I have posted a similar message before, but I have some new information that someone might connect with. The 1920 New Jersey Soundex lists a Meyer FREEDMAN on Garden St. in Hoboken. He was fifty at th

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I have posted a similar message before, but I have some new information that someone might connect with. The 1920 New Jersey Soundex lists a Meyer FREEDMAN on Garden St. in Hoboken. He was fifty at th

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I don't want to belabor the point, but some of us don't have Jewish genealogical societies either! There isn't one in the entire state of North Carolina. Most of the families in Northwest NC, where I

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I don't want to belabor the point, but some of us don't have Jewish genealogical societies either! There isn't one in the entire state of North Carolina. Most of the families in Northwest NC, where I

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When I requested my grandmother's Social Security application, I was sent instead a copy of a "request for E/R action", and was told no Social Security application was available. The copy says "prior

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When I requested my grandmother's Social Security application, I was sent instead a copy of a "request for E/R action", and was told no Social Security application was available. The copy says "prior

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I have seen my mother's family name of ZELENY referred to as ZELENSKI on a translation of an official document. I know ZELENY means "green". Is the root of ZELENSKI also "green"? Could it be the trans

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I have seen my mother's family name of ZELENY referred to as ZELENSKI on a translation of an official document. I know ZELENY means "green". Is the root of ZELENSKI also "green"? Could it be the trans

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Will someone please post the LDS microfilm number for the St. Albans List? I haven't been able to find it. (For those who don't know, the St. Albans List is a list of immigrants entering the U.S. thro

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Will someone please post the LDS microfilm number for the St. Albans List? I haven't been able to find it. (For those who don't know, the St. Albans List is a list of immigrants entering the U.S. thro

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My grandmother was known as Eva in the U.S. I was very surprised to discover that her first name when she entered the country was Reisel. Is there any connection between the names Reisel and Eva? Sue

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My grandmother was known as Eva in the U.S. I was very surprised to discover that her first name when she entered the country was Reisel. Is there any connection between the names Reisel and Eva? Sue

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Prior to the U.S. Married Woman's Act of 1922, did women receive a certificate documenting their naturalization when they obtained citizenship through their husband? Conversely, when a married man bec

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Prior to the U.S. Married Woman's Act of 1922, did women receive a certificate documenting their naturalization when they obtained citizenship through their husband? Conversely, when a married man bec

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Thanks to all who answered my question regarding women who received citizenship through their husbands prior to 1922. Two points can be made. One, that it was not really necessary to be a citizen befo

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Thanks to all who answered my question regarding women who received citizenship through their husbands prior to 1922. Two points can be made. One, that it was not really necessary to be a citizen befo

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What is the 1918 Alien Registration and Declaration of Holdings? Was this required of everybody? Sue Seales, North Carolina

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What is the 1918 Alien Registration and Declaration of Holdings? Was this required of everybody? Sue Seales, North Carolina

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My mother's name is Faige, which I believe translates as Birdie. However, my grandfather listed her as Fannie on his petition for naturalizaton, and she has gone by Faye nearly all her life. So it goe

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My mother's name is Faige, which I believe translates as Birdie. However, my grandfather listed her as Fannie on his petition for naturalizaton, and she has gone by Faye nearly all her life. So it goe

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