<< For a July 7 family reunion, I am trying to determine the hometown of my maternal great grandparents, Aaron and Rachel (REICHSTEIN) GREENBERG. Their dates are roughly 1845-1933 and 1850-1932 respec

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<< For a July 7 family reunion, I am trying to determine the hometown of my maternal great grandparents, Aaron and Rachel (REICHSTEIN) GREENBERG. Their dates are roughly 1845-1933 and 1850-1932 respec

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U.S. naturalizations could be then (and can be now) done by any court, federal or state. Naturalizations were frequently done in both federal and state courts through the 1920s. By the end of the 1920

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U.S. naturalizations could be then (and can be now) done by any court, federal or state. Naturalizations were frequently done in both federal and state courts through the 1920s. By the end of the 1920

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It might help to be clearer about the function of the witness. This is obscure in most records I have examined, but some records will say explicitly something like: "X came to see me and told me of th

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It might help to be clearer about the function of the witness. This is obscure in most records I have examined, but some records will say explicitly something like: "X came to see me and told me of th

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<Can somebody tell me the difference between a town, a village and a shtetl.?> These were official designations made by the Russian government. I have written down the following designations, with com

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<Can somebody tell me the difference between a town, a village and a shtetl.?> These were official designations made by the Russian government. I have written down the following designations, with com

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Allan Jordan is looking for the person his ggf left a legacy to in his will. Ggf died in 1941. Exact procedures vary >from state to state, but here is the general outline. When a person dies leaving a

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Allan Jordan is looking for the person his ggf left a legacy to in his will. Ggf died in 1941. Exact procedures vary >from state to state, but here is the general outline. When a person dies leaving a

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It was not uncommon in Jewish records in Tsarist Russia when a divorced woman remarried to reference her as something like "Sarah, divorced wife of Chernigov townsperson Moshe Pipik and daughter of Ne

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It was not uncommon in Jewish records in Tsarist Russia when a divorced woman remarried to reference her as something like "Sarah, divorced wife of Chernigov townsperson Moshe Pipik and daughter of Ne

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<I am seeking information about Rabbi David Pinkas Chornoy who was in Monastyrishchi, Kiev Gubernia, in 1851.> You will find an index to Genrich Deych's "Jewish Religious Personnel in the Russian Empi

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<I am seeking information about Rabbi David Pinkas Chornoy who was in Monastyrishchi, Kiev Gubernia, in 1851.> You will find an index to Genrich Deych's "Jewish Religious Personnel in the Russian Empi

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Did the FAERSTEINs have a daughter Doris b. 1914, as listed in the 1930 census, who was not the informant on Lewis's 1951 Florida death certificate? No sign of Doris in the online Philadelphia marriag

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Did the FAERSTEINs have a daughter Doris b. 1914, as listed in the 1930 census, who was not the informant on Lewis's 1951 Florida death certificate? No sign of Doris in the online Philadelphia marriag

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Joel Ackerman wrote: Most likely it is the town in which they were registered. Every Russian had a registration that consisted of a status, and most also had a place. The name of the town is probably

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Joel Ackerman wrote: Most likely it is the town in which they were registered. Every Russian had a registration that consisted of a status, and most also had a place. The name of the town is probably

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I have 4 relatives for whom I have both the original European birth record cases, the U.S. date of birth seems fictional in that it is unrelated to either the Julian or Gregorian original version. In

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I have 4 relatives for whom I have both the original European birth record cases, the U.S. date of birth seems fictional in that it is unrelated to either the Julian or Gregorian original version. In

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