This quotation is taken from an account by a young man survivor of the Holocaust. He came from Makow Mazowiecki, north of Warsaw. He came to America during the 1950s. He wrote: “During my first visit

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I agree. This is a shocking announcement, and should be quashed by the Dutch government. Is it all right to ask ONE group for this type of information but not all the others? The Netherlands has usual

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In 1942 on his WWII draft registration card Herman Lichtenstein (or Lichenstein) gave his birth date as Aug 23, 1896 in New York City. In 1921 he married Lilyan Haber, and this is the earliest record

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I am trying to find information about an old friend and connection with the common name of David Schwartz (no middle name). He lived in New York born about 1928, and joined the Coast Guard at age 17 d

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Are there any records of children who were sent to America from Britain in 1940 to keep them safe from the air raids? I seem to recall that my aunt had an English boy stay with her in 1940 in Winnipeg

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My grandfather , original name Hirsch Chrzan, married Esther Silberstein. He came to America under his own name, always spelled differently. At some point after arriving he was asked to spell his name

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It was well-known in our family that the Finkelsteins came from Shumsk, in Volhynia, Ukraine. My grandfather on his Canadian naturalization said he was born in Radishevka, also made by his younger sis

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My grandfather changed his name in 1908. When he applied for a passport in 1927 he had to show a court order changing his name, and that shows on his application. This was in New York but his next chi

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Subj: ViewMate translation request - Hebrew I've posted the writing on the back of a photo of two girls and two boys, I believe it is Hebrew and a translation would be helpful. It is on ViewMate at th

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This discussion has been of great interest to me. When I was in Israel a few years ago, I copied with my Iphone over 150 pages of documents at various archives. They are mostly in Hebrew, typewritten.

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Subj: ViewMate translation request I've posted in two windows a series of photographs with captions probably in Yiddish, for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following address .

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My research has taken me back to my great-great-grandfather Jacob Chrzan probably born about 1820 in Makow Mazowiecki. I knew his wife’s name was Ruth. I have come upon information giving me his wife’

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I have posted a picture of the grave of my great-grandmother who was buried in Warsaw before WWI. Her married name was CHRZAN but the Hebrew on the stone seems to say something different. https://www.

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The Winnipeg Free Press published an article on October 6, 1904, about the wedding of Ethel LENNIS and Max Hoffer, in Selkirk, Manitoba. Ethel Lennis died in 1909 on November 9th. Her death is listed

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There is also the problem of the spoken name being heard by speakers of different languages. This spoken name would be written differently from an English-speaker, such as a German, or French. The sou

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I've posted a page from a student autograph book with messages in Polish and Yiddish for which I need a translation. This is from Makow Mazowiecki and dates from around 1920. I am anxious to find out

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I have posted six photographs of my grandfather's sisters. The top row shows them as adults, the bottom row as teenagers/children, about 1890. I know the adults' names, but not the children. I am tryi

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I am looking for information on the BJALIN family who came from Sweden to Winnipeg. Esther Bjalin was born in Sweden in 1881 (or 1868) and married Jacob Greengard in Winnipeg in 1906. She died in 1946

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For some time I have been trying to find the death details of my great-grandmother Pearl Finkelstein. Perhaps someone has an idea I have not tried. She arrived in New York in December 1890 with her so

These are two pictures of my grandfather Harris Silverstone taken in Warsaw at a rail station in 1927. Can anyone identify the men he is with? https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=1

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