I have a distant relative whose name was Yishayahu (various spellings). Is this the Yiddish form of Isaiah? I have tried to research this on Google, but have come up with conflicting results. Thanks.

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I have a distant relative whose name was Yishayahu (various spellings). Is this the Yiddish form of Isaiah? I have tried to research this on Google, but have come up with conflicting results. Thanks.

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I am researching family members who lived in Rakov and Volozhin (present-day Belarus) until the Holocaust. I am trying to find out which side of the line they were on during the First World War. From

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I am researching family members who lived in Rakov and Volozhin (present-day Belarus) until the Holocaust. I am trying to find out which side of the line they were on during the First World War. From

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I am researching family members who lived in Rakov and Volozhin (present-day Belarus) until the Holocaust. I am trying to find out which side of the line they were on during the First World War. From

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I am researching family members who lived in Rakov and Volozhin (present-day Belarus) until the Holocaust. I am trying to find out which side of the line they were on during the First World War. From

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I just found my maternal grandmother's Ellis Island records and she lists her town as Krasnice (it was part of Poland in 1921 when she emigrated). My mother says she believes her mother lived near Min

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I just found my maternal grandmother's Ellis Island records and she lists her town as Krasnice (it was part of Poland in 1921 when she emigrated). My mother says she believes her mother lived near Min

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I just found my maternal grandmother's Ellis Island records and she lists her town as Krasnice (it was part of Poland in 1921 when she emigrated). My mother says she believes her mother lived near Min

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I just found my maternal grandmother's Ellis Island records and she lists her town as Krasnice (it was part of Poland in 1921 when she emigrated). My mother says she believes her mother lived near Min

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Zelig KOST was a Holocaust survivor >from Rakov (present day Belarus) who wrote movingly about returning to the shtetl in 1944 and coming upon the ruins of the synagogue where so many died. His accoun

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Zelig KOST was a Holocaust survivor >from Rakov (present day Belarus) who wrote movingly about returning to the shtetl in 1944 and coming upon the ruins of the synagogue where so many died. His accoun

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Zelig Kost was a Holocaust survivor >from Rakov (presentday Belarus) who wrote movingly about returning to the shtetl in 1944 and coming upon the ruins of the synagogue where so many died. His account

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Zelig Kost was a Holocaust survivor >from Rakov (presentday Belarus) who wrote movingly about returning to the shtetl in 1944 and coming upon the ruins of the synagogue where so many died. His account

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Thanks to those who contacted me about Zelig Kost. According to family lore, Kost became a partisan after the Nazis killed his family. I found the following citation on the US Holocaust Memorial Museu

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Thanks to those who contacted me about Zelig Kost. According to family lore, Kost became a partisan after the Nazis killed his family. I found the following citation on the US Holocaust Memorial Museu

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Thanks to those who contacted me about Zelig Kost. According to family lore, Kost became a partisan after the Nazis killed his family. I found the following citation on the US Holocaust Memorial Museu

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Thanks to those who contacted me about Zelig Kost. According to family lore, Kost became a partisan after the Nazis killed his family. I found the following citation on the US Holocaust Memorial Museu

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I am trying to connect with descendants/relatives of William, Moses and Ellis ROSENTHAL. William, who was born in the shtetl of Rakov, married my great aunt Ida Cohen (nee Itel Kaganovitch) after they

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I am trying to connect with descendants/relatives of William, Moses and Ellis ROSENTHAL. William, who was born in the shtetl of Rakov, married my great aunt Ida Cohen (nee Itel Kaganovitch) after they

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