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ViewMate translation request - Polish #translation

I've posted two postcards in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM100748

By Ea Sh · #674146 ·

Updated #Subcarpathia Records, Donate for 2022 Tax Deduction (and more future records) #subcarpathia

All, Subcarpathian vital records have been updated. Note that the majority of these were already searchable via JewishGen's Hungarian, Ukrainian, and Unified databases. Already-indexed records are

By Lara Diamond · #674145 ·

ViewMate Translation Request - Russian #translation

Hi - I've posted a vital record in Russian, that I received from JRI-Poland, for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address

By Howie Rotblatt · #674144 ·

Re: Fate of Olga KÄSTENBAUM, Vienna 1938? Was she in Mädchenrealgymnasium 1913? #austria-czech

Terry, Olga Kastenbaum is on a tree on Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/27373421/person/2052243023/facts If the tree is right (many online trees are not!), she married again

By Renee Steinig · #674143 ·

Question on Lida Vilna as birthplace #lithuania

I am using Geni and I want to add the birthplace of Lida in Vilna. Which option should I choose of all the options available. See attached -- Marcie Murray Minneapolis MN

By Marcie Murray · #674142 ·

Fate of Olga KÄSTENBAUM, Vienna 1938? Was she in Mädchenrealgymnasium 1913? #austria-czech

Olga Kästenbaum was born February 2, 1902, to Dr. Moriz Kästenbaum and Anna Theodora Channa Czerwinka in Vienna. In 1924 she married Dr. Fritz BRAUN in the Vienna Stadttempel. I have found their

By Terry Hill · #674141 ·

Bessarabia Winter Symposium, 13 - 15 December, 2022. #bessarabia #ukraine #events

Dear friends, I would like to thank all participants of Bessarabia Winter Symposium. I want to publish your comments about the Symposium. I received a number of comments personally, but I want to

By Yefim Kogan · #674140 ·

Re: Naming a newborn after a grandson - subtle question #names #galicia

Naming customs are just that - customs and not Jewish law (halacha). Many years ago. a rabbi explained to me the origin of the custom of Ashkenazim not naming a baby after a living grandparent. It's

By Yehuda Berman · #674139 ·

JewishGen Weekly News Nosh December 18, 2022 #JewishGenUpdates

The Weekly News Nosh JewishGen Weekly E-Newsletter Phil Goldfarb Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, Editor Date: December 18, 2022 “A Family Without The Understanding Of Their Past History, Foundation And

By Phil Goldfarb · #674138 ·

Re: Looking for someone who knew Hirsh (Harry) & Fruma (Fannie) Atotsky Family? Three Sons Michael, Harry & Chaim #usa

Mazal tov indeed! When did he die? Happy Hanukkah 🕎 Shosh Eizenshtein, Toronto

By rosibal · #674137 ·

Re: Looking for information / maybe synagogue records(?) about the Braunstein Family, Minnesota. #romania #usa

Try the Minnesota Historical Society website www.mnhs.org People Search section. There are about eight birth records for Braunstein .I saw related names of Silverblatt and forms of Smilovitz/Smiley

By wolpertww@... · #674136 ·

Re: Naming a newborn after a grandson - subtle question #names #galicia

Just a comment, not an answer. I have found that this tradition (requirement?) among ashkenazi communities has helped me confirm the lineage of some of my ancestors. For instance: 1) my father’s

By Dominique Anderson · #674135 ·

Re: Naming a newborn after a grandson - subtle question #names #galicia

For Ashkenazim that is usually not the custom but there do exist some Ashkenazi communities that named after living people in the way that sefardim do. -- Binyamin Kerman Baltimore

By binyaminkerman@... · #674134 ·

Help needed with word or name:of Hesla or Heshla on a gravestone #names # gravestones #translation #names

Dear JewishGendom, In a photo of a matzeva I was sent recently on the top line there is P"N Poh Nikbara (Here is Buried) then 4 letters: Hay (or Chet) Shin (or Sin), Lamed, Hay, which might be

By Judith27 · #674133 ·

JGS Toronto. Free Virtual Meeting. Gil Bardige and Arthur Sissman. DNA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG), Q&A WORKSHOP. 25 December 2022, 10:30 AM ET. #events #announcements #jgs-iajgs

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO DNA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) Q&A WORKSHOP Featuring our JGS Toronto members, Gil Bardige and Arthur Sissman Sunday, 25 Dec 2022,10:30 a.m. ET VIRTUAL

By Jerry Scherer · #674132 ·

Re: Looking for information / maybe synagogue records(?) about the Braunstein Family, Minnesota. #romania #usa

Sharon, My wife's mother who grew up in Minneapolis from Romanian roots and had a first cousin, Silvia "Sis" Fruchtman who married a Joseph Braunstein in Minneapolis. Joseph would have been born

By burgauer@... · #674131 ·

Re: Looking for someone who knew Hirsh (Harry) & Fruma (Fannie) Atotsky Family? Three Sons Michael, Harry & Chaim #usa

UPDATE: Mazel tov and I am beyond THRILLED to share NYC Health finally SENT me Hirsh Atotsky's death certificate after sending them a whole bunch of marriage, death documents, family tree and pictures

By Sharon Ann Dror · #674130 ·

Re: Looking for information / maybe synagogue records(?) about the Braunstein Family, Minnesota. #romania #usa

According to JewishGen's "Shul Records America" finding aid at https://www.jewishgen.org/sra/, there are currently pointers for Minnesota synagogue records as follows. Aditions are

By Ellen Shindelman Kowitt · #674129 ·

Re: Can an application for naturalization be located (1941, S. NY) when no C/A was issued? #usa

The "no C/A" notation does not indicate that the person was unable to naturalize -- about 50% of the folks that I've researched that had this notation did successfully go on to obtain citizenship --

By David Oseas · #674128 ·

Re: can't locate naturalization documents #usa

Evan, I had family members who lived in Pennsylvania and naturalized at the county court in the early 1940s. You might try searching that way. I was fortunate to be able to handle it all through

By Cathy Siegel · #674127 ·

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