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Photo for language identification
#photographs
#translation
Can someone please I.D. the language. The word Pistrong means "trout", my paternal grandmother's surname. But the word, as written, does not appear with this type of spelling, in my Polish
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Can someone please I.D. the language. The word Pistrong means "trout", my paternal grandmother's surname. But the word, as written, does not appear with this type of spelling, in my Polish
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neilan1
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#649686
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(Australia) Thousands of Prison Portraits Captured in 15 jails Over 50 Years in Digital Archive
#announcements
#photographs
#records
Tens of thousands of prison portraits captured in 15 jails over a 50-year period are now accessible in a remarkable online database.
In recent years the NSW State Archives digitized 46,000 images
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Tens of thousands of prison portraits captured in 15 jails over a 50-year period are now accessible in a remarkable online database.
In recent years the NSW State Archives digitized 46,000 images
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Jan Meisels Allen
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#649685
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Postcard or Travel Document - Can you make anything of this?
#translation
Does anyone know what language this is written in?
..or what the document is
And can anyone translate any of it?
All I can make out is the year 1913!
Thank you,
Daniel Gleek in London
Virus-free.
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Does anyone know what language this is written in?
..or what the document is
And can anyone translate any of it?
All I can make out is the year 1913!
Thank you,
Daniel Gleek in London
Virus-free.
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Daniel Gleek
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#649684
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Re: Good news for French research: 1931-1948 naturalization decrees online
#announcements
#france
#records
Bingo I found that my cousin Paul STRANSKY was a foreign volunteer in the French army under Laval. Marvellous.
Daniela Torsh
Sydney, Australia
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Bingo I found that my cousin Paul STRANSKY was a foreign volunteer in the French army under Laval. Marvellous.
Daniela Torsh
Sydney, Australia
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Daniela Torsh
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#649683
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Re: Records From Secret Vatican Archive Offer New Clues to Response to Holocaust
#holocaust
"Holy Silence" an excellent 72 minute documentary that was released earlier this year just before the archives were opened, includes Kertzer among others, and aims to be as dispassionate as one can
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"Holy Silence" an excellent 72 minute documentary that was released earlier this year just before the archives were opened, includes Kertzer among others, and aims to be as dispassionate as one can
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Ittai Hershman
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#649682
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Paul STRANSKY Vienna to Paris
#austria-czech
#france
I'm searching for any information about a distant cousin Paul STRANSKY. He
was born in Vienna 1905 to Else and Emil and somehow managed to leave
Austria and ended up living and working in Paris by
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I'm searching for any information about a distant cousin Paul STRANSKY. He
was born in Vienna 1905 to Else and Emil and somehow managed to leave
Austria and ended up living and working in Paris by
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Daniela Torsh
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#649681
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Re: Ancestry's Drastic Changes Dash Hopes of Finding Connections
#dna
In response to Jerri Friedman's post about no advance notice about Ancestry's eliminating DNA matches below a low threshold, I posted the following to this discussion group and the IAJGS Leadership
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In response to Jerri Friedman's post about no advance notice about Ancestry's eliminating DNA matches below a low threshold, I posted the following to this discussion group and the IAJGS Leadership
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Jan Meisels Allen
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#649680
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Re: Ancestry's Drastic Changes Dash Hopes of Finding Connections
#dna
Only the 8.0 cM cutoff is a recent change. The bit about the shared matches was never announced because it is how AncestryDNA has always worked, at least since I tested.
Your main match list (the
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Only the 8.0 cM cutoff is a recent change. The bit about the shared matches was never announced because it is how AncestryDNA has always worked, at least since I tested.
Your main match list (the
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Adam Turner
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#649679
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Fannie Leibovitz, Goldstein,Kaufer, Stengel, Maiman
#subcarpathia
My paternal grandmother was Fannie Leibovitz who came from Kiralyhaza born around 1885. My cousin David Leibovitz, who was very involved with JewishGen, died several years ago at a much too young
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My paternal grandmother was Fannie Leibovitz who came from Kiralyhaza born around 1885. My cousin David Leibovitz, who was very involved with JewishGen, died several years ago at a much too young
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Stuart Kaufer
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#649678
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Re: Need help narrowing search for US naturalization records
#usa
#records
Hi Mark - I'm replying to the group for the benefit of others who may also have an interest or roots in Canton, Ohio like myself. We're fortunate that the Stark County Court's naturalization records
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Hi Mark - I'm replying to the group for the benefit of others who may also have an interest or roots in Canton, Ohio like myself. We're fortunate that the Stark County Court's naturalization records
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Aaron Slotnik
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#649677
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Re: Ancestry's Drastic Changes Dash Hopes of Finding Connections
#dna
Update on Ancestry Situation:
I just got off the phone with corporate HQ. The man agreed with me and
is going to look into returning the shared DNA matches to the full 8.0
cM. I told him that to
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Update on Ancestry Situation:
I just got off the phone with corporate HQ. The man agreed with me and
is going to look into returning the shared DNA matches to the full 8.0
cM. I told him that to
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By
Teewinot
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#649676
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Re: nickname for Miriam?
