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Re: Children named after their living parents #general

As far as I know, in Jewish law it is forbidden to name a child after a living parent because it violates the Fourth Commandment, to honor your parents - somebody might mix up a child with their

By Yehuda Berman · #640949 ·

National Emergency Library Created by Internet Archive #announcements

On March 24, 2020 the Internet Archive announce it suspended its waitlists for the over 1.4 million books in their lending library by creating a National Emergency Library without joining a waitlist.

By Jan Meisels Allen · #640948 ·

Given name Anuta from Bessarabia #bessarabia

I knew my great grandaunt as AÑUTA (the letter Ñ in Spanish sound like AG in Italian) which is certainly a nickname. She was born aprox 1900 in Bender, Bessarabia. I have looked at the Jewishgen

By Alberto Guido Chester · #640947 ·

Re: My lost uncle #israel

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:10 AM, Tafuri, Diane wrote: Diane, I see you are listed as a researcher on Jewishgen so you are not completely new to research. Providing DOB, names of relatives, place of

By Pieter Hoekstra · #640946 ·

Re: San Francisco Death Certificate General Question #usa #germany

Thinking that there might have been a misspelling or changed name, I searched on Ancestry for last name O*NH*S*, date of death 20 Nov 1948. The result, in the California Death Index: Curtis

By Renee Steinig · #640945 ·

ViewMate Translation Requests #ukraine

I request a translation of the Russian text on a document . It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM78832. Please respond using the

By paulmoverman@... · #640944 ·

ViewMate translation request 0 Russian #ukraine #russian translation #ukraine #russia

I request a translation of the Russian text on a document . It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM78834. Please respond using the

By paulmoverman@... · #640943 ·

San Francisco Death Certificate General Question #usa #germany

I have a question related to the death of my paternal uncle, who was Kurt Ohnhaus from Germany, and who was in the Philippines with my parents from the late 1930's to 1947. (My parents left the

By miriampc@... · #640942 ·

Re: My lost uncle #israel

Diane, This is an INTERNATIONAL forum so, without knowing which country you're in, your telephone number is useless to those living abroad from you. We don't know which international dialling code to

By henry · #640941 ·

#germany - Transcription of two hand written documents from Augsburg Germany #germany

Hello Jewish Gen members and GerSIG friends, My father was born in Schrobenhausen, near Augsburg in Bavaria Germany on April 19, 1915 He was illegitimately born to Maria Kraus (Catholic) and David

By Richard Oppenheimer · #640940 ·

MILLER/MULLER family from Saros County in Northern Slovakia #hungary

Hello, I hope my note finds you safe and well in this time of Corona. With the 1857 census now available via JewishGen, I have found more detail about my 3xg-gf, Pesach Dovid Miller, married to Chana

By Moishe Miller · #640939 ·

Re: NYC Voter Lists includes Children #general #usa

The ones that I am looking at are on ancestry.com

By Paul Blumstein · #640938 ·

Translation: Russian script to English #poland #warsaw

Hello everyone! I am seeking a Russian (script) to English translation of the attached document. It is a marriage record for one of my Great Aunts. I do not recognize the name Gitla, so I am not

By Elizabeth Jackson · #640937 ·

FILTZKI married to Satloff / Zatalofsky- #ukraine

I came across this maiden name for my great great grandmother, Sara, married to Herschel Satloff/Zatalofsky. It is the first time I have seen it and I wonder if there are other spellings. So far not

By Felissa Lashley · #640936 ·

Re: Holocaust Survivors: Karlsruhe &The Jewish community of Diedelsheim #germany #holocaust

There is a suburb of Karlsruhe called Diedelsheim. They have a Wikipedia page in German where it says: The Jewish community of Diedelsheim The beginning of the Jewish community in Diedelsheim, a

By rainer.hahn@... · #640935 ·

What became of the Suwalki-Lomza group run by Marilyn? #lithuania

Does anybody know what became of the private Suwalki-Lomza group run by Marilyn? Used to receive a quarterly newsletter. Would appreciate an update. Diane Jacobs

By Jake Jacobs · #640934 ·

Re: Prohibition Bootleggers and Sacramental Wine "Fake Rabbis" #usa #general

Jeff, Thanks. I actually learned about the "fake rabbi scandal" from Marni Davis' book. I was looking for additional stories, especially ones in Boston. I had great luck in my search for Fusgeyers

By Carl Kaplan · #640933 ·

Re: My lost uncle #israel

Dear Sarah I am not sure if Albert Hakim made it to Israel so I don't know where he would have lived. My search is to find out if he actually made it to Israel or if he died with his parents (Aaron &

By Tafuri, Diane · #640932 ·

Re: Should maiden names be in CAPITALS? #general #JewishGenUpdates #names

The traditional rule for JewishGen mailing lists has been that surnames being searched should be in all caps, and ***nothing else*** should be in all caps. This has been the norm for over 20

By Dick Plotz <Dick@...> · #640931 ·

Re: Should maiden names be in CAPITALS? #general #JewishGenUpdates #names

You mean, should the maiden name be in all caps? There is no hard and fast rule on that. Personal preference. But, if you are putting it up for a vote...NO. No names should be in all caps. People

By Jonathan Jacobs · #640930 ·

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