It is certainly possible for a witness to a birth record to have the same surname as the child's mother, and to be related. The function of the witness on these 19th century documents is to confirm th

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It is certainly possible for a witness to a birth record to have the same surname as the child's mother, and to be related. The function of the witness on these 19th century documents is to confirm th

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<Are any of you familiar with the given name Ginesya> According to Alexander Beider, A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names (2001), Ginesya is a variant on Ginendl, which was originally borrowed in th

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<Are any of you familiar with the given name Ginesya> According to Alexander Beider, A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names (2001), Ginesya is a variant on Ginendl, which was originally borrowed in th

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You are trying to find your relationship to the Louis Hochman family in Detroit. It is difficult to help you because you did not include the family story about the nature of the relationship. To parap

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You are trying to find your relationship to the Louis Hochman family in Detroit. It is difficult to help you because you did not include the family story about the nature of the relationship. To parap

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<My father, Saul... always said that his Jewish name is Sonien (pronounced SAWN-yen). I have never come across this name otherwise in my research. Has anyone ever heard this name before? ... > Alexand

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<My father, Saul... always said that his Jewish name is Sonien (pronounced SAWN-yen). I have never come across this name otherwise in my research. Has anyone ever heard this name before? ... > Alexand

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Witnesses to 19th century Russian Empire metrical records are likely persons of veracity in the community convenient to the maker of the records. What they are witnessing is the fact that the record-k

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Witnesses to 19th century Russian Empire metrical records are likely persons of veracity in the community convenient to the maker of the records. What they are witnessing is the fact that the record-k

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Cheryl, <I made a break through in finding information a few weeks ago but now I have hit a brick wall and I am hoping someone can help. I found my maternal grandfather's Petition for Naturalization p

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Cheryl, <I made a break through in finding information a few weeks ago but now I have hit a brick wall and I am hoping someone can help. I found my maternal grandfather's Petition for Naturalization p

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To supplement Doug Cohen's excellent response, in the Russian Empire everyone had two identifiers. Everyone was identified by class. Most Jews were townspeople, but a few were merchants and a few were

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To supplement Doug Cohen's excellent response, in the Russian Empire everyone had two identifiers. Everyone was identified by class. Most Jews were townspeople, but a few were merchants and a few were

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Pete asked about hiring a researcher to search the 1897 census for the towns of Uman and Talne for people whose places of birth and 1897 residence might not have been in either of those towns. The imp

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Pete asked about hiring a researcher to search the 1897 census for the towns of Uman and Talne for people whose places of birth and 1897 residence might not have been in either of those towns. The imp

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Yishayahu in Hebrew is normally translated to Isaiah in English. In eastern European Yiddish, Yishayahu was commonly something like Shaya. To create an English language name >from Shaya, one would loo

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Yishayahu in Hebrew is normally translated to Isaiah in English. In eastern European Yiddish, Yishayahu was commonly something like Shaya. To create an English language name >from Shaya, one would loo

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Fradel can be either male or female. Alexander Beider, in his Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names, puts the female version as a variant on Freyde, and the male version as a variant on Freydman, meani

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Fradel can be either male or female. Alexander Beider, in his Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names, puts the female version as a variant on Freyde, and the male version as a variant on Freydman, meani

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