Hello Laura, There is no standard way to list Jewish names. There is at least one genealogy program with fields for Jewish names in Hebrew letters (DoroTree); others (e.g. FamilySearch) have a field "

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Josef Hannum wrote: > The Berlin researcher should also check indexes at the ... courts handling bankruptcy, civil lawsuit, and even liability (tort) lawsuits. This could be very time-consuming and co

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Hello Lori, The commercial register (Handelsregister) may have a file on the factory with documents concerning its creation and dissolution. (BTW, I don't think the government could simply confiscate

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For materials from Germany, the Leo Baeck Institute in New York (https://www.lbi.org/) would seem to be the most appropriate address. In the case of Lippstadt, the Jewish Museum Westphalia (https://ww

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Re Hans: It is not a good idea to contact the mayor, who has nothing to do with the registration of deaths in the 1930s. The relevant documents are kept at the local archives (I have given Marc the de

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Vicky Furstenberg Ferraresi asked what a "Zurückgeführtes Erstregister" is. In Germany, civil birth, marriage and death registers, which were introduced in 1876 (in Prussia already in October 1874), w

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https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/0054_BreslauDeportations.htm The database "Breslau Deportations", which was compiled by Peter W. Landé and USHMM volunteers (many thanks!), is based on in

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Joe Lonstein asked how to obtain Jewish vital records from Vienna. The birth, marriage and death records of the Jewish community in Vienna have been indexed by GenTeam. For the years 1794-1911, Family

Carolynne Veffer asked: > In 19th century Poland could you get a civil divorce? If you were divorced (at least a Jewish get), could you remarry and have a civil second marriage? Civil marriage and div

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Susan Miller had questions about a document entitled “Auszüge aus dem Registern der Juden der Gemeinde Griesheim Kr. Darmstadt” that concludes with “Die Richtigkeit des Auszugs wird bescheinigt. ... 2

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Andreas Schwab wrote: > according to German privacy laws, marriage records are protected for 60 years Unfortunately, the embargo period for marriage records is 80 years (30 years for death records, 11

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Ruth Lynn asked: While the records themselves are not online, the name indices are. You can search for them by register office (Standesamt) at: http://www.content.landesarchiv-berlin.de/labsa/show/ind

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Hansmartin Unger asked about the use of the symbols *, oo and + for birth, marriage and death. All of them have Christian associations, which is why many avoid them in Jewish genealogy. In English des

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Hansmartin Unger asked about the use of the symbols *, oo and + for birth, marriage and death. All of them have Christian associations, which is why many avoid them in Jewish genealogy. In English des

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Rod MacNeil asked about how to send a small amount of zloty to the National Bank of Poland branch in Rzeszow. There are numerous online payment services that will transfer the amount exchange rates an

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Rod MacNeil asked about how to send a small amount of zloty to the National Bank of Poland branch in Rzeszow. There are numerous online payment services that will transfer the amount exchange rates an

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In a message with the subject "Vermugens von Juden", George Fogelson asked where one can find the declarations of assets (Vermo"genserkla"rung) that German Jews had to submit in 1938. He wrote "I cont

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In a message with the subject "Vermugens von Juden", George Fogelson asked where one can find the declarations of assets (Vermo"genserkla"rung) that German Jews had to submit in 1938. He wrote "I cont

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Dear all, thanks for your interest in my talk and apologies for the incorrect link. It should be https://tinyurl.com/warsaw-jm and the password is "International Association of Jewish Genealogical Soc

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Dear all, thanks for your interest in my talk and apologies for the incorrect link. It should be https://tinyurl.com/warsaw-jm and the password is "International Association of Jewish Genealogical Soc

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