Fabio Zyserman is looking for Bransk, in Grodno. I should have used JewishGen's ShtetlSeeker to search for "all countries" http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/ Search for towns by name http://www.je

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The Russian name for a relative named Wolf (b.1885 in Kremenchug, present Ukraine) was Vladimir - and he was called Volodia. I am off line while writing and should check Prof. Esterson's Given Names D

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The Russian name for a relative named Wolf (b.1885 in Kremenchug, present Ukraine) was Vladimir - and he was called Volodia. I am off line while writing and should check Prof. Esterson's Given Names D

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I took a look at the manifest. Steve's "Kremie" may be a "Kreine", with the i's dot slightly out of line. My great aunt's "Kreina" seems to have come >from Ekaterina - according to her full Russian fi

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I took a look at the manifest. Steve's "Kremie" may be a "Kreine", with the i's dot slightly out of line. My great aunt's "Kreina" seems to have come >from Ekaterina - according to her full Russian fi

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I took a look at the manifest. Steve's "Kremie" may be a "Kreine", with the i's dot slightly out of line. I learned >from an envelope that my great aunt Kreina was also called Katya and her Russian na

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I took a look at the manifest. Steve's "Kremie" may be a "Kreine", with the i's dot slightly out of line. I learned >from an envelope that my great aunt Kreina was also called Katya and her Russian na

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There is a Kalvarija in present SW Lithuania, about 6 miles >from the Polish border, along the road >from Suwalki to Marijampole. According to ShtetlSeeker, the Lithuanian Kalvarija (Kalvariya, Kalvar

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There is a Kalvarija in present SW Lithuania, about 6 miles >from the Polish border, along the road >from Suwalki to Marijampole. According to ShtetlSeeker, the Lithuanian Kalvarija (Kalvariya, Kalvar

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According to Benjamin Edelstein's dictionary of Jewish last names (AGJA's recent edition, Spanish) some other last names related to the schochet are: Shub, Shuub, Szub, Szubb, Schub - acronym of Shoch

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According to Benjamin Edelstein's dictionary of Jewish last names (AGJA's recent edition, Spanish) some other last names related to the schochet are: Shub, Shuub, Szub, Szubb, Schub - acronym of Shoch

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1. Locate one shtetl using ShtetlSeeker. Go to http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/ and click on Search for towns by name http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm 2. Enter the name for the

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1. Locate one shtetl using ShtetlSeeker. Go to http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/ and click on Search for towns by name http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm 2. Enter the name for the

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Is there a genner out there who has made a FOIA request >from abroad, and is not a US citizen? Does anybody know if the Freedom of Information Act applies to non resident foreigners with a genuine mot

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Is there a genner out there who has made a FOIA request >from abroad, and is not a US citizen? Does anybody know if the Freedom of Information Act applies to non resident foreigners with a genuine mot

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Emmy, there used to be a Kings County (Brooklyn, NY) Naturalization Index in the website of the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York. www.jgsny.org I am not on-line while typing this but hope your

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Emmy, there used to be a Kings County (Brooklyn, NY) Naturalization Index in the website of the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York. www.jgsny.org I am not on-line while typing this but hope your

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Judy Segal asked about an additional biography of Baron Moritz de Hirsch. Last year I attended the presentation of one - only available in French as far as I know at this time - at a meeting of the Ar

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Judy Segal asked about an additional biography of Baron Moritz de Hirsch. Last year I attended the presentation of one - only available in French as far as I know at this time - at a meeting of the Ar

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Mario Jeifetz has created a genealogical website for Moises Ville, the Jewish agricultural colony founded in the late 19th century in the province of Santa Fe, in Argentina. The page has a link to a f

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