Hi David, those are the number of markers that they test on the Y chromosome. They test either 12,25,37, 67 or 111 locations (markers) and count the number of repeats. The more markers that you test (

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Hi David, those are the number of markers that they test on the Y chromosome. They test either 12,25,37, 67 or 111 locations (markers) and count the number of repeats. The more markers that you test (

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Shalom Amit, I just returned >from Salt Lake and spent 4 days looking at Polish records in the Family history library. There is an Icon that toggles between a full size image and thumbnails. If you ha

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Shalom Amit, I just returned >from Salt Lake and spent 4 days looking at Polish records in the Family history library. There is an Icon that toggles between a full size image and thumbnails. If you ha

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Why am I getting multiple messages per day rather than just one when I requested digest form? And why do I need a separate login from my Jewishgen researcher number login? I also would like a translat

I have my own website - and it will be around as long as I am, but I have changed hosts and the name. As I look at TuviabenAvrahamAharonvSimaRivka I still don't have a complete URL, as I don't know wh

Have you checked the given names database on Jewishgen.org for suggestions? Also remember that when you look in the US censuses there were times when Poland did not exist, it was either Russia (easter

When did they come? I see some trees on Ancestry showing that Louis Moshe Gottstein died in Des Moines in 1913 and that Sarah's maiden name was Hochenberg. Following up on this I found Nathan's graves

Will someone please post the email address or form to fill in to send comments? Yes I will copy my senators and representatives. I have read the conversation starters. And the contact us page on the f

There is an older cemetery on the East side of Des Moines, I am not sure exactly where, where there were burials from the Children of Israel congregation. That congregation disbanded and the memorial

There is a lot of help on Facebook. There are at least three Jewish genealogy groups, Tracing the Tribe, Jewish genealogy portal and Jews from Poland , a group called DNA Your Jewish journey. In addit

I have requested many photos through Find A Grave and a lot depends on which volunteer picks up the request. Try it there first and if you don't get a response in say a month, then repost here. I have

Dear Mr. May, The 1/8th is an average - or the mean of the distribution. Only from your parents is it exactly 50-50. But >from your grandparents or great grandparents the percentages vary. For example

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Death certificate records can be very inaccurate as people are grieving. Where was this? Can you find other records for her? Was she the immigrant? If so can you find her passenger arrival or naturali

It sounds very interesting. Will there be an English translation or will it be available in a pdf format so that we can use Google translate to translate the names?

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Congratulations on finding your birth father so quickly and making positive contact with the nephew and niece. I am interested in the rest of your story as it unfolds.

There are some great Jewish genealogy groups on Face book including one on DNA. Also the regular DNA groups there have search angels and DNA Detectives who might be able to assist you in your search.

I tried replying to your email and the message bounced. I do not live in the tri-state area (wherever that is-Illinois, Indiana and Michigan or NY, NJ and PA or CT, I am in Central Texas. Thanks for m

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I include all those born alive, even if they only lived a few hours. I do not include stillborns. I may make a note on the mother's record that she had a stillborn child, but especially without names,

My family story does not involve maiming, but buying false papers to avoid the draft, and then using that name to leave Russia and come to the US. In 1884 my ggf Fishel Meyer (born Perchik) came to th