Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 15:51:32 -0800 Subject: Re: Yiddish Ditties #yiddish There is a comprehensive 4 volume set "Anthology of Yiddish Folksongs" published in Israel by the Magnes Press in the early

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I struggled for years to locate my great grandfather's immigration info. I suspect it was the new wife who purchased the tickets under her own [former] name, the registrar garbled the ages and names o

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My great aunt, newly married at age 18, emigrated from Belagorodka to St Louis before 1900. She had many relatives from Zaslav [and Shepetovka] some of whom joined her in the early years. Her husband

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All true, and not to be confused with 'Gisya' a diminutive of Giselle, [Ukraine]. Shirley Ginzburg Aptos, California

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I believe that 'dajan' is 'dayan', rabbinic court judge. Shirley Ginzburg California

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My Belarus [Minsk] side used Tante and my Ukrainian [Galician] side used Mima. In each case the aunt was older than the speaker, and the title was respectful. These are regionalisms used by native Yid

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Oh yes! In Israel/ Hebrew, the rooster says 'Kukuriku' as an American rooster crows 'cock-a-doodle-do'. Shirley Ginzburg seeking SHLUGER/SCHLAGER from Shepetovka area Ukraine; descendants from town of

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I, too, am seeking such paperwork--if any exists--for my late father in law who spent 18 months in 'basic training' prior to the War, and was pressed into active service during the war. Please share w

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Dear Anna [from Russia] and Susan & Neville [Vatican], and extended JewishGen family, Here is a bit about my Mandel side: Israel Mandel, born 1875, son of Aaron Mandel and Ruth Smokler [Rochel Shmukle

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I am interested to hear from people who travelled by train from Novosibirsk [or eastern Russia] to Poland or Germany immediately after WWII. Conditions on the trains, what food was provided for famili

Joan B. expressed my sentiments perfectly. I am still willing to learn my way around the new system, but long for the ease of former setup. Good thing that together we can work out bugs and smooth [ad

I just found a relative in the 1910 US Census. Rather than living with his impoverished step mother, this 13 year old boy was living in the Essex County Training School on Marston Street in Lawrence,

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I just found a relative in the 1910 US Census. Rather than living with his impoverished step mother, this 13 year old boy was living in the Essex County Training School on Marston Street in Lawrence,

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Could G. Hofman-Dervillez please contact me? My reply to his/her "ipod" address bounced. Thanks, Shirley California

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Could G. Hofman-Dervillez please contact me? My reply to his/her "ipod" address bounced. Thanks, Shirley California

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Dear Fellow researchers, I have recently learned that my grandmother's family came to Chicago cross of the rivers Irpin and Dneiper. The family name is Dematoff [Dematov, etc] I am interested to conta

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Dear Fellow researchers, I have recently learned that my grandmother's family came to Chicago cross of the rivers Irpin and Dneiper. The family name is Dematoff [Dematov, etc] I am interested to conta

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Dear Fellow Researchers, I recently learned that my grandmother and her siblings came to Chicago >from Dymer [Dimer, Demir] a town not fr >from Kiev, and located at the crossing of the rivers Irpin an

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Dear Fellow Researchers, I recently learned that my grandmother and her siblings came to Chicago >from Dymer [Dimer, Demir] a town not fr >from Kiev, and located at the crossing of the rivers Irpin an

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In reply to Judith Wegner re: Alan Jailler's surname. Were there Jewish jails in the 19th and 20th century European shtetlach? Indeed there were Jewish jails and guards in the shtetl. The Yiskor book

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