Now on ViewMate, No. VM030, is a picture of a man with forked beard Makow, Lomza Gubernia, now known as Makow Mazowiecki. I think he is my great-grandfather but I have lost the indentification. He may

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Now on ViewMate, No. VM029, is a picture labeled "Finkelstein's House" in Szumsk, Ukraine, formerly Volhynia Gubernia. It was found in a 1946 dinner program by a Shumsker Society probably in Brooklyn.

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This query concerns the RIPSTEIN family of Winnipeg and Montreal and other places. My cousin told me his father told him that Ripstein was not the original family name, but he did not know anything fu

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This query concerns the RIPSTEIN family of Winnipeg and Montreal and other places. My cousin told me his father told him that Ripstein was not the original family name, but he did not know anything fu

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Is it possible that this might explain why my grandfather used his wife's maiden name when he came to America? I have not found the arrival records of either him in about 1889 or his wife & children w

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Is it possible that this might explain why my grandfather used his wife's maiden name when he came to America? I have not found the arrival records of either him in about 1889 or his wife & children w

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In my grandfather's case the reason given was that his real name was unpronounceable, and that when in 1889 the "immigration officer" asked him to spell his name he could not and gave his wife's maide

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In my grandfather's case the reason given was that his real name was unpronounceable, and that when in 1889 the "immigration officer" asked him to spell his name he could not and gave his wife's maide

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Herzog is German for Duke. The corresponding words for Prince are Prinz or Furst in German, Knjaz in Russian. Paul Silverstone Tomek Liniecki wrote: Paul Silverstone New York reply to: paulh@....

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Herzog is German for Duke. The corresponding words for Prince are Prinz or Furst in German, Knjaz in Russian. Paul Silverstone Tomek Liniecki wrote: Paul Silverstone New York reply to: paulh@....

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I have an "Almanach de St. Petersbourg" for 1910 (a sort of Social Register) which lists businesses. Some of these are starred as "fournisseurs de la Cour" (purveyors to the Court). It is hard to tell

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I have an "Almanach de St. Petersbourg" for 1910 (a sort of Social Register) which lists businesses. Some of these are starred as "fournisseurs de la Cour" (purveyors to the Court). It is hard to tell

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This was my uncle (Kenneth)'s Hebrew name. I don't know where it came family came >from Volhynia Gubernia. Paul Silverstone BABYCAT3 wrote: Paul Silverstone New York reply to: paulh@...

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This was my uncle (Kenneth)'s Hebrew name. I don't know where it came family came >from Volhynia Gubernia. Paul Silverstone BABYCAT3 wrote: Paul Silverstone New York reply to: paulh@...

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I am looking for the family of Nathan (Nahum) Finkelstein who died in Hyannisport in 1965. His wife was named Sarah and he had two children Harriet (Nathanson) and Jimmy Finkelstein -- Paul Silverston

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I am looking for the family of Nathan (Nahum) Finkelstein who died in Hyannisport in 1965. His wife was named Sarah and he had two children Harriet (Nathanson) and Jimmy Finkelstein -- Paul Silverston

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I am looking for information and ancestors of Don Wallach (later Wallace) (1897-1960) who was born in Vienna and was an officer in the Austrian Army during WWI. His parents were Don Hirsch Wallach and

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I am looking for information and ancestors of Don Wallach (later Wallace) (1897-1960) who was born in Vienna and was an officer in the Austrian Army during WWI. His parents were Don Hirsch Wallach and

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I have posted on Viewmate (VM 250) a postcard picture I picked up recently which says Makovskiy - does anyone recognize this scene? I am interested in the town of Makow Mazowiecki called Makova by peo

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I have posted on Viewmate (VM 250) a postcard picture I picked up recently which says Makovskiy - does anyone recognize this scene? I am interested in the town of Makow Mazowiecki called Makova by peo

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