I found a death record for a cousin. Her parents are both recorded as having been born in Kaerth, Russia. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3G-FCQ6 Does anyone have any ideas of what this

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I'm trying to track down a parnas in Nesvizh in the 1800s. A parnas was a wealthy member of a community who took many of the community's financial burdens upon himself. Are there any sources for these

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I'm trying to track down a parnas in Nesvizh in the 1800s. A parnas was a wealthy member of a community who took many of the community's financial burdens upon himself. Are there any sources for these

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I want to thank everyone for your help. There were two suggestions that I received >from a number of people. The greater number suggested that the name Lyrles was actually Zyrles, for Tziril, and that

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I want to thank everyone for your help. There were two suggestions that I received >from a number of people. The greater number suggested that the name Lyrles was actually Zyrles, for Tziril, and that

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According to my great-great-great grandfather's death certificate, his mother's name was "Lyrles Sacks". A relative had told me this was the name, and I had assumed that it was a mistake. For example,

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According to my great-great-great grandfather's death certificate, his mother's name was "Lyrles Sacks". A relative had told me this was the name, and I had assumed that it was a mistake. For example,

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I'm looking for records of the GREENBLATT family, who moved to (then) Palestine the turn of the century, including Haim Leib (Louis), David, and Samuel. Their father's name was Elia, and his, we think

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I'm looking for records of the GREENBLATT family, who moved to (then) Palestine the turn of the century, including Haim Leib (Louis), David, and Samuel. Their father's name was Elia, and his, we think

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Okay... this is a conundrum I've run into, and I was hoping for a sanity check. My great-grandfather Isadore Lovitt came >from Beltsy, Moldova to America in 1905. His name when he got here was Itzik S

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Okay... this is a conundrum I've run into, and I was hoping for a sanity check. My great-grandfather Isadore Lovitt came >from Beltsy, Moldova to America in 1905. His name when he got here was Itzik S

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Okay... this is a conundrum I've run into, and I was hoping for a sanity check. My great-grandfather Isadore Lovitt came >from Beltsy, Moldova to America in 1905. His name when he got here was Itzik S

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Okay... this is a conundrum I've run into, and I was hoping for a sanity check. My great-grandfather Isadore Lovitt came >from Beltsy, Moldova to America in 1905. His name when he got here was Itzik S

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Hi, I'm new to the list. I have two questions: 1) On the JewishGen homepage, where you can search by surname, it lets you pick a country. But Russia, of all things, is missing >from that list. How ca

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Hi, I'm new to the list. I have two questions: 1) On the JewishGen homepage, where you can search by surname, it lets you pick a country. But Russia, of all things, is missing >from that list. How ca

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My great-grandfather Leo BEHRSTOCK was born in Mitau (Jelgava). I have some information on some of his siblings, and I know that his cousins went to Ireland, rather than the US, but I'm interested in

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My great-grandfather Leo BEHRSTOCK was born in Mitau (Jelgava). I have some information on some of his siblings, and I know that his cousins went to Ireland, rather than the US, but I'm interested in

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There aren't really equivalents. A lot depends on when they were named. I have a lot of Sylvias in my family whose Jewish name was Simma. One whose name was Shifra. A Morty could be Mordechai or Moshe

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There aren't really equivalents. A lot depends on when they were named. I have a lot of Sylvias in my family whose Jewish name was Simma. One whose name was Shifra. A Morty could be Mordechai or Moshe

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My guess is that it's a typo. 9 Sivan 5656 was 21 May 1896. Whoever put it in probably accidentally took the 9 >from 9 Sivan and used it as well in the Gregorian date. Lisa

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