Thanks Julia, ok I should start to use BGyarmat then (or B-Gyarmat), I think that's also a common form. Writing in full Balassagyarmat every time is pretty long! The good thing about Fani's name is th

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I'm looking for Jewish synagogue birth records pre civil registration for Ludany in Nograd, specifically the Klein family there, for the children of David Klein and Karolina Klein (I think they were b

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Very clever detective work, impressive! It's tantalisingly close, Szécsény is at the end of the book and seems to only go up to 1867 for births. The role/film is listed as item 4, so maybe there are m

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That's extremely useful, thank you so much Julia! Best wishes Emma

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I would really appreciate some help in pinning down the birth record for Katalin Grunbaum, married name Groszmann, from Csitar in Nograd. Her children were born in Lucenec/Losonc from the 1890s so I a

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I'm researching my Schonberger and Weisz family in Nograd, trying to make a link possibly to a Grunbaum family from the region. My great great grandfather was Lipot Schonberger who was married to Bett

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My father's first cousin Jeno Weisz (born 1908, Budapest) married Malvina Paneth (born 1913) and I have just discovered that they had a son. The son I believe emigrated to Israel around 1956 but came

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Hello Karesz, very many thanks for your reply. It does seem like this is going to be tricky. But that doesn't put me off! Perhaps it would be easier for me to focus on the Israeli end of the story. If

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I am looking for a 2nd cousin on my father's paternal side, born around the early 1940s in Budapest. His father Jeno is recorded as having died in Ebensee in April 1945. Jeno's wife was Malvina Paneth

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Malvine Weiss listed as having transferred to Mauthausen from Ravensbruck on 14 April 1945 may be the wife of my 2nd cousin, with a matching Hungary birth date of 23rd Jan 1913. They had a son I am al

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So I have now located the Sharit haPlatah list of survivors on this site, which includes a Malvin-Mor Weiss last known location as Homberg. I am wondering if this is the Malvin I am looking for, as th

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I am still trying to find out what happened to Malvin Weisz/Weiss born Malvina Paneth in 1913 in Onod. It looks like she may have been in a DP camp in Homberg in 1946. She was in Venusberg from Januar

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Does anyone know how I can view the original Hungarian Jewish survivor list that was published in Hirek az Elhurcoltakrol in 1945? There is an entry for a Malvin Weisz who I am looking for, with sligh

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Making progress in trying to trace Malvina and Jeno Weiss and family thanks to the wonderful help of Valentin Lupu (I am forever grateful Valentin). So Valentin managed to find Malvina's gravestone in

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Hello My grandfather Ferencz Weisz was born at 379 Nagyhid utca in Balassagyarmat in 1880, I have a photo of the house. I think the street may have been called Altstadt st just before that. Does anyon

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I am trying to find information about Herman to work out where he was born and who his mother was - starting maybe with his marriage record. His first child Celia (I think this was his mother's name t

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Update: thank you for help so far, it appears that Rose was not Druyahn, but Rose Klein, daughter of Aaron Klein and Celia. And as requested, here are snapshots of some censuses, I've attached snips f

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Hello Is it possible to check records for 3 births in Moscow? Karoly, Margit and Andor Lilienthal in 1907, 1909 and 1911. I’m not sure if the records are accessible on line, it would be great to find

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Hello I am looking for some birth records in Moscow in 1907, 1909 and 1911 for Karoly, Margit and Andor Lilienthal. I wonder if someone could very kindly give me any help or links as to how I can acce

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Hello I am looking for the Varpalota records for the early to mid 1800s. My great great grandfather Samuel Steiner was born in 1827 in Varpalota and I would like to find out if Janka Steiner born in 1

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