Hello I have posted an image on Viewmate of a Russian signature >from an English certificate I have in the hope that it may provide me with the 'real' name as opposed to the English version adopted on

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Greetings, I am researching Emanuel Fletcher, born around 1904. Emanuel's father was Jacob Fletcher (Flechter), mother Kate. Emanuel's sister was Shirley Fletcher who was born around 1920. Emanuel's w

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Someone just found me the Weinstein that I was looking for. Apparently she had to search through a few pages, so I very much appreciate the favor. I'm announcing it here so that I'll cut short anyone

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I want to add another online and ongoing thank you to Alex Sharon, a true Renaissance Man as well as an incredible mensch. I just wish he would show up at a conference and share his astonishing breadt

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Dear Group, I have posted on View Mate the 1898 death record of Abram Lejb FIRER >from Warsaw, Poland. I would greatly appreciate help with a translation. It can be found at the following link. http:/

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Help with Hebrew translation - ketubah I'd be grateful if someone could translate the name of the town in Poland where the marriage of my great-grandparents took place in 1887. The ketubah is shown on

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I would like to thank publicly all those who replied to my request for a look-up in "Until the Mashich..." ed by Kaplan and Shapiro. I've sent a personal note to each fof the respondents. Yoni Ben-Ari

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Hi I am seeking help with translation of three Tombstones I have placed on Viewmate. VM16051, VM16052 and VM16053. All are in rather poor condition and would very much appreciate any help. Many thanks

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Many thanks for all your help! I believe I now have all the info I need. Mike Mike Goodstadt wrote:

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Earthquakes are covered in The Jewish Chronicle, London, sometimes in great detail along with subscriptions for funds to help the hapless victims of this disaster. Several mentions of earthquakes in v

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This is looking for a needle in a haystack: David ORNSTEIN arrived in NYC in 1900 and stayed with a "Rosendorf at 199 7th street, NY". The building no longer exists and I can find no photo of it in th

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It is true that 1873 was a bad year for cholera worldwide even in the United States. It certainly hit Galicia hard and the death of several children in a family was a sure indication that cholera migh

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Is there a website or data in this forum on the percentages of jews in the USA during the 19th-20 cent. who came >from Galicia vs. those who originated >from Lihuania, Germany and other non-chassidic

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I believe this happened more than once. Anyway, here is one answer: http://www.kindertransport.org/ Zev Griner GRINER/GRYNER,PANCER,BAUM/BOJM,ZAJDEL,LUDEN (Tomaszow Lubelski, Jarczow, Zamosc)

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Need some help translating a Feldafing / Wetzlar DP camp document, plus the backs of three photos, all in Yiddish. All can be found at the following ViewMate locations: http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMa

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Beatrice Markel asked how to find her ROSNER family on the Canadian Passenger Manifests (without using Ancestry). The Nanaimo BC Family History Society has been indexing the microfilms. Go to www.memb

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Both are variations of biblical hebrew names, iokhved of yokheved and itska of yitschak, and can be found in the Jewishgen given names database. ....... tom klein, toronto Sy Pearlman <sy.pearlman@gma

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The Shoah Connect web site: http://www.shoahconnect.org/ lets genealogists researching the same Yad Vashem people connect with each other. Zev Griner GRINER/GRYNER,PANCER,BAUM/BOJM,ZAJDEL,LUDEN/LUDN (

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Dear Genners, I wondering what the Hebrew name for Ignacz would be. Solomon Schlussel solkeys@...

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The JGS of Colorado will hold a mentoring session Sunday Aug 29 >from 9-11am at Har Hashem, 3950 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO. An informal roundtable format for all levels of family history researchers.

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