I think many late 19th c - early 20th c immigrants said they were born in America - including my own beloved grandmother. Not until I studied her marriage certificate - which listed "Czernowitz" as he

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My maternal grandfather's 1882 birth record >from his town, Zbaraz in Galicia, describes him as "unehelich" - a German word for illegitimate, born out of wedlock. I'm pretty sure that children born to

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My maternal grandfather's 1882 birth record >from his town, Zbaraz in Galicia, describes him as "unehelich" - a German word for illegitimate, born out of wedlock. I'm pretty sure that children born to

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Thank you, Meyer, for sharing this heartwarming story. It's sad, but also "fortunate" that the old group photo had survived! Jewish Genner Susan Gordon PS: I *did* need a box of tissues :-) --- From:

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Thank you, Meyer, for sharing this heartwarming story. It's sad, but also "fortunate" that the old group photo had survived! Jewish Genner Susan Gordon PS: I *did* need a box of tissues :-) --- From:

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Beginning 1914, the US passport offices began to require photos to accompany passports. Following is a summary of the email letter I received >from Rebecca Sharp at the NARA in 2008. This information

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Beginning 1914, the US passport offices began to require photos to accompany passports. Following is a summary of the email letter I received >from Rebecca Sharp at the NARA in 2008. This information

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Thanks to members' input and replies, I have reluctantly concluded that "Polanyu" refers, simply, to Poland, and nothing more specific. In addition, the family's "original" last name, "Dayan," is also

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Thanks to members' input and replies, I have reluctantly concluded that "Polanyu" refers, simply, to Poland, and nothing more specific. In addition, the family's "original" last name, "Dayan," is also

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When I visited my long-estranged father shortly before his death, I asked him where his immigrant father had come from. He said, "Polanyu" - which sounded like "Po - lan - nyu." But I have been unable

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When I visited my long-estranged father shortly before his death, I asked him where his immigrant father had come from. He said, "Polanyu" - which sounded like "Po - lan - nyu." But I have been unable

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Mysteries in my family's past prodded me to delve into WWII and Holocaust history, with valuable assistance >from JewishGen databases and members, too. Soon, my investigations led me through a side do

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Mysteries in my family's past prodded me to delve into WWII and Holocaust history, with valuable assistance >from JewishGen databases and members, too. Soon, my investigations led me through a side do

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Mysteries in my family's past prodded me to delve into WWII and Holocaust history, with valuable assistance >from JewishGen databases and members, too. Soon, my investigations led me through a side do

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Mysteries in my family's past prodded me to delve into WWII and Holocaust history, with valuable assistance >from JewishGen databases and members, too. Soon, my investigations led me through a side do

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Mysteries in my family's past prodded me to delve into WWII and Holocaust history, with valuable assistance >from JewishGen databases and members, too. Soon, my investigations led me through a side do

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Mysteries in my family's past prodded me to delve into WWII and Holocaust history, with valuable assistance >from JewishGen databases and members, too. Soon, my investigations led me through a side do

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Mysteries in my family's past prodded me to delve into World War II and Holocaust history, with valuable assistance >from JewishGen databases and members, too. Soon, my investigations led me through a

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Mysteries in my family's past prodded me to delve into World War II and Holocaust history, with valuable assistance >from JewishGen databases and members, too. Soon, my investigations led me through a

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