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Gomborow/Gomborov
#ukraine
#general
Hello to all, I’m looking for thoughts and guidance about a family surname, from Gorodische (the location that is supposedly about 100 miles from Kiev). My research has led me to the name Omborow (on
Hello to all, I’m looking for thoughts and guidance about a family surname, from Gorodische (the location that is supposedly about 100 miles from Kiev). My research has led me to the name Omborow (on
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Marcia Segal
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Birth records in New York,
#usa
Background: One set of great-grandparents (Samuel and Clara Siegel) came from Romania with two young daughters, arriving in New York around May-June 1888. I'm assuming May-June because I have a copy o
Background: One set of great-grandparents (Samuel and Clara Siegel) came from Romania with two young daughters, arriving in New York around May-June 1888. I'm assuming May-June because I have a copy o
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Marcia Segal
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Birth records in New York,
#usa
Thank you for your help and your time! I didn't add further details before because I didn't want to presume. Here they are: Simcha (Samuel) Siegel, b. ca. 1850--not sure of his occupation before he le
Thank you for your help and your time! I didn't add further details before because I didn't want to presume. Here they are: Simcha (Samuel) Siegel, b. ca. 1850--not sure of his occupation before he le
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Marcia Segal
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Shabbos meals
#belarus
Fleishig for Fridays, because it was fancy food and not inexpensive. --Em
Fleishig for Fridays, because it was fancy food and not inexpensive. --Em
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Marcia Segal
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Equivalent Hebrew Name for Clara
#names
The long discussion is because this is how threads unspool in a discussion. Nobody got injured, and people want to share. One of my great-grandmothers was Chaia on the passenger list, and Clara in the
The long discussion is because this is how threads unspool in a discussion. Nobody got injured, and people want to share. One of my great-grandmothers was Chaia on the passenger list, and Clara in the
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Marcia Segal
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Sabolorvitz, from Kalwaria, Russia
#names
#russia
Hello, This may be outside the scope of the group, but I wondered if there are thoughts as to what name Sabolor might be (if "vitz" is "son of")? It's possible it was misheard and written down as Sabo
Hello, This may be outside the scope of the group, but I wondered if there are thoughts as to what name Sabolor might be (if "vitz" is "son of")? It's possible it was misheard and written down as Sabo
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Marcia Segal
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Seeking genealogist for death records search in New Jersey
#records
Hello, I'm not able to travel right now, and I need help getting past a brick wall. Is there a genealogist who would look for death records at the state archive, which would involve multiple versions
Hello, I'm not able to travel right now, and I need help getting past a brick wall. Is there a genealogist who would look for death records at the state archive, which would involve multiple versions
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Marcia Segal
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When only part of the family emigrates to the US
#usa
Hello and greetings to everyone, Was it uncommon for the husband to come to the US _after_ his wife and children? I know anything is possible, and yet it seems like an oddity. I gathered that, in gene
Hello and greetings to everyone, Was it uncommon for the husband to come to the US _after_ his wife and children? I know anything is possible, and yet it seems like an oddity. I gathered that, in gene
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Marcia Segal
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Looking for a researcher for records in Romania
#bessarabia
#records
#romania
Hello, I am hoping to find a researcher who can look for records in Romania (birth, marriage, death). One group of records would be from around 1850-1888 (for family who left for the US_, and another
Hello, I am hoping to find a researcher who can look for records in Romania (birth, marriage, death). One group of records would be from around 1850-1888 (for family who left for the US_, and another
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Marcia Segal
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Looking for a researcher for records in Romania
#bessarabia
#records
#romania
I have done some searching, with no luck. I may not have tried hard enough--I seem to get undone when it comes to the difference between the way I know a name is pronounced, and the way it's spelled.
I have done some searching, with no luck. I may not have tried hard enough--I seem to get undone when it comes to the difference between the way I know a name is pronounced, and the way it's spelled.
