That is correct, a marriage license and a marriage certificate are not the same thing. Briefly, marriage licenses were issued by the City Clerk's office and authorized the people to get married. Marri

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According to the NYC Municipal Archives website, marriage licenses for the Bronx have not yet been digitized. You will need to order the record by mail to get a copy using this form: NEW YORK CITY (ny

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On his passenger ship manifest, Yankel Disenhaus and his family members (line 8-11) last residence is shown as "Katannaslaw". I have searched Jewishgen for this place but can't find anything even clos

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I think the question is how do we know that this is the correct Anne Kaplan? Based on the information provided so far, there's nothing to show that, e.g. no marriage or death record for Anna that woul

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I imagine that this question has been raised before but I haven’t found the answer so I’m posting it again. I know that Jews were required to take last names starting around 1800 and that civil regist

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I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98979 Please respond via t

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I’ve posted a birth record in German that I need some help deciphering. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM97272 It’s the record on l

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I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89760 This is the birth reco

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I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89710 Please respond via

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I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89710 Please respond via

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I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM58712 I'm interested in the

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I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM58712 I'm interested in the

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