Dear Sandra, The name Zallel is a shortened form of Betzalel (a Biblical name which is also written Bezalel; see Exodus 31:1-6). Charles and Carl are English names associated with Betzalel/Zalel. The

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I would like to announce that I have just established the PARNES Y-DNA project through Family Tree DNA. There are many Parnes families who lived in Galicia and elsewhere in Europe. Some are connected

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I would like to announce that I have just established the PARNES Y-DNA project through Family Tree DNA. There are many Parnes families who lived in Galicia and elsewhere in Europe. Some are connected

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The Polish-language article mentioned by Marilyn Robinson also appears in English translation: http://www.mankurty.com/holocaust/?p=242 You can access the Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian texts here: ht

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The Polish-language article mentioned by Marilyn Robinson also appears in English translation: http://www.mankurty.com/holocaust/?p=242 You can access the Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian texts here: ht

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David Dubin asked about an inscription: "...The context is '...son of so-and-so (ob"m) mehora dena, grandson of the gaon so-and-so....', It looks like one word, and is spelled mem-heh-vav(or yod)-resh

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David Dubin asked about an inscription: "...The context is '...son of so-and-so (ob"m) mehora dena, grandson of the gaon so-and-so....', It looks like one word, and is spelled mem-heh-vav(or yod)-resh

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Dear Meron, Parka is most likely a mispronounced version of Pajke. Pajke (approximately pronounced PY-KUH) is a nickname for Paje (or Paye). There is a common similar issue with the nickname Shayke /

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Dear Meron, Parka is most likely a mispronounced version of Pajke. Pajke (approximately pronounced PY-KUH) is a nickname for Paje (or Paye). There is a common similar issue with the nickname Shayke /

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Dear Amos, You asked about the name Elusom--"Eliezer Sobel, appears in JRI-Poland Records by three names: Luser Sobel, Leiser Abraham Sobel and Abraham Elusom Sobel." I am assuming that you have refer

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Dear Amos, You asked about the name Elusom--"Eliezer Sobel, appears in JRI-Poland Records by three names: Luser Sobel, Leiser Abraham Sobel and Abraham Elusom Sobel." I am assuming that you have refer

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Dear Friends, While there are excellent modern resources available to us to help us in clarifying the names of our ancestors' towns, we should also be aware of some of the older resources that are ava

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Dear Friends, While there are excellent modern resources available to us to help us in clarifying the names of our ancestors' towns, we should also be aware of some of the older resources that are ava

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Josef HAUSMAN of Tel Aviv contributed the following names names to the List of Lwow Holocaust Victims, a personal compilation by Peretz Zohar (which is found in the Yizkor Book Database section of the

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Josef HAUSMAN of Tel Aviv contributed the following names names to the List of Lwow Holocaust Victims, a personal compilation by Peretz Zohar (which is found in the Yizkor Book Database section of the

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My father's 1st cousin Norman/Nechemia PARNES [b. 1902 to Leibisch and Roza (née SECHER) PARNES; Pluhow, near Zloczow], died in Haifa in 1966 and was buried in "the Jewish Cemetery, Haifa" (notation i

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My father's 1st cousin Norman/Nechemia PARNES [b. 1902 to Leibisch and Roza (née SECHER) PARNES; Pluhow, near Zloczow], died in Haifa in 1966 and was buried in "the Jewish Cemetery, Haifa" (notation i

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Dear Judith, These numbers tally the number of male and female passengers on the manifest page. The complete tally is listed at the bottom. The individual numbers you see periodically as you scan the

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Dear Judith, These numbers tally the number of male and female passengers on the manifest page. The complete tally is listed at the bottom. The individual numbers you see periodically as you scan the

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Dear Friends, Karen Roekard challenged the portion of a gravestone translation that someone provided: "... Deceased in old age..." She wrote that the "gravestone says, literally, that 'he died old plu

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