I would specifically be very interested in being able to access a 1921 census that covers Bialystok and neighboring towns and also Lomza and neighboring towns. My second great-grandfather Isaac ISMACH

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On the relevant Jewishgen database, there are many synagogue plaque photos for members of the community there. David Rearching ZENETSKY family - but unlike the Chelsea family of this name (spelled SIN

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In a Hebrew memoir in a Yizkor book for the town of Bielsk, we have a mention of haRav (Rabbi) Kalman Maza who lived there early 20th century during the WW1, and his family name is spelled in Hebrew a

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It has already been suggested to me that I include some details from my posting six years ago, because the Autumn of 2019 improvements to the discussion group platform means that there may be people w

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I want to bring this posting of mine from six years ago to the forefront - in case there are any new people who might have clues. This also includes an updated "researching" lines at the bottom.

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I think that the two born in the 1890s are very unlikely to be alive - so I hope the court comes to the right conclusion at least for them. One of my GEWELBE ancestral cousins married a CEDERBAUM from

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My intuitive guess, is that these were cousins. In a Yiddish pronunciation the Hebrew name Avraham אברהם (Abraham) often becomes convoluted to Avrum or such like. Sometimes oral family history can be

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The name equivalents you write are correct. To be consistent with respect to the Hebrew rendering in Latin characters, I would have written:- Szmul - Shmuel or Samuel Szlama - Shlomo or Solomon Szymon

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I have been examining more details concerning the profiles of the family here. It is rather a long story, which I want to try and keep short. Tali's father, Samuel, is also no longer alive, and one of

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The label of this "patronymic" field in this context should be "Full Hebrew/Yiddish Name including Patronymic".

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Thank you for your response, and to the others for the responses to my posting. BRANDEL was Caroline's maiden family name. It is "Yechil" that is transcribed to English as the "shem b'yisrael" on the

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I suddenly had an idea. The Hebrew word "יכיל" "yachil" means "will include" can be implying "will include anything" - what a great name for someone who does not know his/her Hebrew name (if this is t

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This is my second great-grandmother's marriage registration at the Great Synagogue in London in the 19th century:- NAME Reina Abraham, 23 GROOM'S FATHER Reina Aaron (dec.) GROOM'S PATRONYMIC Avraham b

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I have, in the past, received both emails and also it once happened a letter in the snail-mail post. Written in bad English, it sort of repeats my name with words like "We found a cousin of yours..."

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If you are registered by MyHeritage as living in Israel, then this platform will not allow you to access their DNA features. This is because of Israeli legality issues of doing DNA tests such as these

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Do you know how long, in general, the tenure of these Rabbis were in Bialystok? Six years seems to be relatively short so it is possible that he is not documented like the others. Regardless of this t

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1) As a continuation of this thread, I want to first mention that someone emailed me privately with the information that New York birth records are not publicly available. I see that there is an organ

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I already can update the forum a little bit of progress that I have made here with regards to researching the ZIONTZ family who is the subject of this thread. First of all, have already been informed

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Does anyone have a contact person and phone number or email for the Galil Genealogical Society in Israel? Tali B. Hadar z"l, who passed away approx. 20 years ago was in charge of this society and some

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It is known that the poster is no longer alive. In case, anyone else is interested, this seems to be some of the information that she is seeking. From what her father told me in 2007, that her great-g

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