a US Federal Census (I usually search in the 1900-1930 range), despite my being absolutely certain of his address. I was scratching my head about that, when my non-genealogist girlfriend asked innocen

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a US Federal Census (I usually search in the 1900-1930 range), despite my being absolutely certain of his address. I was scratching my head about that, when my non-genealogist girlfriend asked innocen

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Hi All, I know that the OP requested private responses, but since my search story is of general interest, I decided to respond here as well. I immediately looked up "Feivel BERNSTEIN" in the www.castl

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Hi All, I know that the OP requested private responses, but since my search story is of general interest, I decided to respond here as well. I immediately looked up "Feivel BERNSTEIN" in the www.castl

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I have seen other examples of this such as the enumerator writing down the specific city of birth for immigrants. Unfortunately, he did this for relatives of mine whose city of birth was already known

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I have seen other examples of this such as the enumerator writing down the specific city of birth for immigrants. Unfortunately, he did this for relatives of mine whose city of birth was already known

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Hi Allan, their English names. I've had relatives change their English names several times. In fact, my grandfather, born "Sollie" (we assume it was short for "Solomon") eventually became Saul. I woul

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Hi Allan, their English names. I've had relatives change their English names several times. In fact, my grandfather, born "Sollie" (we assume it was short for "Solomon") eventually became Saul. I woul

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With the availability of the index for the 1940 census, I finally managed to locate 2 long lost 2nd cousins whose existence had only been "rumored". So now I know where they were in 1940. One was born

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With the availability of the index for the 1940 census, I finally managed to locate 2 long lost 2nd cousins whose existence had only been "rumored". So now I know where they were in 1940. One was born

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Layish is an exotic Hebrew word for lion. That's the only connection I can think of. Meron LAVIE Stephen Esrati [mailto:sesrati13@...] wrote: Subject: Could Lyons be Laish?

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Layish is an exotic Hebrew word for lion. That's the only connection I can think of. Meron LAVIE Stephen Esrati [mailto:sesrati13@...] wrote: Subject: Could Lyons be Laish?

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I had a gg-grandmother named Katherina, >from Russia or Podolia I believe. I know that she was orthodox. It was always my understanding that Katherina was not a name used by Jews. Has anyone ever run

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I had a gg-grandmother named Katherina, >from Russia or Podolia I believe. I know that she was orthodox. It was always my understanding that Katherina was not a name used by Jews. Has anyone ever run

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I had a gg-grandmother named Parka. I have never heard of that name before. She was "normal" Jewish names (Hebrew or Yiddish). Has anyone ever heard of that name before? I know her non-Jewish name was

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I had a gg-grandmother named Parka. I have never heard of that name before. She was "normal" Jewish names (Hebrew or Yiddish). Has anyone ever heard of that name before? I know her non-Jewish name was

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I just found out that my gg-grandfather Julius' original name was Zechiel. I found one or two instances in which Zechiel was used as a family name, but never as a first name. Has anyone here ever hear

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I just found out that my gg-grandfather Julius' original name was Zechiel. I found one or two instances in which Zechiel was used as a family name, but never as a first name. Has anyone here ever hear

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First of all, thanks for all the responses both in this forum and privately. For those who asked, the name was most definitely Zechiel. Since he was detained due to lack of funds, his name appears twi

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First of all, thanks for all the responses both in this forum and privately. For those who asked, the name was most definitely Zechiel. Since he was detained due to lack of funds, his name appears twi

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