"brocky33" asked for ideas about a current name for "Shorskey, Russia". It appears on naturalization papers of a relative of her husband. "Brocky" found no occurrences in JewishGen's Town Finder. A se

Sylvia Caras found out that "a family member was >from Neinshtot Shervink", and had no "hit on Jewish Gen or Google for those words spelled that way". I was curious many years ago when noticing so man

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Sylvia Caras found out that "a family member was >from Neinshtot Shervink", and had no "hit on Jewish Gen or Google for those words spelled that way". I was curious many years ago when noticing so man

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Melissa McCurdie wrote looking for tips to find an elusive ancestral town. The name referred down the family sounded like "Bobounya or Bobounia or maybe Borbunia or even Barbunya". Many searches she t

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Melissa McCurdie wrote looking for tips to find an elusive ancestral town. The name referred down the family sounded like "Bobounya or Bobounia or maybe Borbunia or even Barbunya". Many searches she t

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Stephen Falk wrote Just two lines to the group to avoid duplicate efforts... Stephen,I've just called Liliana LOWENSTEIN (not LOEW...), she received an email >from you today and is going to write back

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Stephen Falk wrote Just two lines to the group to avoid duplicate efforts... Stephen,I've just called Liliana LOWENSTEIN (not LOEW...), she received an email >from you today and is going to write back

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Roberta Sheps mentioned the ship her great-grandmother sailed on >from Danzig to Canada as being the "Vedic", and wonders about possible spelling errors in the transcription. The "Ships & Fleets" link

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Roberta Sheps mentioned the ship her great-grandmother sailed on >from Danzig to Canada as being the "Vedic", and wonders about possible spelling errors in the transcription. The "Ships & Fleets" link

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Sandra Frankel wrote Beatriz Diana Frenkel is listed in the Buenos Aires white pages. Not home right now, but I checked the middle name with a family member. I'll share the info privately with Sandra

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Sandra Frankel wrote Beatriz Diana Frenkel is listed in the Buenos Aires white pages. Not home right now, but I checked the middle name with a family member. I'll share the info privately with Sandra

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Les Evenchick asked if "any compilation exists for variations on first names". I would suggest consulting Prof. Jerry Esterson's extensively documented JewishGiven Names Database under Databases in Je

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Les Evenchick asked if "any compilation exists for variations on first names". I would suggest consulting Prof. Jerry Esterson's extensively documented JewishGiven Names Database under Databases in Je

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Hattie Berman Murphy looks for Abe Brezak's "Lumshi", "Poland or Russia". It could be present Poland's and former Russian Empire's Lomza (missing diacritic marks here...). Lomza is shown as Lomzhe in

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Hattie Berman Murphy looks for Abe Brezak's "Lumshi", "Poland or Russia". It could be present Poland's and former Russian Empire's Lomza (missing diacritic marks here...). Lomza is shown as Lomzhe in

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Cheryl Tallan mentioned In 1921 Heifetz had presided or was presiding the All-Ukrainian Relief Committee for the Victims of the Pogroms, operating under Red Cross auspices. The book was written at abo

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Cheryl Tallan mentioned In 1921 Heifetz had presided or was presiding the All-Ukrainian Relief Committee for the Victims of the Pogroms, operating under Red Cross auspices. The book was written at abo

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It is with deep regret and sadness that I have to inform the passing of our dear friend and President Paul Armony. Paul passed away yesterday, October 24, 2008 - 25 Tishri 5769 . Paul Armony was the t

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It is with deep regret and sadness that I have to inform the passing of our dear friend and President Paul Armony. Paul passed away yesterday, October 24, 2008 - 25 Tishri 5769 . Paul Armony was the t

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Stewart Bernstein asked The horrible crimes that started with promises of marriage to thousands of mostly poor Jewish women >from shtetlach in Poland and other areas of Eastern Europe, ended in differ

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