Dear Esther, Yes, your family member's claimed ancestral relationship well may be credible. For example, Jules Verne's relative, Louise Gabrielle Vernes 1842-1921 married Auguste Arnold Leo 1836-1900

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Hello Dan, Right. However, if we look into the Heymann Family tree we can see it's not "that" Mordecai Susskind ben Meir (b. c. 1370 who's purported to be a son of the Maharam. Instead, the Maharam's

#rabbinic

The Heymann Genealogy website (http://www.heymannfamily.com/web/HeymannGed4Web-J6/f_37a.html#0) names a son, albeit without citing the specific source: ROTHENBERG, Suesskind ben Meir Rabbi Gender: Mal

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Of all the genealogy software packages and iterations I’ve tried over the years, my preference still goes to Brother’s Keeper 7 Information and free (trial) download at www.bkwin.com Kind regards, Ala

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Randy wrote: "There is so much misinformation about Geni from people who don’t really use it. The critic Alan Ehrlich, for example, has added just 34 profiles..." It's my sincere 'hope' that Randy's i

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Peter wrote: "Geni has the big advantage over Ancestry or MyHeritage for Jewish families, in being accessible to anyone, and potentially being corrected and added to by any other user, and certainly b

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Interesting retrospective concerning Washington Heights... The ’upper’ Manhattan neighborhood where so many German Jewish refugees relocated to that it’s been nicknamed: "Frankfurt on Hudson, respecti

#usa

To be sure, I’m a big fan of Ancestry.com in general. It’s unequalled... That said, not so regarding their handling of DNA test results from other suppliers, or more precisely their absolute lack ther

#dna #education #poland #ukraine #galicia

I received a direct email inquiry asking whether Meir Zurich d.1345 (mentioned below) was from the Swiss city of Zurich. Since others might also be wondering, I reproduce my reply herewith: I have not

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Noticing just now that Jim Bennett's post here is from the JGen archive... and dates from 2004 'jogged' my memory. Sadly, in fact, Jim passed away back in 2015 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/educat

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Re. David Maggid, "Toledot Mishpechoth Gintzburg,", St. Petersburg, 1899, although there may well be Hebrew phrases mixed in, the copy I have appears to be written in Yiddish. I too would be very inte

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Correction (previously showed line for a like-named cousin of his): 1. Meir Zurich, d. 1345. 2. Baruch ben Meir Zurich, b. 1319, d. 1382. He married Guetlin - Kalonoymos, b. 1328 (daughter of Smoe (Sa

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To elaborate upon Roman Tunkel’s important information, the two “kinds” of Günzburg (Cyrillic: Гинзбург, Гинцбург, Yiddish: גינצבורג, גינזבורג‎, Ginzburg, Gintsburg) in Russia both were Jewish. In the

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Notwithstanding, nothing but an infinitesimal, insignificant, number of the profiles there provide sources, "etc."... which indeed was one of the points of origin for the present discussion as well as

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Sorry, however that’s not my experience with geni. (i.e., ”like open source code progressively more correct”... not). In my opinion, a more accurate simile might be: ’like a camel is a horse put toget

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Except, from my experience, they don’t (clean out mistakes) even after several messages set months apart. Very frustrated about that platform. Alan Ehrlich Switzerland

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This directory inscription states that Maria Warkowitz is the widow (Wwe.) of a non-commissioned police officer (gendarmerie Wachtmeister). She resides at Castellfeldg[asse] 20 which translates into F

#translation

Hello, Can anyone advise me where I might find online access to the Melsungen Amtsrechnungen (Tax Rolls) for the years 1799-1804? Or, If you have a copy, do a look up in them on my behalf... Thank you

#germany

Hello, 1890s or very early 1900s Kind regards, Alan Ehrlich JGen N° 6925 Geneva Switzerland

#photographs #germany

Right, I was able to do a search in FTJP. However, when I attempted to upload a gedcom just now, all that I received for my effort was an error message: What's up? Kind regards, Alan Ehrlich JGen N° 6