I am writing a novel set in the 20th century in which the wife of a major character is murdered at Auschwitz. She was living and hiding in Paris during the Nazi occupation, but she was caught in 1943

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I'm writing an historical novel in which a character attends synagogue on the first day of Rosh Hashanah on September 10, 1934 -- 1 Tishrei 5695 (if I'm not mistaken). Can anyone tell me what Torah an

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I writing a Jewish-themed novel and one of the families depicted in the book are extremely wealthy German-Jewish bankers living in NYC in the first decades of the last century -- think the families St

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I'm trying to find out when Jewish students were first admitted to the nation's leading prep and boarding schools -- places like Andover and Exeter, St. Paul's, Deerfield Academy, and also NYC-based p

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I'm trying to find out when Jewish students were first admitted to the nation's leading prep and boarding schools -- places like Andover and Exeter, St. Paul's, Deerfield Academy, and also NYC-based p

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I am researching an African American woman named Ethel Beane Foreman, born White Stone, Virginia, 1895, died Great Neck, NY, 1964. Ethel, a domestic servant, lived with my family for the last 10 years

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I am researching an African American woman named Ethel Beane Foreman, born White Stone, Virginia, 1895, died Great Neck, NY, 1964. Ethel, a domestic servant, lived with my family for the last 10 years

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I came upon a Masonic Temple in the 2000 block of McCulloh Street in Baltimore that appears to have been a synagogue. The central window has been partially covered over, but the uncovered part clearly

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I came upon a Masonic Temple in the 2000 block of McCulloh Street in Baltimore that appears to have been a synagogue. The central window has been partially covered over, but the uncovered part clearly

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I've been trying to find the draft registration record of a man born in Virginia in 1918. He died of drowning on Chesapeake Bay in 1945 at the age of 27. I don't understand why he was not in the servi

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I've been trying to find the draft registration record of a man born in Virginia in 1918. He died of drowning on Chesapeake Bay in 1945 at the age of 27. I don't understand why he was not in the servi

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Hello Genners, I recently interviewed an elderly aunt who revealed, to my surprise, that her mother -- my paternal grandmother -- was illiterate. My GM was born in what is now Poland around 1890 and i

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Hello Genners, I recently interviewed an elderly aunt who revealed, to my surprise, that her mother -- my paternal grandmother -- was illiterate. My GM was born in what is now Poland around 1890 and i

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On Thursday, February 16 at 7 PM, author and family historian David Laskin will give a lecture on the history of the Venetian ghetto, the oldest in Europe. Laskin will also discuss the current state a

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On Thursday, February 16 at 7 PM, author and family historian David Laskin will give a lecture on the history of the Venetian ghetto, the oldest in Europe. Laskin will also discuss the current state a

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Hello Genners, I am researching a distant relative who first appears in the New York City phone directory in 1949. I am trying to establish an exact timeline of her life. Does anyone know when exactly

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Hello Genners, I am researching a distant relative who first appears in the New York City phone directory in 1949. I am trying to establish an exact timeline of her life. Does anyone know when exactly

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Dear Genners, As the publicity chair of the upcoming IAJGS conference in Seattle, I am writing a short article on Jewish genealogy for a local magazine called "Jewish in Seattle." I'd love to include

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Dear Genners, As the publicity chair of the upcoming IAJGS conference in Seattle, I am writing a short article on Jewish genealogy for a local magazine called "Jewish in Seattle." I'd love to include

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Hi Genners, A friend of mine is just starting to research her father, who fled Vienna for London in 1938, possibly via the Netherlands. She would like to find out where he lived in Vienna, how he mana

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