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Stanley Diamond lecture on DNA-assisted discoveries
#dna
#poland
Is this open to people not in Montreal? Will the YouTube be available after the program for replay? Sarah
Is this open to people not in Montreal? Will the YouTube be available after the program for replay? Sarah
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Wanted: WWII Era European Railway Maps
#general
Have you checked Avotaynu.com?
Have you checked Avotaynu.com?
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Sarah L Meyer
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Google to Restrict Unlimited Storage
#announcements
#photographs
No what has been shown is that nothing is FREE forever. We enjoy and take advantage of those things. However it is important to retain offsite backups of not just your photos but of your genealogy and
No what has been shown is that nothing is FREE forever. We enjoy and take advantage of those things. However it is important to retain offsite backups of not just your photos but of your genealogy and
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Sarah L Meyer
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Social Security Index Question
#usa
#records
Based on your comment and the one below I believe that you are talking about the Application and Claim index and not the SSDI. If the child listed a parent by name (even if the parent was not a citize
Based on your comment and the one below I believe that you are talking about the Application and Claim index and not the SSDI. If the child listed a parent by name (even if the parent was not a citize
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Sarah L Meyer
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SSDI opinions
#general
I consider it a reliable primary source for Deaths and secondary for births. If there is nothing else (no census records, no birth records etc) I will take it. I also consider the month and day more r
I consider it a reliable primary source for Deaths and secondary for births. If there is nothing else (no census records, no birth records etc) I will take it. I also consider the month and day more r
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Sarah L Meyer
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Geni Family Trees - Privacy and Baptism Concerns
#general
I put a small tree on Geni years ago and keep getting messages about smart matches with my own My Heritage tree. I too would like to delete it. If there is a process to do that, please let me know. I
I put a small tree on Geni years ago and keep getting messages about smart matches with my own My Heritage tree. I too would like to delete it. If there is a process to do that, please let me know. I
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Sarah L Meyer
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Looking for information on relatives who emigrated from Brest-Litovsk to Denver, Colorado in the late 1800's
#names
#russia
#usa
Your family may have shortened their name to Heller. When my husband and I were first married in 1968 we lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico and bought our meat by mail from Heller's kosher meat market i
Your family may have shortened their name to Heller. When my husband and I were first married in 1968 we lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico and bought our meat by mail from Heller's kosher meat market i
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Sarah L Meyer
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How to find UKRAINE birth and marriage records
#ukraine
#records
#russia
Are there any records from Kolonie L'vove, Kherson Guberniya, which was one of the former Russian Jewish agricultural colonies. BTW I am one of the webmasters for this shtetl on the Kehilla links.
Are there any records from Kolonie L'vove, Kherson Guberniya, which was one of the former Russian Jewish agricultural colonies. BTW I am one of the webmasters for this shtetl on the Kehilla links.
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Sarah L Meyer
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Need suggestions for how to search for misspelled family names
#records
Sometimes - especially if you are using US records, search for a child with his/her parents and siblings in the appropriate location with no surname at all. If you know for example that a child was Fr
Sometimes - especially if you are using US records, search for a child with his/her parents and siblings in the appropriate location with no surname at all. If you know for example that a child was Fr
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Sarah L Meyer
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A new "names" database?
#names
I do use the JGFF, but I agree with the idea of cleaning it up. So many of the researchers have not been on in the last 10 years. I do know that they do add RD for the deceased researchers, when someo
I do use the JGFF, but I agree with the idea of cleaning it up. So many of the researchers have not been on in the last 10 years. I do know that they do add RD for the deceased researchers, when someo
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Sarah L Meyer
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🍎🍯 Shana Tova from JewishGen!🍎🍯
#JewishGenUpdates
L' Shana Tova tikutevu v'tikutemu.
L' Shana Tova tikutevu v'tikutemu.
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Sarah L Meyer
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50 State Survey Finds One Out of 10 Millennials and Generation Z Didi Not Recall Word 'Holocaust: or Basic Facts of the Genocide #announcements # holocaust
#announcements
#usa
Amazing. I am so sad that so many states have so little awareness, and glad to see that my former home state Iowa is among the ones with a greater awareness. When we lived there, there were a number o
Amazing. I am so sad that so many states have so little awareness, and glad to see that my former home state Iowa is among the ones with a greater awareness. When we lived there, there were a number o
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Sarah L Meyer
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Info and questions please
#general
#russia
Kherson is a guberniya in what is now the southern Ukraine. It is not in Galicia. You can find information in the Ukraine SIG or the Jewish communities database on Jewishgen
Kherson is a guberniya in what is now the southern Ukraine. It is not in Galicia. You can find information in the Ukraine SIG or the Jewish communities database on Jewishgen
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Sarah L Meyer
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🍎🍯 Shana Tova from JewishGen!🍎🍯
#JewishGenUpdates
L' Shana Tova Tikutevu v' tikutema. May you all be inscribed and sealed for a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year.
L' Shana Tova Tikutevu v' tikutema. May you all be inscribed and sealed for a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year.
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Sarah L Meyer
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Help with DNA apps
#dna
A Gedcom is a standard genealogy text file that can be read by any genealogy software. There are free genealogy software programs out there, that can read this file (import it). It may depend on wheth
A Gedcom is a standard genealogy text file that can be read by any genealogy software. There are free genealogy software programs out there, that can read this file (import it). It may depend on wheth
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Sarah L Meyer
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Suggestions for Simple Genealogy Software for Mac
#general
Roots Magic also has a Mac version. (I am a PC person married to a Mac person). Roots Magic also has a free version that you can start with, and then if you like it you can upgrade to the paid version
Roots Magic also has a Mac version. (I am a PC person married to a Mac person). Roots Magic also has a free version that you can start with, and then if you like it you can upgrade to the paid version
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Sarah L Meyer
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Let me restate my name question Re: Nellie
#russia
#names
Do a North American to the European country that your family came from using Jewishgen's given names database, https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/GivenNames/search.htm
Do a North American to the European country that your family came from using Jewishgen's given names database, https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/GivenNames/search.htm
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Sarah L Meyer
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DNA test
#dna
I have a non-Jewish friend who had a "second" cousin at Ancestry - whom he did not recognize. Both were from England. Both had very well done paper trails. He did recognize 4 surnames in his match's s
I have a non-Jewish friend who had a "second" cousin at Ancestry - whom he did not recognize. Both were from England. Both had very well done paper trails. He did recognize 4 surnames in his match's s
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Sarah L Meyer
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finding obituaries
#general
There is a Facebook group called FreeObituaryLookups. https://obituarieshelp.org/ is like a Cindy's list for obituaries - it links to newspapers based on geographical location - but you may need a sub
There is a Facebook group called FreeObituaryLookups. https://obituarieshelp.org/ is like a Cindy's list for obituaries - it links to newspapers based on geographical location - but you may need a sub
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Sarah L Meyer
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Circular (radial) Descendant Family Tree --looking for digital program or website that can create this
#general
Legacy charting does this as a type of fan chart
Legacy charting does this as a type of fan chart
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Sarah L Meyer
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