Like many others I have seen the movie and read the book. What I was surprised to learn in Josh's writeup above was a) how many Richie Boys there were and b) that the vast majority were not Jewish. I

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Yes, the National JWV does, or did, maintain a database of deceased Jewish veterans if the name is reported to them. I do know that at one point there were over 30,000 names in it. However, several ye

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Dale, There is a Warren J. Friedman in Family Search from Chicago whose DOB matches the date you give so on that basis I presume I found the right person. According to these records, extracted from th

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If you subscribe to Ancestry then Fold3 is available using your Ancestry passcode.

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I have used Shapell when researching Texas Civil War veterans.

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--Never say never. For a burial in a VA cemetery, the religious symbol that appears on the headstone is up to the deceased's family and if the family was not Jewish, say the veteran converted, and wan

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Brian, I recently read the book you mention and found the title to be very misleading. As you say, it is more about the history and movement to that part of the world that "Pirates." That being said,

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Ellen, be careful with the use of Ita if you live along the Mexican border. Ita is a common Spanish nickname,

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I use the married surname and the primary and then enter the maiden name in the "Nee" field I created in Family Tree Maker. There are just too many women in my trees to keep up with unfamiliar maiden

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I grew up in a small town in south Texas (and still live in that area but in San Antonio) which was and is heavily Catholic and school lunches on Friday were never meat. Herschel Sheiness

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