Can anyone suggest what the handwritten Polish place name might be that my aunt Betsy Cohen said to a British census official in 1911. It is on the second line of the form at http://sabelfamily.org/19

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Can anyone suggest what the handwritten Polish place name might be that my aunt Betsy Cohen said to a British census official in 1911. It is on the second line of the form at http://sabelfamily.org/19

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I am trying to locate a relative >from Roxbury who died in the 1920s. JCAM has told me she is not in any of their cemeteries and I would appreciate any suggestions of others where she might be buried.

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I am trying to locate a relative >from Roxbury who died in the 1920s. JCAM has told me she is not in any of their cemeteries and I would appreciate any suggestions of others where she might be buried.

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Dear All, I've posted a short document in Polish for which I would very much appreciate a translation. It is only a couple of lines of a letter but unfortunately the writing is faint. It is on ViewMat

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Dear All, I've posted a short document in Polish for which I would very much appreciate a translation. It is only a couple of lines of a letter but unfortunately the writing is faint. It is on ViewMat

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Dear All, I've posted a short document in Polish for which I would very much appreciate a translation. It is only a couple of lines of a letter but unfortunately the writing is faint. It is on ViewMat

It is possible to make a formal enquiry of the Population Register. See https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ConsularServices/Pages/Requests_Population_Registry_and_Israel_Police.aspx There is a small fee of 15 NIS

On a document a relative has a name that looks like HAY MEM YOD. Does anyone have any idea what this is ?

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My thanks to those who provided answers to my question and the consensus is that “hay mem apostrophe” means “known as”. In this case Ariye known as Leib.

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I've posted a marriage registration for which I would very much appreciate a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83183

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Does anyone know why an I (or yod) was sometimes removed from start of names ? In my family Italienner became Talyena, and Israel became Srul. Jeffrey Cohen, jeff59471@...>

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Yes but those are first names and I was referring to family names that are modified.

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In my experience My Heritage’s “Theory of Relativity” is weak and of not much use. 23 and Me’s “Predicted Family Tree” is deeply flawed and dangerously misleading, whilst Ancestry’s “Thrulines” produc

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On this headstone Dora's father seems to have an unusual name מתת I do not see anything like Matet in Jewishgen. Can anyone throw any light on it ? (Cemetery in UK and families from Poland). Jeff Cohe

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An uncle named Gershon Lorek who became George Lawrence, is shown as an inmate in this mental facility in NYC in the 1930 Census but does not seem to appear anywhere in the 1940 Census. My assumption

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This is a very interesting article about the private sale of synagogue documents https://www.timesofisrael.com/are-online-sales-of-pre-holocaust-communal-records-their-doom-or-salvation/ Jeff Cohen Lo

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#general I wonder if anyone can make out the word next to “Witness” on this London Beth Din Marriage Authorisation. The groom had no brothers (as it states at the bottom) but the bride did and it may

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Hello David, I believe the entry in Hebrew on the form is referring to the groom having no brothers. I am very familiar with the bride’s family and she had four brothers. Jeff Cohen, London, UK

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Many thanks for the advice I have received. In answer to Sherri I attach the complete document. I know the bride’s family well and she had four brothers but I am trying to confirm the family of the gr

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