Per Council of Ministers Journal of 12 Dec 1934 change of surname to (?) MARINOVICZ was approved. Luc Radu Great Neck, NY

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Re -- Languages -- Both cities were in Bessarabia, part of the Russian Empire. Jews spoke Yiddish and the "cultured" segment was Russophone. Romanian was the peasants language since the old Moldavian

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There are two villages with that name, one in Maramures and other in Vrancea. You can write to the Natinal Archive office in Baia Mare or in Piatra Neamt and request copy of the death record. I doubt

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There is a large number of Dorohoi Pomarleanu families -- I counted at least a dozen of couples with children (about 75 births) 1868-1910. Interestingly one of these couples went to Botosani and are t

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Marriage on March 14 1867 in Falticeni of Lupu Zalman Ilic, 25, speculator son of Zalman Ilic, 55 and Rifca Ilic, 48 and Haia Reizl Marcu, 17 daughter of Marcu Hers, 42 and Elchi Hers,41. Do not see a

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He was born before civil records started. Most death records from Stefanesti are lost (except 1868, 1901, 1902, 1903). I am not aware of post 1905 but if do exist not available at the Archive. Luc Rad

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There are SARAGA families in Roman before 1900 (Smil/Rifca, Iosub/Sura, Avram/Maria). That surname may fit the one listed which is likely misspelled. Luc Radu Great Neck, NY

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Few notes: 1) Romania adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1919. There are 12-13 days difference from the Julian used. 2) The date in the birth ledger is the date when the entry was made by the Civil Off

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There is a marriage in 1909 of Haim son of Copel Cojocariu with Ides daughter of Saia Harabagiu. The names in the Romanian civil records do not always fit with what descendants may know. If interested

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We do have ALL civil records from BUHUSI 1865 thru 1915 Luc Radu Great Neck NT

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The Holocaust Museum has a number of records for Iosif Sternberg, born in Bucuresti in 1912, an MD and you can request them -- listed on JewishGen He appears to have been in Cernauti and was deported

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Issued at Mohilau aka Mogilev Podolsk in 1942 by the Bureau of Jewish Labor -- the person is exempt of doing labor for medical reasons for some period. Luc Radu Great Neck, NY

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Records older than 100 years would be at the Baia Mare office on National Archives. Later ones at the civill office of the Town Hall (Primarie) of place of birth. The law about getting them (officiall

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In Romanian baltă is a Lake or Swamp. balti is the plural. Balta in Podolia was Russian from ca 1800 except 1941-44 when administered by Romania as part of Transnistria. Also from 1924 to 1929 was the

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There is a particular challenge for people looking for ancestors which came from the Old Kingdom of Romania (mostly Moldova). While the vast majority of Jews living in that area in 1850 +/ - decades,

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I assume you have tried with the Iasi National Archives. The reason it may not have worked is that that Archive (for the largest - except Bucuresti -- Jewish community in the Old KIngdom) is not set u

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Joe, The is no Grunberg - whatever spelling variation - in Stefanesti 1865 to 1900. The first child recorded for Herscu and Ghitla was born in 1878. Judging from the age of wife, a marriage may have t

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I take that by "employed by the Czar" you mean DIRECTLY employed. There are such cases but all those Jews were practicing the Russian Orthodox faith. Luc Radu Great Neck, NY

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The darker paragraph on top of a table reads -- "Dupa porunca prea stralucitului feldmarsal... ci s-au fost dat ca asupra ...urilor cetatilor si sa puie bir si sa implineasca s-au facut urmare porunci

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The language is Romanian written in cyrillic script. Same as in the Catagrafii found at the Iasi National Archives. Luc Radu Great Neck, NY

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