True. It is possible that there actually were two marriage ceremonies, one at the home of the bride, and the other at the home of the groom. I have never heard of this as being customary among our eas

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True. It is possible that there actually were two marriage ceremonies, one at the home of the bride, and the other at the home of the groom. I have never heard of this as being customary among our eas

#latvia

It is with hesitation that I disagree with Howard Margol, who knows much more about Lithuanian practice than I do. But his answer, that a person listed in an 1887 census as registered in Vizdy was pro

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It is with hesitation that I disagree with Howard Margol, who knows much more about Lithuanian practice than I do. But his answer, that a person listed in an 1887 census as registered in Vizdy was pro

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The name Fanny (and similar names like Fanya and Fani) is a newcomer. We have a relatively complete set of birth records for Nezhin Ukraine 1860-1918. The first Fanny is born in 1891; there are 6 tota

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The name Fanny (and similar names like Fanya and Fani) is a newcomer. We have a relatively complete set of birth records for Nezhin Ukraine 1860-1918. The first Fanny is born in 1891; there are 6 tota

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You are letting your romance language knowledge extend to yiddish. Leyba is not normally a woman's name. I have seen many boys in official birth records with given names that end in the letter A, incl

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You are letting your romance language knowledge extend to yiddish. Leyba is not normally a woman's name. I have seen many boys in official birth records with given names that end in the letter A, incl

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One message requested information on finding a CA 1920s marriage; another on finding survivors of someone who died in CA in 1915. Google "CA marriage index" and "CA death index" and you will be offere

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One message requested information on finding a CA 1920s marriage; another on finding survivors of someone who died in CA in 1915. Google "CA marriage index" and "CA death index" and you will be offere

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Jonathan Adams wrote- "I have found some of my grandfather's grammar school forms >from Grodno in the late 1890s. On three different forms his name is listed as "Joseph Naumovitch-Girshovitch Adunsky.

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Jonathan Adams wrote- "I have found some of my grandfather's grammar school forms >from Grodno in the late 1890s. On three different forms his name is listed as "Joseph Naumovitch-Girshovitch Adunsky.

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Dear Yonathan, If I understand this correctly, you have been told the following, which may or may not be true: 1. Your ggf is Zalman Vevel SHAPIRO, but his surname may be Getzel, even though that is n

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Dear Yonathan, If I understand this correctly, you have been told the following, which may or may not be true: 1. Your ggf is Zalman Vevel SHAPIRO, but his surname may be Getzel, even though that is n

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This might be Kreizburg, now Krustpils, Latvia, on the north side of the river about halfway between Riga and Dvinsk (Dagaupils) at 56.30/25.51, just across the river >from Jakobstadt (Jekabpils). Ber

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This might be Kreizburg, now Krustpils, Latvia, on the north side of the river about halfway between Riga and Dvinsk (Dagaupils) at 56.30/25.51, just across the river >from Jakobstadt (Jekabpils). Ber

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Alan, I have noticed that correspondance. I think the reason Sheindls adopted the English name Jennie is not translation, but sound-alike. Sheindl is not the real name. Sheindl (like almost every othe

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Alan, I have noticed that correspondance. I think the reason Sheindls adopted the English name Jennie is not translation, but sound-alike. Sheindl is not the real name. Sheindl (like almost every othe

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You have two possibilities here. There is one line of names coming >from Joshua (Yehoshooe), which in Russia comes out as Evsei (pronounced Yevsei), Govshei, Ovsei, Oshe and Yoshue. In English-speakin

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You have two possibilities here. There is one line of names coming >from Joshua (Yehoshooe), which in Russia comes out as Evsei (pronounced Yevsei), Govshei, Ovsei, Oshe and Yoshue. In English-speakin

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