Dear genners, The name Plust is fairly unusual. When I was two years old (I am 90) and my brother was an infant, my father was hit from behind by a truck and hospitalized with a fractured skull. My

"Childhood, it has been said, is a product of 20th century USA. Our ancestors, as young people, were expected to do chores, work jobs, and take care of themselves. One of my ggrandmothers came to the

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Robert asks about USCIS and the website; It is: https://www.uscis.gov/records/genealogy Googling What is an "A" FILE

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I am trying to find the naturalization record of my great aunt Ida Sohn. She was born in 1893 in Russia. Family Search didn't have the actual record when I did a catalog search. They show just an

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Libby was popular Americanized English for Leah Andrew Sverdlove

I need some help before the fees go up. I know there was some info on this recently, but I can't find it, and I'm not sure it answers my specific questions. So, I apologize for any repetition. My

My grandmother Shirley's hebrew name was Shumelah. Her grandfather was Shmuel/Samuel and I believe she was named for him. Darren Lubotsky Chicago

Hello Zev, Chotin or Khotin, Khotyn was for many years part of Bessarabia... and if you do a search in Romania (Bessarabia) records you find several families in Khotin with that surname. There are

Shalom, Yes, it’s me and I’m back. For those who don’t know who this “me” is, my name is Lance and I have been volunteering within the Yizkor Book Project in various capacities from 1999

I am trying to contact family of Leslie Ernest Scott, born Leopold Ernst Schick, who in 1947 was in London. Son of Simon Schick and Frida née Spitzer, brother of Walter Schick. Walter was born in

You might try Mollie, Malka, Mali, etc. Different names I have come across on my family tree. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Was the subject: The way our ancestors looked at the question [of names] ? - NO. Someone asked for the equivalent Hebrew name for Clara. Other aspects are irrelevant to the question. Bruria means

I believe this comes down to a miscommunication about the original question. If the intention is to identify the Hebrew/Yiddish name that was most likely given to an ancestor who's secular name is

There are a number of sites that provide access to archives of German newspapers. Here's one that is very good: https://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Historic_German_Newspapers_and_Journals_Online Note

The long discussion is because this is how threads unspool in a discussion. Nobody got injured, and people want to share. One of my great-grandmothers was Chaia on the passenger list, and Clara in the

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