On 2008.11.24, Andy Rosen <arosen2@...> asked: I know of the use of planks of wood, but not of individual planks. I think that individual planks may have risen the cost per death prohibitively, an

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On 2008.11.24, Andy Rosen <arosen2@...> asked: I know of the use of planks of wood, but not of individual planks. I think that individual planks may have risen the cost per death prohibitively, an

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Earlier today, Celia Male <celiamale@...> wrote: Celia, Barbara, Do you have a reference for the above definition? It seems to me that 1) a "mop to clean the oven" is not something a baker disco

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Earlier today, Celia Male <celiamale@...> wrote: Celia, Barbara, Do you have a reference for the above definition? It seems to me that 1) a "mop to clean the oven" is not something a baker disco

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She may have realized that she had no fasola (beans) for her tshoolent, so she ran out in her bloomers - the same bloomers she was going to wear after opening her bakery. Jake Goldstein

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She may have realized that she had no fasola (beans) for her tshoolent, so she ran out in her bloomers - the same bloomers she was going to wear after opening her bakery. Jake Goldstein

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Bernstein means amber. In Polish it is Bursztyn. There is a town with this name, not far >from L'viv, which ended up in the Ukraine when borders were settled after WWII. Its geographic coordinates are

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Bernstein means amber. In Polish it is Bursztyn. There is a town with this name, not far >from L'viv, which ended up in the Ukraine when borders were settled after WWII. Its geographic coordinates are

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Most yizkor books have been scanned and are freely available at the New York Public Library website for viewing. The URL is http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbookonline.cfm Jake Goldstein --

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Most yizkor books have been scanned and are freely available at the New York Public Library website for viewing. The URL is http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbookonline.cfm Jake Goldstein --

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I'm trying to find Abraham, Ahuva, and/or Zahava BURSZTYN. Abraham must be approximately 72 years old. I do not know the married names of Ahuva and Zahava. They must be approximately 65 and 75 years o

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I'm trying to find Abraham, Ahuva, and/or Zahava BURSZTYN. Abraham must be approximately 72 years old. I do not know the married names of Ahuva and Zahava. They must be approximately 65 and 75 years o

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Yes. They are probably the same person. The database was created by interpreting handwritten records. It is very easy to make that mistake based on Polish or German handwritten entries. Jake Goldstein

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Yes. They are probably the same person. The database was created by interpreting handwritten records. It is very easy to make that mistake based on Polish or German handwritten entries. Jake Goldstein

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While the 2007 IAGS conference takes place in Salt Lake City, another international conference exploring Jewish roots convenes in Jerusalem: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123066 Jak

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While the 2007 IAGS conference takes place in Salt Lake City, another international conference exploring Jewish roots convenes in Jerusalem: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123066 Jak

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In all likelihood this is Nowy Dwor (or Nowydwor or Nowodwor). There are many places in Poland with this name. The name means "new court" in Polish, and, as you can imagine, many new developments near

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In all likelihood this is Nowy Dwor (or Nowydwor or Nowodwor). There are many places in Poland with this name. The name means "new court" in Polish, and, as you can imagine, many new developments near

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On 2007.06.06, Rose Raymen <rr.raymen@...> asked: Nope... There was no mechanism for directly registering divorces as separate vital records in Poland's civil recordkeeping infrastructure.

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On 2007.06.06, Rose Raymen <rr.raymen@...> asked: Nope... There was no mechanism for directly registering divorces as separate vital records in Poland's civil recordkeeping infrastructure.

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