about a custom (Minhag) mainly Poland (Galicia) not to marry a woman whose given name is similar to the bridegroom mother's given name... My great aunt was born Hinde Hirschfeld in Galicia. When she m

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about a custom (Minhag) mainly Poland (Galicia) not to marry a woman whose given name is similar to the bridegroom mother's given name... My great aunt was born Hinde Hirschfeld in Galicia. When she m

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Recently on this listserve I sought an address for someone in Ukraine so that I could write the author of a book to obtain his authorization for placing an English translation in the Yizkor book proje

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Recently on this listserve I sought an address for someone in Ukraine so that I could write the author of a book to obtain his authorization for placing an English translation in the Yizkor book proje

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Two years ago I visited several ancestral shtetles in Galicia. In one of them, Glinyany, I was introduced by my guide to an elderly man who had written a book, The History of Glinyany. There was a cha

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Two years ago I visited several ancestral shtetles in Galicia. In one of them, Glinyany, I was introduced by my guide to an elderly man who had written a book, The History of Glinyany. There was a cha

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"What disturbs me more than the fact that family here could not find those in Europe, is that when the family in Romania contacted the Red Cross to try to find the relatives here in the U.S., they cou

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"What disturbs me more than the fact that family here could not find those in Europe, is that when the family in Romania contacted the Red Cross to try to find the relatives here in the U.S., they cou

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sklebaur@... writes: My name is Steve Klebaur. My mother's maiden name is KUSCH. Her father, Alfred, was born in the West Prussian town of Konitz in the late 1880's. I can't speak to the pos

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sklebaur@... writes: My name is Steve Klebaur. My mother's maiden name is KUSCH. Her father, Alfred, was born in the West Prussian town of Konitz in the late 1880's. I can't speak to the pos

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On a birth record for a female relative born in Zloczow (Eastern Galicia) reportedly on Sept. 10, 1905, the baby was reportedly named on Sept. 11 in the synagogue. Sept. 10 would not likely have been

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On a birth record for a female relative born in Zloczow (Eastern Galicia) reportedly on Sept. 10, 1905, the baby was reportedly named on Sept. 11 in the synagogue. Sept. 10 would not likely have been

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The outbreak of WWI cause Russia to forcibly evacuate the population of much area on the front lines into the interior of Russia. This exodus included what is now Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania. Millio

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The outbreak of WWI cause Russia to forcibly evacuate the population of much area on the front lines into the interior of Russia. This exodus included what is now Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania. Millio

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I believe the name Jochet or Yachet comes >from the Hebrew name Yocheved which means "Honor of G-d." It was the name of Moses' mother. Joe Hirschfield Portage, MI USA HIRSZFELD, HIRSCHFELD, BUXBAUM, B

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I believe the name Jochet or Yachet comes >from the Hebrew name Yocheved which means "Honor of G-d." It was the name of Moses' mother. Joe Hirschfield Portage, MI USA HIRSZFELD, HIRSCHFELD, BUXBAUM, B

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I have just received a 1905 birth record >from Zloczow, Galicia. There is no doubt that the child is my relative; however, instead of the father's name there is the name of the girl's paternal grandfa

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I have just received a 1905 birth record >from Zloczow, Galicia. There is no doubt that the child is my relative; however, instead of the father's name there is the name of the girl's paternal grandfa

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