Were they all >from the same home town? I have run into quite a few de facto landsmen residences. For example, it seems that around that time there were a few blocks in E. Houston St. which required a

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Were they all >from the same home town? I have run into quite a few de facto landsmen residences. For example, it seems that around that time there were a few blocks in E. Houston St. which required a

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My great-great-uncle was naturalized in the Kings County Court in 1892. I know how to order naturalization records for that court starting >from 1907, but how do I order a record >from 1892? TIA, Mero

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My great-great-uncle was naturalized in the Kings County Court in 1892. I know how to order naturalization records for that court starting >from 1907, but how do I order a record >from 1892? TIA, Mero

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As some of you may recall, I was whining in this forum several months ago regarding the dearth of vital records available on line for Buchach (nee Buczacz). Well, while looking up some of the members

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As some of you may recall, I was whining in this forum several months ago regarding the dearth of vital records available on line for Buchach (nee Buczacz). Well, while looking up some of the members

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A while back, I wrote a positing here about the insidious, pernicious phenomenon of "Retroactive Samification" - meaning that some ancestor who never stepped foot out of his native shtetl had his name

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A while back, I wrote a positing here about the insidious, pernicious phenomenon of "Retroactive Samification" - meaning that some ancestor who never stepped foot out of his native shtetl had his name

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A couple of ideas: 1) They could have all died. 1915 was before the days of antibiotics. I have seen a small number of incidents in which an entire family died of illness in a relatively short period

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A couple of ideas: 1) They could have all died. 1915 was before the days of antibiotics. I have seen a small number of incidents in which an entire family died of illness in a relatively short period

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Hi Jackie, The Hebrew Infant Home was indeed an orphanage. However, many of the children had living parents who didn't have the money to raise them or had some personal problem which prevented them >f

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Hi Jackie, The Hebrew Infant Home was indeed an orphanage. However, many of the children had living parents who didn't have the money to raise them or had some personal problem which prevented them >f

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Hi Trudy, For me, the general rule is to include all blood relatives, their spouses/partners, and their legally adopted children. You are a full relative to all of Yankel Leib and Rachel Leah's common

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Hi Trudy, For me, the general rule is to include all blood relatives, their spouses/partners, and their legally adopted children. You are a full relative to all of Yankel Leib and Rachel Leah's common

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Your best bet would be to find his naturalization records. If he lived in New York, the 1915 and 1925 NY State Census usually stated year of naturalization and by which court. I believe that by the mi

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Your best bet would be to find his naturalization records. If he lived in New York, the 1915 and 1925 NY State Census usually stated year of naturalization and by which court. I believe that by the mi

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Hi All, I understand that there are some peculiarities with the 1870 Census for Manhattan. First of all, I believe it was performed twice, as the first attempt was deemed unsatisfactory. Second, it ap

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Hi All, I understand that there are some peculiarities with the 1870 Census for Manhattan. First of all, I believe it was performed twice, as the first attempt was deemed unsatisfactory. Second, it ap

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Dear All, I wish to thank all who wrote me offline with helpful suggestions, but would particularly like to thank Sherri Bobish and Yehudah Ben Shlomo, each of whom found my great-grandfather and his

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Dear All, I wish to thank all who wrote me offline with helpful suggestions, but would particularly like to thank Sherri Bobish and Yehudah Ben Shlomo, each of whom found my great-grandfather and his

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