#names
My cousin Miriam was known as Mura. She was born in Russian Empire, grew up in Berlin, then France and lived out her life in New York. So was Mura a Russian version? It took years for me to realise
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My cousin Miriam was known as Mura. She was born in Russian Empire, grew up in Berlin, then France and lived out her life in New York. So was Mura a Russian version? It took years for me to realise
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Anna Doggart
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#649675
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Re: Does anyone have information about last names
#holocaust
#poland
#names
I think that rule about not conscripting only sons was only valid in some countries (perhaps just Russia). My grandfather was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army as a teen and he had no
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I think that rule about not conscripting only sons was only valid in some countries (perhaps just Russia). My grandfather was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army as a teen and he had no
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By
a.eatroff@...
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#649674
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Re: Viewmate 85183--translation needed--German
#translation
#germany
Joseph, the link actually brings up image 85181, not 85183.
Peter Strauss
Oakland CA
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Joseph, the link actually brings up image 85181, not 85183.
Peter Strauss
Oakland CA
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By
Peter Strauss
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#649673
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Searching Perl and Herman Katz from Munkacs
#hungary
#israel
Perl and Herman Katz resided in Munkacs, survived the war and sometime in the early 70's moved to Israel. They are my cousins. I am wondering if there is a contact person in the Jewish Comunity in
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Perl and Herman Katz resided in Munkacs, survived the war and sometime in the early 70's moved to Israel. They are my cousins. I am wondering if there is a contact person in the Jewish Comunity in
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By
Stuart Kaufer
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#649672
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Document Translation Project adds lists from Krolevets 1888
#translation
#ukraine
Dear fellow researchers,
Tax censuses (family lists) from Krolevets uezd (district) in 1888 have now been translated and transcribed as part of the Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project.
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Dear fellow researchers,
Tax censuses (family lists) from Krolevets uezd (district) in 1888 have now been translated and transcribed as part of the Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project.
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By
Beth Galleto
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#649671
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Re: Need help narrowing search for US naturalization records
#usa
#records
Mark Horowitz is searching for his grandfather's naturalization. No first name was provided. Apparently from the writing, he lived in Ohio.
After 1927, naturalizations had to be issued in Federal
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Mark Horowitz is searching for his grandfather's naturalization. No first name was provided. Apparently from the writing, he lived in Ohio.
After 1927, naturalizations had to be issued in Federal
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By
Barbara Ellman
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#649670
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Looking for lost husband of Pauline (Perl) SESSLER
#austria-czech
#usa
Pauline(Perl) SESSLER (mother was Raizel SHILLER) was born in 1867 in Tluste, Austria or nearby and married Hersh SPINNER(aka Hersh KNEIZER) born around 1860. She immigrated to NYC in 1921 and by the
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Pauline(Perl) SESSLER (mother was Raizel SHILLER) was born in 1867 in Tluste, Austria or nearby and married Hersh SPINNER(aka Hersh KNEIZER) born around 1860. She immigrated to NYC in 1921 and by the
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By
pschwartz999@...
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#649669
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Ides Selzer Morgenstern
#galicia
Ides Selzer Morgenstern died in Mikulnice in 1892. Her parents were Naftali and Reisl Selzer from Trembowla. I have been in contact with someone who may be related to her-and me. My PGGP were Naftali
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Ides Selzer Morgenstern died in Mikulnice in 1892. Her parents were Naftali and Reisl Selzer from Trembowla. I have been in contact with someone who may be related to her-and me. My PGGP were Naftali
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By
Milton Koch
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#649668
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Upcoming US & Jewish Genealogy Online Classes
#education
Hello, I will be conducting interactive one-hour online genealogy classes this Fall on a wide array of topics. I will be commencing with two different three-part Basics Series, one introducing Jewish
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Hello, I will be conducting interactive one-hour online genealogy classes this Fall on a wide array of topics. I will be commencing with two different three-part Basics Series, one introducing Jewish
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By
Michael Moritz
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#649667
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