I am surely not the definitive authority, but I will give the reasoning behind my answer. Maybe some more knowledgeable readers will chime in. Since registration was the responsibility of the Rabbi in

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Hello Annette, I know personally the man Michal Czarny ( around 40 years old) . He has been living in Czestochowa. He doesn't know English but knows German, His tel no is: +48(34)363-3922 or mobile:+4

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I highly recommend "Our Roots Jewish Information and Tourist Bureau." I have more information about them (including contact info) at http://www.WebFeats.com/Poland/New/OurRoots.html

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Thanks to everyone who responded to my query. I thought that others who found themselves faced with similar instructions might appreciate knowing the answers, especially since there is a piece of the

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My gg-grandfather Armin Herman Leopold Tzvi Arye HaCohen EDELMAN z"l 1845-1909 was an innkeeper in Hrabkov, Saros meyge, Magyar Kiralysag (Kosicky Kraj, Slovenska Republika) **But** on his matzeva it

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Dear Cousins, Russ Maurer asked about somebody whose grave marker has the abbreviation mem-vav-hay, for "morenu ha-rav," standing for "our teacher, the Rabbi". But in the civil death record said he wa

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I suspect you are reading into this profession a century's worth of temperance propaganda. Rashi was a vintner, and I suspect that in the USA during prohibition many rabbis served shnapps to their con

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The short answer is probably yes. The longer answer is that not everyone who is inscribed as "moreinu harav" would fit our definition of "Rabbi". On many gravestones, it is simply a matter of showing

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Russ Maurer wrote: Well, I do not have specific knowledge about this occupation, but generally about the occupations of rabbis: In most cases, the rabbi's salary >from the community was insufficient (

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Milton Koch wrote: < I am aware that there may hardly be any stones remaining in this town. However, does anyone know whether any stones that have been discovered in the town, been placed in a cemeter

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Just a thank you for those who translated the letter regarding my husband's family. Batting average is still 0 for all info abroad. Sherry Kamens

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I want to send a tremendous thank you to Mark Halpern and JRI-Poland for their latest records update. My grandfather, Sidney (Shmuel) Bernstein was born in Podkamien, Galicia. As his parents were firs

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Dear Genners, I need your help, I have posted 4 photos of my father's family, all born early 1900 in Galicia (Stanislawow, Stryy). Please look at http://www.jewishgen.org.viewmate.toview.html "To View

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The Polish State Archives have the Bochnia birth records for the following years: 1825, 1830, 1844, 1856, 1860, 1863-1869, 1878-1882 For information on how to order records >from the Polish State Arch

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Joyce, The Jewish Roots in Poland book by Miraim Weiner, ed., is very good for learning where archives are kept and what kind of info. there is. Lvov, for example, shows info. for Births, Deaths, and

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Joyce: I am the coordinator for the JRI-Poland AGAD project that covers vital records for 86 administrative towns in the eastern part of the former Austrian province of Galicia and are housed in Warsa

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JRI - Since posting a note about my upcoming Poland trip, ive been inundated with very helpful and thoughtful emails. In fact, so many have come in that rather than thanking each of you individually,

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To all, Great suggestion >from Miriam, and thanks to her. (Gravez: https://gravez.me/en/) For those who would need help in entering the Hebrew spelling of a name, I suggest one of Stephen Morse's grea

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A quick correction to my own posting; I wrote: I had it backwards; Bohorodchany is the town whose Jewish cemetery was destroyed in WWII, although a few headstones have been returned to it in recent ye

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Unfortunately, the Jewish vital records for Korolowka have not survived. Search the JRI-Poland database for Town = Korolowka. This will give you a long list of entries >from other towns where the town

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