1) Does anyone recognize/know this word ESBOUBEM? It might be Russian or Yiddish or English transliterated of the word? The writing, as best as I could read, was written by a 99 year old man. At 2 yea

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During that time period, economic expansion did not provide enough jobs for the young Jewish men coming of age. All studies suggest that economic motives were more important than draft dodging. Most J

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Another possibility for Nishene, Russia is Knyszyn, which is 26 km NW of Bialystok, Poland. The "sz" in Polish is pronounced like "sh" in English. Eric Mack, Jerusalem

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Over 320,000 people from central and eastern Europe were taken as forced laborers (Ostarbeiters) for Germany. This database has been put online by a Russian international historical and civil rights s

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IGRA (Israel Genealogy Research Association) has posted a new article on its website, “The Brothers Tissenbaum: Discovering Drama Dostoevsky Didn’t Write”. In this article, Jeffrey writes that shortly

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A memorial to 1,846 Jews from the vicinity of Pochep, Russia who were murdered in the Holocaust was reconstructed and rededicated in August 2018. It now consists of a central monument surrounded by 32

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A woman's maiden name and married name can be the same if she marries someone who has the same last name as her father did. For example, (Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt, was the daughter of Elliott Bulloch R

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Articles from Jewish newspapers in Hebrew, Russian, English and Yiddish in relation to Jewish Chislavichi an Monastyrshchina of Mogilev gubernia were added to their websites and can be found at http:/

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VM82913 In Russian: Состоялось в городе Лублин 10-го (22-го) мая 1871 года в час по полудни явились евреи Тобеяш (возможно) Либерман, (не ясно) 39-и лет и Яков Дизекман, работник 51-го года, оба жител

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This is amazing. I found a family transfer on my very first try!! Thanks so much for this information as it gave me the name of the town where my grandfather grew up and also, for future research, a p

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I'm looking for the first and last names of the parents of Sarah Sarolea Léa APTECKAR born on 08/01/1887 in ODESSA arrested in Charenton and deported on 07/29/1942 from Drancy to Auschwitz. Evelyne Le

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Agree with Stephen. For clarification, the document is in a Cyrillic alphabet, while Polish and most Western European languages use what is usually called the Latin alphabet.

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Thank you for any help/direction you can offer me in locating the burial location for Shimon David Shoikhet in Moscow, Russia. Shimon David Shoikhet (1882–1960) BIRTH 1882 • Grosulovo, Tiraspol distri

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I would like help researching my Sheftel/Sheftelovitz family line. I have successfully traced it back to Mordechai Joshua Sheftelowitz (1812-1886) married to Fanny. One of his sons is Michael Sheftelo

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The person that sends the postcard is the brother of the recipient but I can not make up his name. Angel Kosfiszer Richardson, Texas

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Russian has NO sound "H" or Hebrew ה and NO letter for it. in foreign words Rissian changes it to G (Г) like in Gematoma, Gemoglobin. Sometimes it dissapears (as in hystory - История) in belarussian l

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Contrary to the stories we hear so often, the borders of northeastern Europe did not change between 1815 and 1914, with only very minor exceptions. Prussia became part of the German Empire, but its ho

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In Rusian: На фотографии напечатано: Фотография Леонарди Луцк Написано от руки: 1904 г. От Янкель Ортенберг На Память Translate into English: Printed on the photo: Leonardi's Photo Lutsk Handwritten:

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In Russian: На фотографии напечатано: Фотография Леонарди Луцк Написано от руки: 1904 г. От Янкель Ортенберг На Память Translate into English: Printed on the photo: Leonardi's Photo Lutsk Handwritten:

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1 Malin Jojna Abovich (i.e. Jona s/o Aba - j.a.)-master (owner) 28yo 2 Malina Tuba Zejlikovna-wife 22 3 Malin Nekha Jonovna - daughter 5 yo 4 Malin Basya Jonovna - daughter 1 5 Malin Mikhul Abovich 19

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