In Russia, everybody was a member of a "class." Your assigned class determined where you could live, what occupations you could have, and subjected you to certain kinds of taxes. There had been no Jew

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Try the JewishGen Communities Database. Searching Przeclaw gives the following: -- Przecław, Poland 50°12' N 21°28' E 143 miles S of Warszawa Doug Cohen Sarasota, Florida Lexington, MA

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My mother's family were Blums in Boston. Her father was from Plock guborniya in what is now Poland. Their name was Bluman and those who came to the US became either Blum or Bloom.

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My GGF, Samuel Schwartz (1858-1924), originally from Slovakia, lived most of his adult life in the Boston area. In 1914, he and his wife and two of his four daughters moved to Chicago, where he lived

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According to the yizkor book of the town of Sierpc (now Poland), my ggf was the parnass -- which could easily be translated as the mayor, but only of the Jewish community in the town.

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Hebrew Jargon = Yiddish Doug Cohen Sarasota, Florida Lexington, MA

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In some places, esp. the Austro-Hungarian empire, families were limited in how many sons the governent allowed to marry. Other children were married by a rabbi "according to the laws of Moses and Jewi

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Janette Silverman works for Ancestry, which is why one would look for her there. Not in the documents, but in the staff listing. Doug Cohen Sarasota, FL Lexington, MA

Yad V'Shem's Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust says: Orinen. Kamenets-Podolski dist., Ukraine. Jews were first present in 1582 and in 1765 they numbered 386. In 1897, their p

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Yad V'Shem's Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust says: Orinen. Kamenets-Podolski dist., Ukraine. Jews were first present in 1582 and in 1765 they numbered 386. In 1897, their p

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Supposedly, if your older sibling had been drafted, you were, at least theoretically, exempt. But as it got harder to find Jews to draft, the standards were less frequently followed. Doug Cohen Lexing

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Supposedly, if your older sibling had been drafted, you were, at least theoretically, exempt. But as it got harder to find Jews to draft, the standards were less frequently followed. Doug Cohen Lexing

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My family, as well, came >from the same area -- Olyka, about 15 km from Lutsk. They described themselves as Russian, which they distinguished from Polish, Lithuanian, or Galician. There is an interest

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My family, as well, came >from the same area -- Olyka, about 15 km from Lutsk. They described themselves as Russian, which they distinguished from Polish, Lithuanian, or Galician. There is an interest

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My family came >from Olyka (Olik, in Yiddish), situated between Rovno and Lutsk, in Volhynia (Volin in Yiddish). My third cousin, Marla Goldman (whom I found through a JewishGen discussion group 10+ y

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My family came >from Olyka (Olik, in Yiddish), situated between Rovno and Lutsk, in Volhynia (Volin in Yiddish). My third cousin, Marla Goldman (whom I found through a JewishGen discussion group 10+ y

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But Rezi is female, and a common name. We have several of them in our = family. Doug Cohen Lexington, MA Sarasota, FL

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But Rezi is female, and a common name. We have several of them in our = family. Doug Cohen Lexington, MA Sarasota, FL

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In Imperial Russia there was a concept called "registration." At some time, your ancestors were registered in Voronkow. Changing one's registration was a complicated and difficult process. Many Jews l

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In Imperial Russia there was a concept called "registration." At some time, your ancestors were registered in Voronkow. Changing one's registration was a complicated and difficult process. Many Jews l

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