Visited Pier 21 in 2019. Did not find relatives there, but did find a picture of a Holland Amerika Line ship I'd ridden in the early 60's that was heavily used also to bring immigrants from Holland to

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Our informal Friedman family records indicate Courland roots for the family before they moved to Pasvalys, Lithuania. One of the children named her birthplace as "Riga, the port of Courland." Another

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Your grandfather was born in Liepaja formerly Libau in Latvia. I checked the Internal Passsports handed in to the Riga Police 1919-1940 for Liepaja. Do not be put off by the dates. Your family left lo

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Sorry I meant the Russian Empire ceased to exist after 1919. Arlene Beare Co-Director Latvia Research Division

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At the above link, under "The Format of the Vital Records," it says, "The left side is completed in Russian [or very occasionally in German, in the case of Courland]; and on the facing page the same d

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REMINDER for our quarterly meeting where we will be launching a new database and updating you on our recent activities. We will open the meeting to discussion and look forward to hearing from you abou

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Some years ago, Martha Lev-Zion generously translated and donated to JewishGen an abstract of the family register of the heads of Jewish families in Goldingen in 1842. Often these manuscripts contain

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Unfortunately our contact email address did not appear correctly when we posted it for our meeting on December 6th. The contact address to sign on for the meeting is latviaRD@... We look for

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I am happy to report that the Riga Ghetto and Latvia Holocaust Museum is saved. The Riga City Council unanimously supported further development of the Riga Ghetto Museum Shamir Association 13 NOV 2020

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We lost a great deal with the cessation of Research by the Latvian State Historical Archives. The work they have done for us over many years has been invaluable and greatly appreciated. Nonetheless it

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Please note that the updated address for Volunteers to any of our Projects is- LatviaRD@... Arlene Beare Co-Director Latvia Research Division

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Many of us have come to depend on the JewishGen Latvia database as a source for tranlated vital and 1897 census records. As you probably know,the Latvian State Historical Archives' Raduraksti website

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"If Bertha Friedman was alive in 1890 she may have been enumerated in the special census called: The U.S. Census of Union Veterans and Widows of The Civil War. It can be searched here: https://www.fam

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Dear Friends We are delighted to invite you to the annual meeting of the Jewishgen Latvia Research Division. This year the meeting will be held virtually during the 40th IAJGS International Conference

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I found the manifest for my grandmother arriving in Montreal from Liverpool but have never found documentation of how she got to Liverpool. Any suggestions? My grandfather came over before and I think

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Sheina in Yiddish spelling is שײנע.

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Try stevemorse.org Gold Form Search for Hersche Shore using "sounds like" option on both first & last name. I found these. You will have to look at the manifests to see if any are your person. 3 Schar

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Have you contacted or searched the Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th Street, Ny, Ny 10011‎ www.cjh.org This is a wonderful resource. They have archives for many old Jewish Organizations based in

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Hi Rachel, Hi All, Rachel Poole writes, “This is a brick wall I have been trying to knock down for many years. I probably asked about this a couple of years ago, so I'm giving this another try. My ggm

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Hi Mark, Might be Ventspils, Latvia. Alternate names: Ventspils [Latv], Windau [Ger], Vindava [Rus], Vindoi [Yid], Windawa [Pol], Ventspilis [Lith], Vindavi [Est], Wentspils, Vindau Region: Courland h

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