Greetings everyone. Where would I be able to track medical school records from before World War I for relatives who attended the Medical School (to qualify as paramedics) in Kherson, Ukraine? Thanks,

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Hi, Jeffrey. Given the context and time involved back in the 18th century, assuming the couple married religiously as well as civilly, it is unlikely that the actual relationship was that of an aunt a

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Hi everyone. I don't fully understand how this is possible. But a senior physician I had to see told me that the defective gene for breast cancer was inherited by all Jews of eastern European descent

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Hi, Gary. Katya was probably the Russian nickname, referring to the name Yekaterina, while her Jewish name was Gittel and in the US would be Gussie. Jews often had a Russian name in addition to their

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Hello, Jewishgenners. I am researching the family of my ancestor Leah Rosengaus Kabakov of Igumen/Cherven (my great-great-great grandmother). Her parents were Moshe and Marisya Rosengaus. Their other

Hi everyone. >from my own genealogical research I have begun to get the impression that ancestors who I know had origins in one reason but lived elsewhere married their spouses who very likely also ca

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Hi everyone. >from my own genealogical research I have begun to get the impression that ancestors who I know had origins in one reason but lived elsewhere married their spouses who very likely also ca

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Hi, Jewishgenners. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone in the Ashkelon area could email me about contacting a distant relative(s) who may still be living in Ashkelon on Sderot Menachem Begin. Th

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Hi, Jewishgenners. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone in the Ashkelon area could email me about contacting a distant relative(s) who may still be living in Ashkelon on Sderot Menachem Begin. Th

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Hello, Jewishgenners. I have discovered a family connection in Israel named PLASKOVSKY and SOLER with origins >from Grodno. Does anyone know of people with either name in Ashdod, Tel Aviv areas? I tri

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Hello, Jewishgenners. I have discovered a family connection in Israel named PLASKOVSKY and SOLER with origins >from Grodno. Does anyone know of people with either name in Ashdod, Tel Aviv areas? I tri

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Greetings, Jewishgenners. I have dug up research notes on distant relatives Surazh (Gomel gubernia). I am hoping to find out if there are descendants of these male siblings who were the children of my

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Greetings, Jewishgenners. I have dug up research notes on distant relatives Surazh (Gomel gubernia). I am hoping to find out if there are descendants of these male siblings who were the children of my

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Greetings, all. Could anyone explain what the meaning is of such terms such as the following that are reported when receiving notification of matches: Y-12, Y-25, Y-37. What is the significance of tho

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Greetings, all. Could anyone explain what the meaning is of such terms such as the following that are reported when receiving notification of matches: Y-12, Y-25, Y-37. What is the significance of tho

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Hi Jewishgenners. Among Ashkenazim there is a common female first name of Malka. It often goes with a nickname among Russian Jews of Manya. Is it possible that the tradition of that name might go back

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Hi Jewishgenners. Among Ashkenazim there is a common female first name of Malka. It often goes with a nickname among Russian Jews of Manya. Is it possible that the tradition of that name might go back

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Hello, everybody. Regarding the common occurrence of DNA matches on websites such as Geni ("You've got matches!"), I have personally given up on trying to identify these so-called matches that are usu

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Hello, everybody. Regarding the common occurrence of DNA matches on websites such as Geni ("You've got matches!"), I have personally given up on trying to identify these so-called matches that are usu

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Greetings everyone. I was looking at something very interesting on Geni regarding the "trail" of migration of the famous Charlap rabbinical family of Jerusalem. This may relate to part of my ancestry

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