Dear Genners, I am trying to track a VOGEL family that appears in a 1901 census living at 31 Yalford St. in Mile End Old Town. On the bottom of a page is listed Solomon VOGEL (it's mangled and looks s

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Dear Genners, I am trying to track a VOGEL family that appears in a 1901 census living at 31 Yalford St. in Mile End Old Town. On the bottom of a page is listed Solomon VOGEL (it's mangled and looks s

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An article in today's NY Times, focusing on the rebuilding of the Garment Center shul, discusses its history, interviews some of its attendees, and shows some photos, including one of its memorial pla

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An article in today's NY Times, focusing on the rebuilding of the Garment Center shul, discusses its history, interviews some of its attendees, and shows some photos, including one of its memorial pla

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Dear Genners, I have five separate but connected submissions on view mate that I would appreciate help understanding. 1 and 2 . I have submitted the fronts and backs of the photo of, we assume, Israel

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Dear Genners, I have five separate but connected submissions on view mate that I would appreciate help understanding. 1 and 2 . I have submitted the fronts and backs of the photo of, we assume, Israel

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Dear Genners, I have posted a photo of my mother-in-law's mother's headstone on viewmate. She died in 1916 and this small black and white photo has been handed down in the family. We can decipher her

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Dear Genners, I have posted a photo of my mother-in-law's mother's headstone on viewmate. She died in 1916 and this small black and white photo has been handed down in the family. We can decipher her

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Thank you all who weighed in privately and publicly on the likelihood that Schepsel and Yosef might be the same person and whether it's likely that Solomon Vogel/Fogal is the brother of my husband's g

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Thank you all who weighed in privately and publicly on the likelihood that Schepsel and Yosef might be the same person and whether it's likely that Solomon Vogel/Fogal is the brother of my husband's g

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Dear Genners, I know there have been many discussions on this discussion list before of double names. I'd like your opinion on this particular pairing. My husband's surname is BIRD and his father, Phi

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Dear Genners, I know there have been many discussions on this discussion list before of double names. I'd like your opinion on this particular pairing. My husband's surname is BIRD and his father, Phi

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Dear Genners: I have read with interest the inquiries and responses about issues surrounding conscription of Jews in Russia. In Mary Antin's 1912 classic and highly readable autobiography - The Promis

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Dear Genners: I have read with interest the inquiries and responses about issues surrounding conscription of Jews in Russia. In Mary Antin's 1912 classic and highly readable autobiography - The Promis

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Dear Genners, I was recently contacted via my Ancestry Tree by a gentleman in England who found the grave in the Plashet Jewish cemetery in east London of my husband's uncle, Solomon Bird, who died at

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Dear Genners, I was recently contacted via my Ancestry Tree by a gentleman in England who found the grave in the Plashet Jewish cemetery in east London of my husband's uncle, Solomon Bird, who died at

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I've been following the surname origin discussion with interest. I don't have any satisfactory information about the origin of my mother's maiden name. It was Frutko in Anyksciai, Lithuania. My grandf

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I've been following the surname origin discussion with interest. I don't have any satisfactory information about the origin of my mother's maiden name. It was Frutko in Anyksciai, Lithuania. My grandf

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I'd like to second Ann Rabinowitz's calling your attention to the UK Extracted Probate Records. Just in the last few days I've found two very helpful records >from this collection. When I get discoura

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I'd like to second Ann Rabinowitz's calling your attention to the UK Extracted Probate Records. Just in the last few days I've found two very helpful records >from this collection. When I get discoura

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