I request a translation of the brief Yiddish text on the back of a photo. It is on ViewMate at the following address http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=40884 Please respond using t

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I request a translation of the brief Yiddish text on the back of a photo. It is on ViewMate at the following address http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=40884 Please respond using t

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Dear fellow Jewishgenners, I need a phot of the stone for Anita Pike (d. 1964) in King Solomon Memorial Park in Clifton, NJ. If anyone is going there and would take a picture for me, I would be very g

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Dear fellow Jewishgenners, I need a phot of the stone for Anita Pike (d. 1964) in King Solomon Memorial Park in Clifton, NJ. If anyone is going there and would take a picture for me, I would be very g

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I am hoping that someone would be able to take a photo of a headstone for me in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, NY. It is for David Stern, location 1-E-30-H-4. I believe this is my great uncle, R

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Hello, My son's partner is from Cape Verde. She believes that her family has Jewish ancestors, and the presence of Jews in Cape Verde is well documented. My questions is whether DNA tests could help h

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Thanks to everyone who replied with offers of help. The headstone was available on the JewishData site, and a couple of members sent it to it me. Alas this is not my great uncle. Best regards, David S

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Thanks, Dan. I understand that Cape Verdeans have a practice of placing stones on a gravestone when visiting a cemetery, no doubt an influence from Jews who settled in Cape Verde. Best, David Stern

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My grandfather's matzeva spells his given name, Samuel, with an ayin rather than an aleph, as you can see in the attached photograph. I don't know if the spelling is simply an error or if what is used

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Thanks to all who noted that the name on the stone is not Shmuel at all but Shimon. I have done a good deal of family history research in both US and old country sources, so I am very accustomed to co

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After years of banging my head against a brick wall regarding the death and burial of my great uncle, Rabbi David STERN, after whom I was named, I have had a breakthrough. I now know that he died in Q

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