I am hoping that someone near Lynn, Massachusetts can photograph a gravestone for me. I have full details of the location in the Lynn City Lodge Cemetery, of North Reading, MA. An emailed photo showin

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I am hoping that someone near Lynn, Massachusetts can photograph a gravestone for me. I have full details of the location in the Lynn City Lodge Cemetery, of North Reading, MA. An emailed photo showin

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In reply to Judith Wegner re: Alan Jailler's surname. Were there Jewish jails in the 19th and 20th century European shtetlach? Indeed there were Jewish jails and guards in the shtetl. The Yiskor book

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In reply to Judith Wegner re: Alan Jailler's surname. Were there Jewish jails in the 19th and 20th century European shtetlach? Indeed there were Jewish jails and guards in the shtetl. The Yiskor book

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Dear Fellow Researchers, I recently learned that my grandmother and her siblings came to Chicago >from Dymer [Dimer, Demir] a town not fr >from Kiev, and located at the crossing of the rivers Irpin an

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Dear Fellow Researchers, I recently learned that my grandmother and her siblings came to Chicago >from Dymer [Dimer, Demir] a town not fr >from Kiev, and located at the crossing of the rivers Irpin an

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Dear Fellow researchers, I have recently learned that my grandmother's family came to Chicago cross of the rivers Irpin and Dneiper. The family name is Dematoff [Dematov, etc] I am interested to conta

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Dear Fellow researchers, I have recently learned that my grandmother's family came to Chicago cross of the rivers Irpin and Dneiper. The family name is Dematoff [Dematov, etc] I am interested to conta

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Could G. Hofman-Dervillez please contact me? My reply to his/her "ipod" address bounced. Thanks, Shirley California

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Could G. Hofman-Dervillez please contact me? My reply to his/her "ipod" address bounced. Thanks, Shirley California

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I just found a relative in the 1910 US Census. Rather than living with his impoverished step mother, this 13 year old boy was living in the Essex County Training School on Marston Street in Lawrence,

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I just found a relative in the 1910 US Census. Rather than living with his impoverished step mother, this 13 year old boy was living in the Essex County Training School on Marston Street in Lawrence,

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Joan B. expressed my sentiments perfectly. I am still willing to learn my way around the new system, but long for the ease of former setup. Good thing that together we can work out bugs and smooth [ad

I am interested to hear from people who travelled by train from Novosibirsk [or eastern Russia] to Poland or Germany immediately after WWII. Conditions on the trains, what food was provided for famili

Dear Anna [from Russia] and Susan & Neville [Vatican], and extended JewishGen family, Here is a bit about my Mandel side: Israel Mandel, born 1875, son of Aaron Mandel and Ruth Smokler [Rochel Shmukle

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I, too, am seeking such paperwork--if any exists--for my late father in law who spent 18 months in 'basic training' prior to the War, and was pressed into active service during the war. Please share w

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Oh yes! In Israel/ Hebrew, the rooster says 'Kukuriku' as an American rooster crows 'cock-a-doodle-do'. Shirley Ginzburg seeking SHLUGER/SCHLAGER from Shepetovka area Ukraine; descendants from town of

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My Belarus [Minsk] side used Tante and my Ukrainian [Galician] side used Mima. In each case the aunt was older than the speaker, and the title was respectful. These are regionalisms used by native Yid

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I believe that 'dajan' is 'dayan', rabbinic court judge. Shirley Ginzburg California

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All true, and not to be confused with 'Gisya' a diminutive of Giselle, [Ukraine]. Shirley Ginzburg Aptos, California

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