You did not provide your reason for thinking that your gf's name in Russia was Karpel, rather than Cooper. Cooper was not an uncommon name in the Pale, but spelled the Russian way, Kuper. I believe it

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You did not provide your reason for thinking that your gf's name in Russia was Karpel, rather than Cooper. Cooper was not an uncommon name in the Pale, but spelled the Russian way, Kuper. I believe it

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<Any postage stamp experts out there? > In those days, the British king's face appeared on most stamps issued in the British Commonwealth in general use. George V with full face beard died in early 19

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<Any postage stamp experts out there? > In those days, the British king's face appeared on most stamps issued in the British Commonwealth in general use. George V with full face beard died in early 19

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In his first petition for naturalization Solomon GODINSKI says he was born in Kalveny. In his second petition, he says he was born in Calvnia or Galvnya Suwalky. Kalvini Latvia and Gelvonai or Klovain

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In his first petition for naturalization Solomon GODINSKI says he was born in Kalveny. In his second petition, he says he was born in Calvnia or Galvnya Suwalky. Kalvini Latvia and Gelvonai or Klovain

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< Is there any way to confirm my great aunt's identity and relationship to my grandfather without finding the Zagare-environs birth records? > Start with tombstones to see if the listed father of each

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< Is there any way to confirm my great aunt's identity and relationship to my grandfather without finding the Zagare-environs birth records? > Start with tombstones to see if the listed father of each

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I am a Kelmer (LAZEROVITZ and KESLER families). I have heard it both ways, but never >from anyone who lived there-- they had all died before I became interested in genealogy. Bert Herbert Lazerow Visi

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I am a Kelmer (LAZEROVITZ and KESLER families). I have heard it both ways, but never >from anyone who lived there-- they had all died before I became interested in genealogy. Bert Herbert Lazerow Visi

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"I recently discovered the maiden name of my GG GM >from the Ukraine... I do not know her Yiddish given name as of yet, but she was Bessie nee WILEDNIK, married to Rafal KVACHINSKI. (changed to KWAIT

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"I recently discovered the maiden name of my GG GM >from the Ukraine... I do not know her Yiddish given name as of yet, but she was Bessie nee WILEDNIK, married to Rafal KVACHINSKI. (changed to KWAIT

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Sounds a bit like Gomel, which was not a guberniya capital but a uezd capital, and a long way >from Lithuania, in Mogilev guberniya. Bert Herbert Lazerow Visiting Professor University of California La

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Sounds a bit like Gomel, which was not a guberniya capital but a uezd capital, and a long way >from Lithuania, in Mogilev guberniya. Bert Herbert Lazerow Visiting Professor University of California La

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Finding burial sites in Pennsylvania is made difficult by the fact that neither death certificates nor death indices there after 1915 are open to the public, and one is at the mercy of the staff of th

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Finding burial sites in Pennsylvania is made difficult by the fact that neither death certificates nor death indices there after 1915 are open to the public, and one is at the mercy of the staff of th

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If there were young marriages, they never made it into the records. Here is a report on age of first marriage in Nezhin Ukraine (a community heavily influenced by the Lubovicher movement) 1860-1918. D

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If there were young marriages, they never made it into the records. Here is a report on age of first marriage in Nezhin Ukraine (a community heavily influenced by the Lubovicher movement) 1860-1918. D

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< In some cases, a male Jew married a female whose father was wealthy. To curry favor with his new father-in-law, the groom occasionally took the surname of his father-in-law. This was also done if th

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< In some cases, a male Jew married a female whose father was wealthy. To curry favor with his new father-in-law, the groom occasionally took the surname of his father-in-law. This was also done if th

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