The site below claims to list 60 million brief obituaries, searchable by name, location etc. It brings up dates, last addresses. It also lists funeral parlors and cemeteries by cities, and occasionall

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It is a diminutive for Aron, most likely. -l on anything is a German/Yiddish type of diminutive. My 3d gr uncle got the Russian version, Orko; -ko is the Russian diminutive ending. Orko signed himself

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Can anyone tell me how to obtain a 1950 death cert. for Denver, CO? I have only the year, no specific date. Joy Weaver East Islip, NY ---- POLAND (Krasnik, Zaklikow, Lublin): Blumberg, Fogiel, Rosenel

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Dear Cousins, On my wife's tree, I have a woman named Leila HARRIS, born in Atlanta in 1919. She was the daughter of Arthur I Harris & Erma LIEBMANN. In 1937, she married Henry H OGDEN in Atlanta. The

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Dear Cousins, On my wife's family tree, I find a number of German Jews whose daughters and sons were named after a parent, >from 1900 until at least the 1940s. These are not Sephardic families. Is the

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Can someone help me to help a friend who wants to claim German citizenship. His grandmother fled Germany in 1937. He doesn't have any papers that show his grandmother and her parents were Jewish. Her

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Dear LA Siggers, I am seeking a volunteer to look up an obituary in Los Angeles. The details are: Decedent: Ruth Engelsberg 4 Dec 1982 DOB: 30 Jun 1913 Family back East wishes to connect with daughter

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Earlier I submitted a question about the possible meanings of a family name (Kushnerovich) and the moderator suggested that I just enter "(name) meaning" into my browser. I entered "Kushner meaning" a

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Are Koretz, Magirech/Mezeritch and Voline all in the same vicinity? Just received Naturalization documents for Nathan (Niton) and his son David KUPERSTEIN. The father's petition states that he was bor

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If you are going to Mt Hebron cemetery (LI, NY) in the near future and can take a photo of 2 headstones (same plot) please contact me off list. Thanks in advance, Bobby Furst bobby1st@...

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A researcher in Lithuania asked me about the word "kierkul." He said he found this word on an 1853 map of Marijampole. He wrote: "That territory we know as 'old Jews cemetery,' and one Polish colleagu

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The loss of electronic records due to absence of preservation is something all genealogists and historians should be concerned about. The NY Times article on September 14 discusses this issue. http://

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Dear Genners, Since Viewmate is not functioning, I have placed photos of two headstones on the following site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28891092@N02/ I would appreciate help in the translation. I

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I am searching for death records of my gg grandfather, Israel GOLDVOGEL. He was listed in a Trenton, New Jersey, history as having been an early rabbi of Har Sinai Temple sometime after its beginning

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In Bermuda, the pineapple palm is a symbol of welcome. Diane Jacobs Somerset, NJ From: cecilia [mailto:myths@...] mahafan@... wrote: Many webpages (eg http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-tl/pages/

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Dear Geners, My Cousin (who will soon be 90) tells me that my Grandfather came >from Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary to NYC as a stow away. But, I have the ship manifest and he is listed as a passenger. Shou

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I am putting together a Shtetlink page for Bodrogkereszt, Hungary. I need to hear I have very few. And I know there are more of us out there! Please email me at teamungar@.... I would like to ge

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Hi there JewishGenners I have read what Schelly Talalay Dardashti wrote yesterday about the word "Marrano" and how insulting a word it is. I would like to say to Schelly, that most people have no idea

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Hi Cindy Potter Taylor, Jamaica Estates was and is a neighborhood in the central part of the New York City Borough of Queens: http://www.queenslibrary.org/gallery/past_exhibits/burgh/map.htm I hope th

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Dear Ron, With all due respect, maybe it is time to re-approach the situation and not the person. It sounds like it is time to let it go and move on. After beating your head against a brick wall for s

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