I got tired of scrolling looking for these - so I went to the shared cM tab and put in 19 cM to 20 cM and they opened right up. Everything above 8 is still there. I am personally having problems findi

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Please look up Alexander Beider's book Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. It is available on Avotaynu.com or may be available through inter-library.com

#poland #names #holocaust

I like Legacy Family tree. It is important to me to keep my tree on my computer. The paid version ($35) offers cloud backup, it also has many more capabilities than the free version, but you can start

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I also want my trees to outlive me, both my Jewish one or ones and my husband's non-Jewish ones. I am planning on at least one book for his tree and possibly one for mine. I do however have my own web

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She voluntarily traded it, it was not stolen.

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I believe that it is the same as Ancestry thru -lines. It is just named something else. If your tree is not large enough or there are no matching trees then there are no theories of relativity, and no

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I have many non-Jewish friends who have used this. Some complain because others changed their information. It is a collaborative tree much like Geni and wikitree. I would suggest either of those as al

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I have also had my tree online for about 13 years, I have a tree on Ancestry and MyHeritage as well as my own site https://www.sarahsgenies.com. I did change hosts about two years ago for my site, and

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It is not considered appropriate to call attention to the conversion status of a Jew by using the Avinu (or Imeinu). At this point in time, he/she is a Jew and the status should not be questioned. He

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Since he is in Israel, MyHeritage can not sell him a kit legally, nor can he upload his results there. He could upload his results from FTDNA or Ancestry while on his vacation if his device did not sh

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I have a similar story on my father's side. My great grandfather ostensibly purchased papers to avoid the Czarist conscription. He bought the surname MEYER (although I like the adoption part too) beca

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Many years ago I tried to use DNAGedCom and it blew up because I had so many Jewish matches (all 4 of my grandparents were Jewish). So try it but be aware that if there are a lot of matches it may cra

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Yes I have a similar story, My paternal great-grandfather bought papers to escape the Czarist conscription from a man with the surname Meyer. He came here with the name Fishel Meyer (that is the name

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There are religious reasons why some Cohanim lose their Cohen status. Interestingly my father was an Israel, but when I had two paternal "second" cousins DNA done, I was asked after the first one was

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Count the generations back to the siblings on EACH side so if on your side it is 4 and on the other side it is 3, the smaller number is the cousin - in this case 3 and the positive difference is the r

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Yes, this was exceedingly common in the US. I have seen it in my husband's non Jewish family many times.

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Look for first or second cousins that are sons of your father or grandfather's brothers. Make sure that you only follow the male line. My father had no brothers, but his father had two of them. Each o

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I have a lot of Edelbergs from Rosario and also Cosakov. You can view my tree at https://www.sarahsgenies.com. Try different spellings of Cosakov - I also am in touch with living cousins on the Cosako

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I give them a link to my online tree on my website. It does not allow download of gedcoms, shows only names and no data for living people. And some living people are privatized, upon request. There ar

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What happens when there are two hashtags – one of which you have muted and the other one was not muted? Also if you did not mute a hashtag does that mean that you are following it? Sarah Lee Meyer Chr

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