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Marcia Segal
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How they traveled
#romania
#russia
#usa
Hello there, I'd be interested in learning how people in the late 1800s would have traveled to get to the steamships that would take them (sometimes indirectly, via other ports) to the US. There are t
Hello there, I'd be interested in learning how people in the late 1800s would have traveled to get to the steamships that would take them (sometimes indirectly, via other ports) to the US. There are t
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Marcia Segal
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Kalwaria, Poland
#poland
#general
Hello all, I'm trying to understand an aspect of Polish history. In 1883 the town of Kalwaria, in Poland, was "degraded" (as one web site puts it), until 1919. What would this mean for the Jewish popu
Hello all, I'm trying to understand an aspect of Polish history. In 1883 the town of Kalwaria, in Poland, was "degraded" (as one web site puts it), until 1919. What would this mean for the Jewish popu
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Marcia Segal
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LIthuanian Archive Question
#lithuania
#records
Dear Marlise Gross, I'd be interested in this, too -- I'm researching family from Radviliskis, Lithuania, and would be glad to know of more resources. Sincerely, Marcia Segal
Dear Marlise Gross, I'd be interested in this, too -- I'm researching family from Radviliskis, Lithuania, and would be glad to know of more resources. Sincerely, Marcia Segal
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Marcia Segal
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Alternate locations for an Orthodox wedding/marriage ceremony in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#usa
Greetings, One set of my grandparents, both with families in Philadelphia, were married in the rabbi's office rather than in the main sanctuary (not sure if that's what the primary area of worship was
Greetings, One set of my grandparents, both with families in Philadelphia, were married in the rabbi's office rather than in the main sanctuary (not sure if that's what the primary area of worship was
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Marcia Segal
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Grandfather's grocery store: seeking possible date
#usa
Hello, There are city directories on Ancestry for Lincoln, NE from 1873 on (that cover the 1908 time period) and Kansas City, MO from 1865 on. If you let me know your grandfather's name I can look him
Hello, There are city directories on Ancestry for Lincoln, NE from 1873 on (that cover the 1908 time period) and Kansas City, MO from 1865 on. If you let me know your grandfather's name I can look him
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Marcia Segal
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Grandfather's grocery store: seeking possible date
#usa
My apologies--you did say you'd looked in the city directories. Please disregard my earlier response. Sincerely, Em Segal
My apologies--you did say you'd looked in the city directories. Please disregard my earlier response. Sincerely, Em Segal
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Marcia Segal
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Peresmyk
#belarus
#russia
#usa
Greetings, I'm helping a family friend trying to trace her grandfather, whose name (in the US) was Reuben Greenwald (b. ca. 1886, d. 1943, in Philadelphia, PA). The family story is that he "purchased"
Greetings, I'm helping a family friend trying to trace her grandfather, whose name (in the US) was Reuben Greenwald (b. ca. 1886, d. 1943, in Philadelphia, PA). The family story is that he "purchased"
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Marcia Segal
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Why Alabama?
#lithuania
#usa
A distant cousin (Aron Joseph Kaplan) emigrated from Lithuania to the US, circa the 1890s. He was in Savannah, Georgia by 1897 (appearing in the city directory), and in Birmingham, Alabama by 1906 (wh
A distant cousin (Aron Joseph Kaplan) emigrated from Lithuania to the US, circa the 1890s. He was in Savannah, Georgia by 1897 (appearing in the city directory), and in Birmingham, Alabama by 1906 (wh
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Marcia Segal
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Looking for the town of Gorodische and for the Homborav family
#names
#records
#russia
Greetings, My family (one and maybe two branches) came from the town of Gorodische. It is said to have been 100 miles from Kiev, but there are two towns with that name within that vicinity. Records fo
Greetings, My family (one and maybe two branches) came from the town of Gorodische. It is said to have been 100 miles from Kiev, but there are two towns with that name within that vicinity. Records fo
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Marcia Segal
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