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Re: Other names for Isaac #germany #names

There were no rules for 'translating' names. My grandmother Matilda, Aunt Tilly to those who knew her, was, on her birth record, Rosa. George could be Isaac, but so could Michael, Peter, Sam, and

By Sally Bruckheimer <sallybruc@...> · #642166 ·

ViewMate Translation - Hebrew #translation #ukraine

Hi, I have posted on ViewMate a Starokonstantinov birth record page in Hebrew for which I need a translation. I need translations for Males 120 and 121 and Female 89. It is at the following address

By Barry E Chernick · #642165 ·

Re: Family Tree of the Jewish People #general

I use Legacy Family Tree on my computer, and TNG for the web. My TNG site is https://www.sarahsgenies.com. Regardless of which program you use on your computer, Legacy, FTM, RootsMagic, MyHeritage

By Sarah L Meyer · #642164 ·

Re: Passenger arrival records #usa #general

Have you tried stevemorse.org It has numerous ports going to the US. Also has Canadian passenger and border crossings. These are very helpful. Be sure to search phonetically for all surnames. Hope

By Diane Jacobs · #642163 ·

Re: Other names for Isaac #germany #names

Another possibility: He could have had a second given name e.g., Yitzchak Gershon. David Rosen Boston, MA

By Susan&David · #642162 ·

Re: Can You Identify This Partial Document from Russia? #translation

The document is a passport issued by the Russian consulate in Montreal on July 29, 1922. The stamps show that a consular fee was paid. This was after the 1917 revolution, and the consular records for

By Alan Shuchat · #642161 ·

Re: Giby, Sejny and Lazdel #poland #lithuania

Seth Jacobson. seth@...> wrote: "In 2018, I visited Giby, which seems to have no Jewish remnants at all, and I have been trying to get in contact with anyone who knows more about this village from its

By Jill Whitehead · #642160 ·

Passenger arrival records #usa #general

I am so upset at the difficulty of finding passenger arrival records, at least for me. Example..my grandfather came from the Minsk area of Russia to live at Mt Forest Canada. His father went first

By Gayle Schlissel Riley · #642159 ·

Re: Searching for Argentina Jewish records #germany #holocaust

One can find a lot of WOLF arriving to Argentina in CEMLA (https://cemla.com/) Argentina Immigrants Database. Another option is to search on MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research) using the

By Daniel Horowitz · #642158 ·

Other names for Isaac #germany #names

A family photo of a soldier in a WWI Austrian army uniform is labeled "George Bloomfield." A newspaper article from 1915/16 says that this "George," the second cousin of a member of our family, was

By richifield@... · #642157 ·

Re: Family Tree of the Jewish People #general

At 21:01 03/05/2020, Amy Federman via groups.jewishgen.org wrote: I am a historian who worked for many years for the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington and the National Park Service. My

By David Lewin · #642156 ·

Re: Did a refugee doctor have to study a medical textbook he had written?

The same thing happened to Jewish doctors who were refugees in Australia - and actually continues today. There is a persistent urban myth? that one doctor who was undertaking this retraining found

By Ron Hoenig · #642155 ·

Re: Family Tree of the Jewish People and Software for Family Trees. #general

As Fred says FTM is still available. The URL is https://www.mackiev.com/ftm/The edition is now 2019. It has a lot of useful features especially connecting with an online Tree in Ancestry. This

By Arlene Beare · #642154 ·

Re: Searching for Argentina Jewish records #germany #holocaust

A number of years ago I used Andres Rodenstein to do research for me in Argentina. I would recommend him. He can be reached at info@.... His website is www.vitalrecords.com.ar. Rochelle Gershenow,

By Rochelle Gershenow · #642153 ·

Re: Searching descendants of my G-uncle Robert ABRAHAMSOHN who lived in Portland, Oregon. #germany #russia #usa

Paulo Alexandre Abrahamsohn. Sao Paulo. Brazil. <paulo.abrahamsohn@...> wrote: "My grandfather Alexander Abrahamsohn and his brother Robert were born in Velikye Luki, Russia. Eventually they moved to

By barbara hershey <barbara.hershey@...> · #642152 ·

Can You Identify This Partial Document from Russia? #translation

The attached document is related to my Grandfather and Uncle (pictured) - I hope the attachment came through. I don't know how much of it is missing, but I would like to get what's there translated

By Paul Shapiro · #642151 ·

Re: Family Tree of the Jewish People #general

Family Tree Maker is still available. See https://www.mackiev.com/ft fred feldman <fred.feldman@...> MODERATOR NOTE: Better yet, use a link that works: https://www.mackiev.com/ftm/index.html

By fred feldman · #642150 ·

Re: Mystery of my Makler Family (Vilna to Boston) #names

I'd also like to say that Badane's maiden name was written as Toube, Turner, Tinnick, Turnick.

By Corey Brand · #642149 ·

How much did a shojet (ritual slaughterer) earn in Galitzia in 1900 ? #galicia

My grandfather, his father and his grandfather were shojets in Rogatyn, Galitzia from about 1850 to 1928. Their only abundance was poverty, family lore says. How did a shochet earn a living? As an

By Alberto Guido Chester · #642148 ·

ViewMate translation request - Russian #poland #translation

Hi there, I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM80658 Please

By Wendy Newman · #642147 ·

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