Dear Hanna, It might be easier just to email the National Archives in Waltham, MA. Go to www.nara.gov, and click on the genealogy page. Look for the list of email addresses of archive branches. Give t

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Dear Hanna, It might be easier just to email the National Archives in Waltham, MA. Go to www.nara.gov, and click on the genealogy page. Look for the list of email addresses of archive branches. Give t

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I have just found some BOYARSKYs in the Index to Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York that list two places of last residence that I suspect are in Belarus. One is "Tirreisk", which might be the

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I have just found some BOYARSKYs in the Index to Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York that list two places of last residence that I suspect are in Belarus. One is "Tirreisk", which might be the

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The URL to the index of the Belarus Archive in English is http://www.president.gov.by/eng/index.htm. I just tried it, and it works. Sue Seales, North Carolina researching: BOYARSKY, Grodno/ FREEDMAN,

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The URL to the index of the Belarus Archive in English is http://www.president.gov.by/eng/index.htm. I just tried it, and it works. Sue Seales, North Carolina researching: BOYARSKY, Grodno/ FREEDMAN,

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When searching the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter for relatives, try a search by shtetl, using no surname. It's necessary to spell the shtetl any way you can possibly think of, since it is not Soundexed

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When searching the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter for relatives, try a search by shtetl, using no surname. It's necessary to spell the shtetl any way you can possibly think of, since it is not Soundexed

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The jackets were probably school uniforms. I have a photo of teenaged male and female relatives wearing white uniforms with the same type of collar. My photo is >from approximately the same time perio

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The jackets were probably school uniforms. I have a photo of teenaged male and female relatives wearing white uniforms with the same type of collar. My photo is >from approximately the same time perio

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Dear Gayle, UK passenger manifests still exist at the Public Record Office in Kew Gardens, but they are not indexed. Go to www.pro.gov.uk. Click on "genealogy" on the left sidebar. Then, click on "eas

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Dear Gayle, UK passenger manifests still exist at the Public Record Office in Kew Gardens, but they are not indexed. Go to www.pro.gov.uk. Click on "genealogy" on the left sidebar. Then, click on "eas

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Dear Meryl, I want to add something to the reply to Meryl Persky's question about U.S.alien registrations. What the INS sent was the complete 'A' File for the people in question. That is supposed to i

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Dear Meryl, I want to add something to the reply to Meryl Persky's question about U.S.alien registrations. What the INS sent was the complete 'A' File for the people in question. That is supposed to i

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Keep in mind that one's place of birth was not necessarily where the family was officially registered. My grandfather was also born in Odessa, in 1884, but the family was registered in Wegrow, Poland.

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Keep in mind that one's place of birth was not necessarily where the family was officially registered. My grandfather was also born in Odessa, in 1884, but the family was registered in Wegrow, Poland.

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I have received a copy of the naturalization of Fannie ALPERT, issued on February 8,1927 in Baltimore, MD. She was a physio-therapist, born in Popelani, Lithuania in 1885. She was a widow at the time

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I have received a copy of the naturalization of Fannie ALPERT, issued on February 8,1927 in Baltimore, MD. She was a physio-therapist, born in Popelani, Lithuania in 1885. She was a widow at the time

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Hi Folks, Has anyone ever heard of a music conductor named ZELINSKI? Family lore says that my maternal great-grandfather was related to him. An additional mystery is that I have seen my maternal grand

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Hi Folks, Has anyone ever heard of a music conductor named ZELINSKI? Family lore says that my maternal great-grandfather was related to him. An additional mystery is that I have seen my maternal grand

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