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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I have posted images on ViewMate of two photos: <http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89763> <http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89786> I would like an estima

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I found an index record for "Brostoff, Jankel or Jacob" in "Texas, El Paso Alien Arrivals, 1924-1952" on Family Search, which I am attaching to this message. A search for his last name in "Texas, El P

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Where are these records accessible? Thank you, David Brostoff

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I don't seem to be able to find a searchable online database for German WWII reparations records. Any recommendations? Thank you, David Brostoff

#germany #holocaust #records

Thank you for clarifying this. Until now I misunderstood the issue and sincerely apologize if my previous post -- citing matches with known relatives under 20 cM total (but well above 8 cM) -- added f

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Similarly, I have two known third cousins, one 3C1R and one half-1C2R under 20 cM. More importantly though, I have a 14 cM match that led me to a cousin from a branch whose father had changed his last

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Thanks to an off-list suggestion and some further research that led me to an earlier passenger list on which Simchon Brostow was listed with a traveling companion from the same small shtetl, Nachman L

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I have posted an image from a passenger list of the S.S. Palatia, arriving in New York on July 20, 1900. <https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85216> I would be grateful to know t

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Someone asked me offlist what was on the other side of the postcard. It's a portrait photo of the man who wrote the message on the card, taken probably ca. 1920. David

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I was very grateful to receive a translation of Yiddish handwriting on a postcard I recently posted to ViewMate, but one expression is still puzzling me: "simonia card." <https://www.jewishgen.org/vie

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I have posted a postcard on ViewMate and would be very grateful for a translation of the Yiddish handwriting: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83656 Please respond via ViewMat

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That may be, although Alexander Beider, in Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire (rev. ed.), says it means "hawker" or "peddler." David

#names #poland

It's actually the opposite. FTDNA and MyHeritage accept data from Ancestry, but unfortunately Ancestry does not accept data from other testing services. <https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Downloa

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I have posted a Russian travel document on ViewMate and would be very grateful for a translation of the Russian text and handwriting: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=82973 Plea

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I have posted two different scans of a Swedish citizenship document on ViewMate and would be very grateful for a translation of the text: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=82974

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Others have answered your question, but just so I understand, where is Ancestry giving you this information? David

#general #names

Are the above lists included in searches on Ancestry.com? Otherwise, where are they available? Thank you, David

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I have posted images on ViewMate of a marriage registration from the Bialystok State Archive for Moshe HOFFMAN and Taube BROSTOFF, residents of Trostyany (Trzcianne). There is a both a Polish and Yidd

I have posted an image on ViewMate of a portrait photo: <http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM76189> I would like an estimate of the date of the photo. From the handwriting on the