Like anything reproducible you want to preserve, the best approach is diversification, i.e., multiple copies on paper, on the computer, on a service, etc. Another place to preserve your data is by

Jacob, This process is discussed at length in "The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews During World War II" by Marvin Tokayer and Mary Swartz (1979). While it may not give you

Jacquie asked "Were there markings on Jewish headstones that identify who the stonecutters were?" The answer has to be "sometimes". Some Jewish headstones have markings identifying the stonemason. It

Here in Melbourne, Australia it is common practice for the stone mason to leave a small plaque with his contact details in a discreet place on the tombstone. Usually in the lower corner of the plinth

Dear Allan Jordan/"A. E. Jordan", I have not contacted the court involved with my grandfather's name change -- and have not found the name change file. (I'm not as diligent as many other with respect

Many names depending on original location of the family. Variations can include Icek for instance. I’m named after Avraham Yitzhak from the part of Russia that is now Lithuania. Jeff

DVDs are not a long term option. Today most laptops & desktops no longer include a DVD / CD reader. It is considered to be an obsolete options and is no longer supported. Yes, that is true but an

Nolan Altman was contacted by a woman in Austria who has taken a batch of pictures of matzevot in Jewish cemeteries including Frauenkirchen, Eisenstadt, Dobra Voda and Rusovce. We’re looking for a

Nolan Altman was contacted by a woman in Austria who has taken a batch of pictures of matzevot in Jewish cemeteries in formerly Hungarian areas in Transylvania, now Romania, including Alsojara (Iara),

Nolan Altman was contacted by a woman in Austria who has taken a batch of pictures of matzevot in Jewish cemeteries including Gyekenes in Somogy and Pecs. We’re looking for a volunteer to review

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 09:39 AM, Alan Reische wrote: HamburgAre you certain that they embarked from Hamburg? Family Search 's Wiki includes links to databases for Bremen, for example. (

As a regular contributor to tombstone translations on JewishGen's Viewmate (there are more than 7,000 examples) I have seen most of them. I don't remember ever having seen one. David Rosen Boston,

I found a very old prayer book, from the 1800's, with a handwritten inscription in German. I am unable to read it and would appreciate it if someone could translate it for me. It was submitted to

I have never seen markings identifying the stonecutter, and I have looked at a lot of headstones. Rabbi Neil Kominsky Brookline, MA

Peter, I could not agree with you more, and you've described this problem so well and succinctly. My experience as archivist for a special historical collection for more than three decades

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I agree with Dani and will provide a true example. My paternal grandmother's headstone says that she was born on May 30, 1895. When we unveiled the headstone in 1983, my grandfather asked if my

Dear Genners, Here is an enigma which hounds us since 2011. My late father in law Dawid APOTHEKER(1908-1995) was on the Sugihara list, got his transit visa to Japan in Kaunas and reached Kobe in Japan

Eric, it depends on which database. If you click through to the info link on a given database, the page that tells you about the origin and contents of the database often has contact info for the

To elaborate further on this issue, I have occasionally found transcription errors in the JewishGen databases. When reviewing an image of the actual record on Family Search, it's clear that the