as an illegitimate daughter of King Christian IV. While her mother was indeed one of the king's many mistresses, I've seen no actual evidence that he was the father of her child. Yet it is often presented as fact. May be true, may not be!
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JewishGen U.S. Research Division Launched
#jgs-iajgs
#usa
Ellen Shindelman Kowitt
#USA #jgs-iajgs
Introducing the newly-launched JewishGen U.S. Research Division - focusing on all time periods 1654 - present!
Collaborating with JOWBR, the Memorial Plaques Database Project, the Sephardic Research Division, and the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), we want to partner with every U.S. based Jewish Genealogy Society and encourage the identification, digitization, and indexing of new projects from every city or region around the country.
Join us at the Virtual IAJGS Conference on Monday, August 10th at 2:45 pm EST for our first meeting where inaugural projects will be discussed, and your project ideas and volunteer commitment is encouraged and welcome.
It is suggested that every U.S. based Jewish Genealogy Society send a representative to this meeting and suggest a project that your volunteers can add from your city or geographic region. To identify records and potential projects, contact local Jewish historical societies or archives, synagogues, or search on Archivegrid.org and WorldCat.
I look forward to working with you to expand on JewishGen’s American records collection.
Ellen Shindelman Kowitt Director, JewishGen U.S. Research Division Based in Colorado
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Re: are there benefits of the My Heritage site over Ancestry
#general
Peter Straus
Family Tree Maker is not free, but I have found it to be excellent, stable and comprehensive--and inexpensive. It is priced at $80, but does not have to be renewed annually. (I still use FTM 2017.) Note it is housed on your computer, not online. If you want to sync online, it syncs with Ancestry, but then you are paying Ancestry's subscription fees
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Re: are there benefits of the My Heritage site over Ancestry
#general
Bruce Drake
In addition to what I said before about Ancestry and My Heritage feeding data from my own tree back to me, I have found most of their “record match” emails useless because if you have been on those services a long time, they are records you already found
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Viewmate Translation Request-Russian
#translation
J. Grossman
I am requesting a translation of Russian census records 1882. Please respond using the Viewmate online form. http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83433 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83447 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83432
Thanking you in advance for your help! J. Grossman
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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My family name is Hantz and they came from Hungary and were Jewish. I have been hitting roadblocks in my research. A huge dead end.
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Re: Genealogy Software For Family Trees
#general
janenns@...
Chuck, I am interested in your topic and will be at the virtual conference. Which day and time is your software talk?
Thank you. Jan Enns
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Re: Is it possible to see NY Death Certificates (not indexes) and Naturalization Records (not indexes) online during Covid?
#records
Susan,
The naturalization records are available for viewing on FamilySearch. See these collections: Eastern District NY (1865-1958): https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/988724 Southern District NY (1824-1945): https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/51903 Kings County Supreme Ct (1907-1922): https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1056659 NY Superior Ct (1792-1906): https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/305732 Regards, David Oseas
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David Brostoff
On Jul 29, 2020, at 2:13 PM, alejandro@... wrote:
That may be, although Alexander Beider, in Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire (rev. ed.), says it means "hawker" or "peddler." David
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Sherri Bobish
Minnie, There are databases on-line of incoming passenger manifests for many U.S. ports. A manifest from 1882 will likely have no other info than a person's name and name of country of origin. Although, it did vary by shipping line. Later manifests contain much broader info, as manifest data was mandated by the U.S. Here are some sites to try searching: https://stevemorse.org/ A great site with many helpful databases. www.familysearch.org A site with a large number of genealogical databases, including passenger manifests. Regards, Sherri Bobish Princeton, NJ
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Re: Maiden name of Great Grandmother
#ukraine
Raylene Gurewich
-- Yes, mother's maiden name left blank on my great uncles death certificates. :( Raylene Gurewich Port Jefferson Station, NY
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Re: Is it possible to see NY Death Certificates (not indexes) and Naturalization Records (not indexes) online during Covid?
#records
Moishe Miller
Susan,
I hope you are doing well.
I can answer #2. You can see many of the naturalization images online.
You might want to review this page:
Moishe Miller
Brooklyn, NY JGFF# 3391
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Re: NYC Municipal Death Records Archive
#usa
Debra Braverman
Marriage licenses 1950 on are held by the City Clerk and are public after 50 years.
Debra Braverman
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Re: Find Address - 30 Osborn, Brooklyn NY
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Jx. Gx.
Jessica Skippon is 100 percent correct. In the 1950s NYC began putting up a lot of public housing complexes and in the process truncated or eliminated entire blocks of streets. If you Google "30 Osborn Street, Brooklyn" you will see in a map the approximate location of that former address indicated by a red dot. It is just below Howard Housing, mentioned by Jessica.
Jeffrey Gee Arizona
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Re: Is it possible to see NY Death Certificates (not indexes) and Naturalization Records (not indexes) online during Covid?
#records
Richard Werbin
I think they are available if you physically go to an LDS Family History Center. stevemorse.org had links that are supposed to work in a family history center.
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Re: are there benefits of the My Heritage site over Ancestry
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Richard Werbin
MyHeritage definitely has some information that is not at Ancestry or FamilySearch.
One that I know is that the Ellis Island arrival manifests include in their index the name of the person that the passenger is going to. At Ancestry & FamilySearch, that information is only available when you open the image and review it. Not searchable.
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alejandro@...
The exact meaning of this surname is en epenthesis of the surname Korb which is a german word for basket.
Now, "belnik" is a yiddish suffix for a person´s occupation. Therefore, the epenthesis occurs when you add or substract a letter from a surname. In this case an "a" was added and that is how Korabelnik means "a basket maker or seller". Best Alex
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