Dear All, My references suggest that Beines or Benis is a version of Bendit (Benedict) which is Latin for blessed and is a kinnui for Baruch. Your great grandfather's Hebrew given name is probably Bar

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Dear All, My references suggest that Beines or Benis is a version of Bendit (Benedict) which is Latin for blessed and is a kinnui for Baruch. Your great grandfather's Hebrew given name is probably Bar

#latvia

Dear Genners, There has been quite a bit of discussion in the digest lately that assumes that there is a relationship between a person's secular name and the religious one. In my experience with US Je

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Dear Genners, There has been quite a bit of discussion in the digest lately that assumes that there is a relationship between a person's secular name and the religious one. In my experience with US Je

#ukraine

Dear Genners, A key to finding your South American cousins are the wonderful South American telephone books on line. You need to know just a few words in Spanish; White is Blancas Surname is Apellido

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Dear Genners, A key to finding your South American cousins are the wonderful South American telephone books on line. You need to know just a few words in Spanish; White is Blancas Surname is Apellido

#latinamerica

Dear Genners, I need your suggestions regarding this new information. My paternal great-grandfather Fischel MEYER arrived in the US on 25 May 1885 >from Hamburg on the SS Polaria. The family informati

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Dear Genners, I need your suggestions regarding this new information. My paternal great-grandfather Fischel MEYER arrived in the US on 25 May 1885 >from Hamburg on the SS Polaria. The family informati

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Dear Genners, I have the following information (somewhat contradictory) about my paternal grandfather's mother's sister Her name was Anna CAIT. Her father's name was Shlomo. She came to the US for the

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Dear Genners, I have the following information (somewhat contradictory) about my paternal grandfather's mother's sister Her name was Anna CAIT. Her father's name was Shlomo. She came to the US for the

#ukraine

I have two suggestions. One is to scan the ketubah centering on the place and ask for help in reading it, by placing it on ViewMate. With three alphabets involved not to mention Yiddish and Russian pl

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I have two suggestions. One is to scan the ketubah centering on the place and ask for help in reading it, by placing it on ViewMate. With three alphabets involved not to mention Yiddish and Russian pl

#ukraine

Dear Genners, In my family the first name Fanny was used (at least in the US) for the Yiddish name Feige (Feyge). This is in keeping with the way that many US Jews kept the first letter of the Hebrew

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Dear Genners, In my family the first name Fanny was used (at least in the US) for the Yiddish name Feige (Feyge). This is in keeping with the way that many US Jews kept the first letter of the Hebrew

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Dear Genners, Since they were in Buenos Aires, the first thing that I would do is to check the cemetery records in Argentina, on line < http://www.amia.org.ar/difuntos.asp >. Put SCHWARTZ in to the se

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Dear Genners, Since they were in Buenos Aires, the first thing that I would do is to check the cemetery records in Argentina, on line < http://www.amia.org.ar/difuntos.asp >. Put SCHWARTZ in to the se

#latinamerica

Hello Genners, When looking for someone in Argentina there are two places to check on line. The Argentinean phone books, http://www.paginasdoradas.com/Telefonos.action Put the surname in the space lab

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Hello Genners, When looking for someone in Argentina there are two places to check on line. The Argentinean phone books, http://www.paginasdoradas.com/Telefonos.action Put the surname in the space lab

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Genners, The Jewish men that I know or have known, with the secular name of Phillip, have had a Yiddish name of Feivel or Faivush. The Ukraine Given Names database also suggested Fishel and Pesach. Sa

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Genners, The Jewish men that I know or have known, with the secular name of Phillip, have had a Yiddish name of Feivel or Faivush. The Ukraine Given Names database also suggested Fishel and Pesach. Sa

#ukraine