Congratulations on the new Vitebsk shtetlinks website! I noticed a small mistake in the name of Rezekne in the Districts and Towns list which could cause confusion. It is listed as "Rechitsa" which is

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Congratulations on the new Vitebsk shtetlinks website! I noticed a small mistake in the name of Rezekne in the Districts and Towns list which could cause confusion. It is listed as "Rechitsa" which is

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Ava Cohn wrote: Ava, I notice you are researching several families >from Vitebsk gubernia and also have an interest in researching Sephardic history in Spain. Do you have any indications that any of t

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Ava Cohn wrote: Ava, I notice you are researching several families >from Vitebsk gubernia and also have an interest in researching Sephardic history in Spain. Do you have any indications that any of t

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To Steve Klebaur: Others on the forum will give you solid advice on the standard genealogical methods to research your ancestors. In addition, you can also include genetic testing in your genealogical

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To Steve Klebaur: Others on the forum will give you solid advice on the standard genealogical methods to research your ancestors. In addition, you can also include genetic testing in your genealogical

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re: New Member; Am I Jewish? Ralph, since you are researching whether your mother's mother's line might have been Jewish, it could be helpful for you to have your mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) tested. mtD

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re: New Member; Am I Jewish? Ralph, since you are researching whether your mother's mother's line might have been Jewish, it could be helpful for you to have your mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) tested. mtD

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Michael, we have already been able to identify an Iberian Ashkenaz project member whose ancestor was >from a Hassidic congregation that followed the Nusach Sephard tradition, and as you would expect,

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Michael, we have already been able to identify an Iberian Ashkenaz project member whose ancestor was >from a Hassidic congregation that followed the Nusach Sephard tradition, and as you would expect,

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Hilary, you can trace your IDELS line to Spain or Portugal by DNA if there is a male in your family who is a direct descendant of an IDELS along his paternal line- that is, a male who still carries th

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Hilary, you can trace your IDELS line to Spain or Portugal by DNA if there is a male in your family who is a direct descendant of an IDELS along his paternal line- that is, a male who still carries th

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This article in the New York Times on July 18, 2008 could be of interest to those researching ancestors who came to New York >from the Netherlands or Britain in the 17th or 18th century. The New York

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This article in the New York Times on July 18, 2008 could be of interest to those researching ancestors who came to New York >from the Netherlands or Britain in the 17th or 18th century. The New York

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After years of fruitless searching for the family of my husband's grandfather Jacob Simon, I might have hit upon a promising clue. Here's what we know: Jacob was born in 1872 to Nusan Meir and Dora (D

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After years of fruitless searching for the family of my husband's grandfather Jacob Simon, I might have hit upon a promising clue. Here's what we know: Jacob was born in 1872 to Nusan Meir and Dora (D

#southafrica

This article in the New York Times on July 18, 2008 could be of interest to those researching ancestors who came to New York >from the Netherlands or Britain in the 17th or 18th century. The New York

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This article in the New York Times on July 18, 2008 could be of interest to those researching ancestors who came to New York >from the Netherlands or Britain in the 17th or 18th century. The New York

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Dr. Doron Behar's 2004 paper which you refer to involves population studies. He analyzes DNA >from samples of populations at certain geographic regions and identifies the *haplogroup* or *sub- haplogr

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Dr. Doron Behar's 2004 paper which you refer to involves population studies. He analyzes DNA >from samples of populations at certain geographic regions and identifies the *haplogroup* or *sub- haplogr

#dna