A while back, I wrote a positing here about the insidious, pernicious phenomenon of "Retroactive Samification" - meaning that some ancestor who never stepped foot out of his native shtetl had his name

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A while back, I wrote a positing here about the insidious, pernicious phenomenon of "Retroactive Samification" - meaning that some ancestor who never stepped foot out of his native shtetl had his name

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As some of you may recall, I was whining in this forum several months ago regarding the dearth of vital records available on line for Buchach (nee Buczacz). Well, while looking up some of the members

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As some of you may recall, I was whining in this forum several months ago regarding the dearth of vital records available on line for Buchach (nee Buczacz). Well, while looking up some of the members

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My great-great-uncle was naturalized in the Kings County Court in 1892. I know how to order naturalization records for that court starting >from 1907, but how do I order a record >from 1892? TIA, Mero

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My great-great-uncle was naturalized in the Kings County Court in 1892. I know how to order naturalization records for that court starting >from 1907, but how do I order a record >from 1892? TIA, Mero

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Were they all >from the same home town? I have run into quite a few de facto landsmen residences. For example, it seems that around that time there were a few blocks in E. Houston St. which required a

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Were they all >from the same home town? I have run into quite a few de facto landsmen residences. For example, it seems that around that time there were a few blocks in E. Houston St. which required a

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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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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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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 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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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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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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