I am researching a relative born in Rakov (today's Belarus, then in Russian Pale, between Minsk and Vilna). In American documents I have seen her birth date given as 1886; I am aware that the old styl

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I am researching a relative born in Rakov (today's Belarus, then in Russian Pale, between Minsk and Vilna). In American documents I have seen her birth date given as 1886; I am aware that the old styl

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I am planning a trip to Lithuania and Belarus in May to research family that lived in Vilna, Rakov and Volozhin. I am hiring a guide in Vilnius who will be taking us around. I hope to interview people

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I am planning a trip to Lithuania and Belarus in May to research family that lived in Vilna, Rakov and Volozhin. I am hiring a guide in Vilnius who will be taking us around. I hope to interview people

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I am researching a relative born in Rakov (today's Belarus, then in Russian Pale, between Minsk and Vilna). In American documents I have seen her birth date given as 1886; I am aware that the old styl

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I am researching a relative born in Rakov (today's Belarus, then in Russian Pale, between Minsk and Vilna). In American documents I have seen her birth date given as 1886; I am aware that the old styl

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I am planning a trip to Belarus in May to research family that lived in Rakov and Volozhin. I am hiring a guide in Vilnius who will be taking us around. I hope to interview people in both places about

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I am planning a trip to Belarus in May to research family that lived in Rakov and Volozhin. I am hiring a guide in Vilnius who will be taking us around. I hope to interview people in both places about

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I am interested in hearing >from people who are related to, descended from, or are currently Jews living in Denmark. I would like to learn more about the continuity or disruption of Danish Jewish fami

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I am interested in hearing >from people who are related to, descended from, or are currently Jews living in Denmark. I would like to learn more about the continuity or disruption of Danish Jewish fami

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My grandfather's name in the Russian Pale was Szmul Lonckewicz but in America he was known as Samuel Laskin. I had always heard that the surname was changed on Ellis Island (he arrived in 1921), but I

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My grandfather's name in the Russian Pale was Szmul Lonckewicz but in America he was known as Samuel Laskin. I had always heard that the surname was changed on Ellis Island (he arrived in 1921), but I

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My ancestors arrived on Ellis Island on June 1, 1909 and moved to a tenement house on Madison Street (NOT Madison Avenue) on the Lower East Side, near Henry and Allen streets. I'm wondering how they w

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My ancestors arrived on Ellis Island on June 1, 1909 and moved to a tenement house on Madison Street (NOT Madison Avenue) on the Lower East Side, near Henry and Allen streets. I'm wondering how they w

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I have found my ancestors on the 1910 census -- they lived in a building at 195 Madison Street on New York's Lower East Side. The building had 16 units, numbered on the census >from 277 to 292. My fam

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I have found my ancestors on the 1910 census -- they lived in a building at 195 Madison Street on New York's Lower East Side. The building had 16 units, numbered on the census >from 277 to 292. My fam

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Some of my family members who lived in Lithuania (then Poland) in the 1920s and 1930s went to a resort town near Vilnius (then Vilna) for medical/spa treatments. They wrote to relatives in Israel abou

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Some of my family members who lived in Lithuania (then Poland) in the 1920s and 1930s went to a resort town near Vilnius (then Vilna) for medical/spa treatments. They wrote to relatives in Israel abou

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My great-grandfather was an extremely religious Jew who emigrated from Russia to Madison Street on the Lower East Side in 1909. I am trying to find out which synagogue he belonged to. I am aware that

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My great-grandfather was an extremely religious Jew who emigrated from Russia to Madison Street on the Lower East Side in 1909. I am trying to find out which synagogue he belonged to. I am aware that

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