A father's name is much more likely to be missing if the parents weren't married. Looking for the parents' marriage certificate could work, but it's less likely in this case. Also, if the mother was m

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Dear Christine, To my knowledge, Morocco was a French protectorat from 1881 to 1956. There are some archives in France (Nantes, La Courneuve) Dray being a quite common name -- I would suggest 1/ To ch

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If it was indeed unknown, it would be the generic catch-all "(Grandfather) son of Abraham/Avraham". That would not, however, exclude the possibility that Abraham/Avraham was his name..... Mike Coleman

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) has made digital access to the full sound recordings to the public of the War Crimes Proceedings of the International Military tribunal known as the

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I am resending this because I typed my incorrect email address I am searching for information on my paternal great grandfather, Berko Portiansky or Portjanskii from Yelisabetgrad, Russia (now Ukraine)

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Hello all, I am researching my family history. I am searching for information about my great-great-aunt who moved to South Africa sometime around the beginning of the 20th century (she was born somewh

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Hello, To give credit where due, I believe it was actually Sergii V. Fazulyanov who did the scans for Munkacz. Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY moishe.miller@... JGFF# 3391

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We are looking to hire a genealogist to trace ancestors in Germany. Their names are relatively common so confirming details is difficult. However, we do have some information to help the process along

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My uncle Arthur Isaac Stern died when his ship was sunk by a Nazi torpedo in the Mediterranean. My cousin Arthur was born after my Uncle's ship was sunk while he was declared MIA. My cousin was named

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Both her Hebrew name and father's Hebrew name are on the stone. Leah daughter of Hersh David Rosen Boston, MA

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I am looking for information about Sam Rosenthal from Voronovitsy. When he first came to the United States he lived in Pittsburgh as a border. I can't find any more information about him after that. A

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I keep my genealogy on my computer (and yes I do have trees on Ancestry (public but not shared), MH private and my own website (see below). You can almost always download the document to your computer

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Sonya's father's name is listed as Hirsch. Hirsch is the Yiddish word for a deer, and it's not so uncommon for it to have been used interchangeably with the Hebrew name Tzvi which has the same meaning

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I think Laurent did a great job on the translations. The part at the beginning of the second stone that was unclear does in fact say להאשה "to the woman" as Laurent assumed. If you look closely you ca

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Does the Hebrew on this stone identify Sonya'a father? (For some reason I could not paste this inline) /June https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149307328/sonya-okun#view-photo=175221106

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My cousin came across about 15-20 old photographs of her ancestors and most have what looks like Yiddish writing on the backs. There’s not a lot of writing, mostly just a few words, hopefully identify

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The Greater Houston Jewish Genealogical Society is inviting the public to the following virtual workshop: WHAT, WHERE, & HOW – Introduction to primary databases in the U.S. for genealogical research,

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Your grandfather's gravestone might have his father's name in Hebrew. Robert Hanna NYC

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For the Neustadt camp there is a memoria site in German), its web site is here: http://www.gedenkstaette-neustadt.de there is a lis of inmates here: http://haeftlingsdatenbank.gedenkstaette-neustadt.d

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Hi Rita I would like to recommend you the Carpatian Genealogical site: https://sub-carpathia-genealogy.org/ Go to Record Search tab and you can search based on different criteria Good luck and best re

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