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ViewMate translation request - Polish #poland #translation #warsaw #yiddish #usa

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82469 Document is from the

By bill.lash73@... · #644837 ·

Re: Male given name Shira #general #names

In Polish, nou nd often end in -a in the nominative case. Israel's does not mean son of Israel, it means Izrael. Mal e and female names both end in -a. Israelowicz means son of Israe l. My tablet

By Sally Bruckheimer <sallybruc@...> · #644836 ·

Re: Logistics of emigration from Pale of Settlement to America #lithuania #poland

Read the "Background" of this part of the JewishGen USA database https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/USA/PhilaBlitzstein.htm donated to JewishGen by the Jewish Genealogical and Archival Society of

By Mark Halpern · #644835 ·

Re: LOOKING FOR FRENCH FAMILY FROM POLAND #france #poland

There are hundreds of people listed on the French genealogical data base for the name “GRAND.” You need to spend some time to see if you can find a match and, may have to get a subscription to

By Joel Ives · #644834 ·

Continuous Residency Requirement #usa #general

In Dec. 1894, an immigramt disembarked in NY, from Russia via Liverpool. Sometime before 1897. he returned to Russia. I don't know how long he was there, but in 1897 he returned, this time

By jel · #644833 ·

Re: Gittle ABRAMOWITZ-New Haven, Ct. 19th century #belarus #usa #general

Yoni Ben-Ari, I know you have been searching this family for a long time, because I took special note when I lived in the New Haven area. I wonder if you were able to search marriage certificates in

By jbonline1111@... · #644832 ·

IAJGS Conference Announcement #jgs-iajgs #education #events #announcements

The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) announces its 40th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy will be a virtual conference for the first time, held Aug. 10-13,

By Chuck Weinstein · #644831 ·

Logistics of emigration from Pale of Settlement to America #lithuania #poland

My paternal great-grandparents all came from Suwalki Gubernia, now split between Poland and Lithuania. I'm interested in reading about how during the 1885-1900 period (a) relatives in the US sent

By elkus@... · #644830 ·

Re: Descendants of Dutch Jews. Any interest? #general

While I am not descended from Dutch Jews, one of my (German) aunts married a Dutchman and they lived in Amsterdam, from where they and their young child were deported to Westerbork and killed in

By fredelfruhman · #644829 ·

Rodrig Family from Bulgaria #general

Hello, Dear, I am trying to find more information about the Haim Rodrig-Galdetti Family from Bulgaria (aprox. 1830-1850), how many children did they have? One or two children immigrated first to

By juan.rodriguez861@... · #644828 ·

Harry Chernicoff home town #latvia #courland

This appears to be Windava (Russian), formerly Windau (German), now Ventspils, a port in Courland. Ted Smith Reston, VA

By smthted@... · #644827 ·

Re: Male given name Shira #general #names

One of the survivors of my family’s town was named Israela. I thought it was a woman. It meant son of Israel. Maybe similar to your. Son of Shir? -- Shelley Mitchell, NYC shemit@... Searching

By Shelley Mitchell · #644826 ·

Re: Harry Chernicoff home town #latvia #courland

"from somewhere around Courland/Kurland as he's buried in one of the Kurland plots at Mount Zion Cemetery in Maspeth Queens" Sometimes burial societies sold plots to 'anybody', so he may have been

By Sally Bruckheimer <sallybruc@...> · #644825 ·

Re: JSTOR Expands Free Access During Pandemic #announcements

Adrian Koifman from Buenos Aires asks if the free time on JSTOR also includes Polish genealogy. I do not represent JSTOR. I would go to their website and scroll down to the contact us and ask

By Jan Meisels Allen · #644824 ·

Re: ViewMate translation request - Russian and Hebrew #ukraine #belarus #translation

Robin Levine, I sent you an email privately with no response so I'm trying this way as I really want to hear from you. On your list of names you're researching you have Salmanson from Latvia. That

By Rosalind Finkelstein · #644823 ·

Portugal More on Aristides de Sousa Mendes #holocaust

Aristedes de Sous Mendes about 1940 I recently posted about Portugal recognizing Consul who saved thousands from Holocaust—Aristedes de Sousa Mendes. “Aristides de Sousa Mendes

By Jan Meisels Allen · #644822 ·

Male given name Shira #general #names

A Family Search extract of a 1923 New York City death certificate for Harry Tarter lists his father as Shira Tarter. The family was from Mikulince, Galicia. I have seen Shira as a feminine given name

By RICHARD GROSS · #644821 ·

Re: Zaverezhye/Vorotinschtina #belarus

Schelly--we suspect we are related thru the Merlin line, as you know. Just can't quite figure it out yet. We'll have to connect again soon. Donna and Laura--I'd love to connect with you privately.

By soniabbnj@... · #644820 ·

Re: Zaverezhye/Vorotinschtina #belarus

Hi Laura It has been a long time since last communicated. Vorotinschtina was the agro colony established by the Talalai and some other families. It is adjacent to what was the hamlet of Zavarezhye,

By Schelly Talalay Dardashti · #644819 ·

Re: Ottoman Jews during WW1 #general

I am also researching the Jewish participation in WWI. Speaking of Lawrence of Arabia. There was a German military installation at Deraa in southern Syria, that Lawrence and his bedouins attacked

By E Feinstein · #644818 ·

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