Take a look here. Automated City Register Information System. ACRIS Document Search: https://a836-acris.nyc.gov/CP/
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Raina Accardi 
Saugerties, NY
RAgenealogy@...
Poland: GEVIRTZMAN in Kobylin; JESINOWITZ/YESNOWITZ in Mszczonów; FELSENSTEIN in Parysów.
Belarus: GUTTWOCH/GOODMAN and ZISSERMAN in Volchin; BUSHMITZ in Vysokaye.
Ukraine: TRAUB and JANOVSKY in Kolki, Sofievka, Radomysl, and Zhytomyr; WEISMAN or ROSENBERG.

Not to be picky, but just for the sake of clarity, a country's embassy is located in your country's capital.

Offices of the other country in cities other than your capital are called consulates.

I applied and received my German citizenship in August 2017 through the German Consulate here in Toronto.  The process back then was exceptionally straightforward and quick (about 4-5 months), but I did use a German lawyer to track down my father's German birth certificate.

Regards,

Marc    
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Marc Stevens
Toronto

Without records it may be impossible to make a definitive connection but with careful analysis of the DNA matches you may make an educated guess. In terms of locations, Kleszczele, Bielsk, Grodno (Kleshelyah in your message) was 15 miles from Vysokaye, Brest, Grodno (Wysoko-Litowsk). Brisk is Brest-Litowsk the nearest city to those shtels.

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Raina Accardi 
Saugerties, NY
RAgenealogy@...
Poland: GEVIRTZMAN in Kobylin; JESINOWITZ/YESNOWITZ in Mszczonów; FELSENSTEIN in Parysów.
Belarus: GUTTWOCH/GOODMAN and ZISSERMAN in Volchin; BUSHMITZ in Vysokaye.
Ukraine: TRAUB and JANOVSKY in Kolki, Sofievka, Radomysl, and Zhytomyr; WEISMAN or ROSENBERG.

try Towns | Virtual Shtetl (sztetl.org.pl)   or  Jewishgen
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Tzvika SHACHAM

Hello,
I've posted an 1890 Lomazy birth record for Perla Marja WAJNSTAJN on View Mate for which I'd greatly appreciate a translation. It is in Cyrillic. Here is the link: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM93649
With much appreciation,
Tammy Weingarten

My previous qustion earlier this morning had to do with documents in which the texts are qwritten in two columns and I get the impression that the columns are placed from right to left. May also be a matter of the way these document were folded and stored.
Ron Peeters (NL)

Working through the copies of the Synagogen Gemeinde documents of 1890 this question rose to me.
 Ron Peeters(NL)

Dear Group,
I would appreciate help in translating these Polish words, submitted to Warsaw court following WW2.

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=93697

Thank you very much! - Yaron Wolfsthal

This is a ketubah (a document signed by a Jewish groom at the time of his marriage) in which it is stated that: On Thursday 18 Tishrei 5678 (4.10.1917) in the village of Bernitz in the Wahlin area, Yitzhak ben Avraham Friedman married Mrs. Gittil, daughter of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak

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Joseph Godelnik

The name of the town definitely Kesienew, Bessarabia (present-day Chisinau, moldova). Kishinev in Russian, Keshenev in Yiddish.  Here are his naturalization documents as a further proof. 

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Giannis Daropoulos 

Greece

The original message in this thread was from Geoffrey Isaac Collins asking about census records for both Zabludow and Bialystok. Larry provided information from Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation Archival inventory for census type records at the Belarus Archive in Grodno for Bialystok.

JRI-Poland has a project to extract the information is all Jewish record for towns now in Poland that were formerly in Grodno Gubernia. This includes Bialystok, Zabludow, and 26 other towns that are all near Bialystok. There are no vital records for these towns in the Grodno Archive. The Grodno Archive has revision lists, supplementary lists, tax lists, lists of Jewish soldiers, lists of Jewish farmers, and lists of non-permanent residents. 

For Bialystok, there are about 9,000 records covering years from 1822 through 1891. For Zabludow, there are about 550 records covering years from 1829 through 1874,

I am currently on the road. If you are interested in learning more, please contact me at mark@... and please be patient. I will reply after returning home and catching up.

Mark Halpern
JRI-Poland Bialystok Area Coordinator

Thank you. This is not the right one. I contacted Riverside Cemetery in New Jersey for George Cohen that died on October 29, 1994. His wife is Bessie. This is the wrong couple. 

Information for Grave 64857 George Cohen

Location - Colfax Lodge

Map 191 Block O Sect 48 Plot  Row  Grave 163

Status E Internment No 57333 Deed 23435 Folio ORG 390

Date of Death: 10/03/1994       Age:83

Last Contact Name: Bessie Cohen

Next Of Kin at time of burial: BESSIE COHEN (Wife)

 

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Information for Grave 59322 Dorothy Cohen

Location - Bethlehem Benevolent Association

Map 21 Block J Sect 42 Plot  Row A Grave 12

Status E Internment No 57436 Deed 23980 Folio  6363

Date of Death: 12/19/1994       Age:71

Last Contact Name: Sharon Wolff

Next Of Kin at time of burial: SHARON G SOLOMON (Niece)

Other Graves on Deed

     Dorothy Cohen

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And this is not George as he was alive at our cousin's wedding in November, 1990. 

Name	Joseph Cohen
State	New York
Residence Place	New York
Last Place of Residence	Bronx, New York
Previous Residence Postal Code	10453
Age	64
Birth Date	07 Sep 1908
Death Date	Sep 1972

Thank you
Sharon Ann Dror
SharonAnnDror@...

Hi

Can anyone read this town's name? It is written twice
If this is a relative, the town would be in Slutsk, Minsk G.

Full page is attached


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Many Thanks

Best Regards,
David Levine
San Francisco, CA, USA
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My grandfather Was Sam who’s Hebrew name Yeshiah. Yiddish name was Shiah.
There are many combinations and permutations.
One can only guess with reference to Samuel Black. In fact, in many genealogical questions and consideration, it’s a guessing game.
Larry Gaum
Toronto

Sounds like uses Daitch-Mokotoff soundex and produces many false positive results.

Phonetic uses Beider Morse phonetic matches and removes most of the false positives.

It is worth trying both but phonetic is superior.

Michael Tobias
Glasgow, Scotland

I've posted a birth record in Polish for which I would appreciate a translation. It is at the following address ...

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM93722

I especially would like to know the baby girl's birth date and her parents' names.
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

Thank you very much,
Howard Rosen