Hi Neal, Rabbi (and attorney) David Avigdor is/was the rabbi at the Congregation Bikur Cholim Sheveth Achim synagogue in New Haven. I'm sure that you're aware that he also had some legal problems here

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I have one such case in my family in Bavaria. The father was definitely Jewish but he was married more than once and I believe that the mother's name was used simply to identify her. Werner HIRSCH New

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I am trying to find out whatever happened to a step cousin of mine, Marion (or Marionne) Schlesinger. She was born in Freiburg, Germany in 1931. In April of 1939 she was taken on a Kindertransport to

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Thank you very much for this post, I was able to find the graves of several of my family members. I did put in the names that I was looking for in English, and it found them even though there was only

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I am trying to figure out the names of the parents of a distant cousin of mine. Her name was Bertha Weinberg who was born in Germany. She married Jacob Selig in 1933 in New York. I found the record at

I'm sure a lot of work went into redesigning this discussion group, but I agree with Leslie. As things are now, I'd be happy to see the old layout once again. Werner HIRSCH New Haven, CT USA

In trying to put together my family tree I have run into an apparent dead end. A second cousin (once removed) of mine, Else OPPENHEIMER, left Germany in 1940 and eventually settled in Ventura, CA with

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In trying to put together my family tree I have run into an apparent dead end. A second cousin (once removed) of mine, Else OPPENHEIMER, left Germany in 1940 and eventually settled in Ventura, CA with

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Does anyone know what the best way is for me to obtain a death certificate for a relative that died in Israel. Unfortunately I do not know the city or the date. Any help is greatly appreciated. Werner

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Does anyone know what the best way is for me to obtain a death certificate for a relative that died in Israel. Unfortunately I do not know the city or the date. Any help is greatly appreciated. Werner

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Dear Genners, My sincere thanks to all those who responded to my question about Petrisorul, all of your comments were very helpful. Some referred me to the JewishGen Gazetteer (which of course I shoul

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Dear Genners, My sincere thanks to all those who responded to my question about Petrisorul, all of your comments were very helpful. Some referred me to the JewishGen Gazetteer (which of course I shoul

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I have a record that says that a relative of mine, Ludwig DAVIDSBURG, was killed on 22 Dec. 1916 during WWI in a battle at Petrisorul, Romania. The record is hand-written but the name of the town is *

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I have a record that says that a relative of mine, Ludwig DAVIDSBURG, was killed on 22 Dec. 1916 during WWI in a battle at Petrisorul, Romania. The record is hand-written but the name of the town is *

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I am trying to locate one or both of a peir of brothers >from London, UK. They are my second cousins: Michael Lawrence GARDNER, b. Dec. 1956, London, England, and Simon J. GARDNER, b. June 1959, Londo

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I am trying to locate one or both of a peir of brothers >from London, UK. They are my second cousins: Michael Lawrence GARDNER, b. Dec. 1956, London, England, and Simon J. GARDNER, b. June 1959, Londo

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I've posted a short note written in old German script. I assume that it was written by Maier ZUNDER in 1898 to his daughter, Sophie CHASE on her 38th birthday. I have been able to read most of it, but

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I've posted a short note written in old German script. I assume that it was written by Maier ZUNDER in 1898 to his daughter, Sophie CHASE on her 38th birthday. I have been able to read most of it, but

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Please thank those who help you and support ViewMate, GerSIG and JewishGen at: http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've posted a short not

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Please thank those who help you and support ViewMate, GerSIG and JewishGen at: http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've posted a short not

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