JewishGen Youtube channel has a great video by SallyAnn Amdur Sack Ph.D. called "What genealogists need to know about Jewish family names." I think it could answer your question, it really helped me a

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Hello, I have three viewmate records posted and would greatly appreciate translations. Thank you for you help. https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM93445 https://www.jewishgen.org

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Looking for Moritz Raab and his connection with the Raab Family Just connected with a potential family member - we are both related to the Raab family but don't know which branch. She shared with me t

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Hello, I am hoping someone might offer a suggestion or assistance in finding the arrival of a couple to the US. Harry (Tzvi / Hersh) Harris, born 1891 in Scranton, PA, was a student at the yeshiva in

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The first volume of MZO was published in 1903 and it covered years 1092-1539. Volume XVIII, published in 1980, covered 1290-1789. None of the volumes were published in the 19th century and none covere

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Vivian, does this include 19th century volumes as well?

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You can find all of the volumes on line at https://kisebbsegkutato.tk.mta.hu/adatbazis/magyar-zsido-okleveltar . Vivian Kahn JewishGen Hungarian Research Director

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Could someone kindly translate the two following approved viewmate Hungarian letters via the following links: https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/memberadmin/submissionsedit.asp?Loc=A&ID=93273 https://

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Could someone kindly translate my submitted Hungarian letter found via the following link: https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/memberadmin/submissionsedit.asp?Loc=A&ID=93274 Thank you in advance for yo

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Hi all, would anyone have access to Magyar-Zsidó Oklevéltár XVI, 1974? An ancestor is mentioned on page 318, and I’d appreciate a copy. thank you. David Dubin Teaneck, NJ

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ISO Anyone from Hungary that new people with the Surname " C'SIRE" this is my great grandma's last name. Some of her family was captured and sent to camps (she never knew which ones).. she made her wa

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The Galanta affair very briefly: When the Rav of Galanta, R' Shimon Friedman passed away in 1891, his son-in-law R' Moshe Feldman was serving as Dayan. He was appointed to be Rav by supporters a few y

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Greetings, Per public information, Mr. Shraga Tzevi Levi lives at 2 Torat Chesed Street, Jerusalem. His land line phone number is +972 2 622-9783 This is a link to a summary of the book you mentioned:

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I am looking for information ( email address and/or phone number of Mr. Shraga Tzevi Levi who was living in Jerusalem in the Torat Chesed Street. He wrote a book about a Din Torah ( Galanta) and I wou

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I would like to call your attention to a new, searchable database of interest to those with Hungarian-speaking relatives in Europe during World War II. In 1944, three non-governmental organizations in

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Dear JewishGeners, I've posted a vital record in Hungarian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM9315

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Thank you, Andrea. These are my great-great-grandparents, so I actually would love a translation of all the details, if you or anyone else is up for it. I'd be happy to pay for your/their time. Laurie

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To give you a summary, this is a marriage contract between the bride Amalie (Amalia) Steiner, assisted by her guardian (her mother), widow Therese Steiner, and the groom, Samuel Schwarz. At the end th

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I have a six-page document that I would like to post for translation on ViewMate. (I thought it was Hungarian, but when I posted the first page, a few people informed me that only the first few lines

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Thanks very much to the kind folks who took the time to assist. I have located the book. I also learned that the author was the founder of Petach Tikva (built the first house there and drained the swa

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