I am planning a visit to Ukraine this spring but I am still not sure which Nikolayev my family was from, the Nikolayev in Podolia ore the one near Odessa. Maybe someone has some ideas. My grandfather,

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I am planning a visit to Ukraine this spring but I am still not sure which Nikolayev my family was from, the Nikolayev in Podolia ore the one near Odessa. Maybe someone has some ideas. My grandfather,

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I am trying to determine if someone is my great-grandfather or not. (There may be two people with the same name; or maybe not.) Can a person who was convicted of a crime and then served time in Sing S

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I am trying to determine if someone is my great-grandfather or not. (There may be two people with the same name; or maybe not.) Can a person who was convicted of a crime and then served time in Sing S

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While we are on names, I wonder if Baruch could be David? (I can't find my great-grandfather on any ship manifest and Baruch is the only name that comes close to when he might have come. Any thoughts?

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While we are on names, I wonder if Baruch could be David? (I can't find my great-grandfather on any ship manifest and Baruch is the only name that comes close to when he might have come. Any thoughts?

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I recently returned >from a trip set up by ShtetlSchleppers' genius Joanna Flectcher to Ukraine. It was absolutely fabulous! It turned out that I was the only person wanting to go at that time so Joan

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I recently returned >from a trip set up by ShtetlSchleppers' genius Joanna Flectcher to Ukraine. It was absolutely fabulous! It turned out that I was the only person wanting to go at that time so Joan

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On my trip to Ukraine a few weeks ago I came across a concentration camp called Bogdonifka, a town mear Pervomysk. Apparently they did medical experiments to people there--people who came >from the wh

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On my trip to Ukraine a few weeks ago I came across a concentration camp called Bogdonifka, a town mear Pervomysk. Apparently they did medical experiments to people there--people who came >from the wh

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I am trying to piece together a likely scenario for my great-grandparents, who had what we would now call "issues." They got married when she was 12 or 13. Was this normal in small Ukrainian villages?

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I am trying to piece together a likely scenario for my great-grandparents, who had what we would now call "issues." They got married when she was 12 or 13. Was this normal in small Ukrainian villages?

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Thank you all so much for notes on my "romantic relationships" post. Also for the reference to Amos Oz's book, a book called Marriage Customs in Imperial Russia, and to the Jewish Gen archives. I will

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Thank you all so much for notes on my "romantic relationships" post. Also for the reference to Amos Oz's book, a book called Marriage Customs in Imperial Russia, and to the Jewish Gen archives. I will

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Sorry, in the post I just sent I forgot to give dates and places, as some people suggested. He was sent to Sing Sing in 1898. I do have those court records. (And I have talked extensively with Ron Aro

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Sorry, in the post I just sent I forgot to give dates and places, as some people suggested. He was sent to Sing Sing in 1898. I do have those court records. (And I have talked extensively with Ron Aro

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