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Can Udel be a Female Given Name?# names # hungary
Udel is usually a woman's name. I have never seen it as male, although Idel can be. I have only seen Judel, Yudel, and Iudel for Juda or Yehuda. "While researching names related to an uncle of my late
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Udel is usually a woman's name. I have never seen it as male, although Idel can be. I have only seen Judel, Yudel, and Iudel for Juda or Yehuda. "While researching names related to an uncle of my late
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parents as "cousins" on Ancestry.com
#dna
"I have a first cousin, Arlene, who married our mutual first cousin. Her parents, Bernard and Esther, were also first cousins. Bernard's parents were also first cousins. And I suspect that one of his
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"I have a first cousin, Arlene, who married our mutual first cousin. Her parents, Bernard and Esther, were also first cousins. Bernard's parents were also first cousins. And I suspect that one of his
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Relationship question
#general
Many years ago, when early deaths were common, kids often took the family name of the stepfather after their widowed mother remarried. It is possible that one or both of these children, Annie WALDHORN
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Many years ago, when early deaths were common, kids often took the family name of the stepfather after their widowed mother remarried. It is possible that one or both of these children, Annie WALDHORN
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parents as "cousins" on Ancestry.com
#dna
"Jim is quite right, it may even be closer than 5th cousin.". I once found who I thought was a 20th cousin, an Osorio in London. We exchanged gedcoms, and I was disappointed to find he was a 5th cousi
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"Jim is quite right, it may even be closer than 5th cousin.". I once found who I thought was a 20th cousin, an Osorio in London. We exchanged gedcoms, and I was disappointed to find he was a 5th cousi
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Passage from Jaffa to LeHavre to Ellis Island
#general
Nothing was needed, Roberta. Until WW I people could enter the US at will, assuming they had a way to support themselves until they got jobs.
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Nothing was needed, Roberta. Until WW I people could enter the US at will, assuming they had a way to support themselves until they got jobs.
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Was a gradfather an acceptable witness for the birth of a grandson in Galitzia in 1875?
#austria-czech
"I have found a close relative living in the same house, with the same surname who appears as witness in the birth act of a boy". The witnesses were witnesses to the registration of the birth, not to
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"I have found a close relative living in the same house, with the same surname who appears as witness in the birth act of a boy". The witnesses were witnesses to the registration of the birth, not to
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"His name was changed at Ellis Island"
#names
"However, family lore is that they had to buy papers to travel from Lithuania to the United States, and could not get their own so bought them from someone named Goldberg" The thing is, there was no r
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"However, family lore is that they had to buy papers to travel from Lithuania to the United States, and could not get their own so bought them from someone named Goldberg" The thing is, there was no r
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When was this picture taken?
#photographs
#germany
1890s. Leg o' Mutton sleeves
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1890s. Leg o' Mutton sleeves
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Sally Bruckheimer
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Finding image on LDS microfilm from index
#general
Emily Garber wrote:"Film numbers may still be used to search via the catalog. While FamilySearch has been digitizing old microfilm and assigning new digital numbers to those rolls, digitized collectio
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Emily Garber wrote:"Film numbers may still be used to search via the catalog. While FamilySearch has been digitizing old microfilm and assigning new digital numbers to those rolls, digitized collectio
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Finding image on LDS microfilm from index
#general
Since LDS Microfilms no longer exist, except maybe in SLC, the film numbers need to be deleted or changed to something else by Jewishgen. They were indeed the source of the information, but they aren'
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Since LDS Microfilms no longer exist, except maybe in SLC, the film numbers need to be deleted or changed to something else by Jewishgen. They were indeed the source of the information, but they aren'
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New York index to death records-finding pre 1865 death date
#usa
"1. Would the dates of the index indicate that he died 1862 and after-not before? 2. Would there be a next step in finding his actual death certificate/death date? I surmise that he died before May of
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"1. Would the dates of the index indicate that he died 1862 and after-not before? 2. Would there be a next step in finding his actual death certificate/death date? I surmise that he died before May of
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Meaning of the given mame "Ickowna"
#names
"Correct spelling is Itzkovna" - In Russian, transliterated, maybe, but in Polish Ickowna was how it happened most of the time. I have transcribed thousands of bmd for Polish towns, and Ickowna, and I
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"Correct spelling is Itzkovna" - In Russian, transliterated, maybe, but in Polish Ickowna was how it happened most of the time. I have transcribed thousands of bmd for Polish towns, and Ickowna, and I
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Cohanim and Levites
#dna
When an immigrant chose a name in a new place, he chose whatever he wanted. When family names were adopted in Eastern Europe, a Jew chose whatever he wanted also. Sally
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When an immigrant chose a name in a new place, he chose whatever he wanted. When family names were adopted in Eastern Europe, a Jew chose whatever he wanted also. Sally
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Male given name Shira
#general
#names
In Polish, nou nd often end in -a in the nominative case. Israel's does not mean son of Israel, it means Izrael. Mal e and female names both end in -a. Israelowicz means son of Israe l. My tablet seem
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In Polish, nou nd often end in -a in the nominative case. Israel's does not mean son of Israel, it means Izrael. Mal e and female names both end in -a. Israelowicz means son of Israe l. My tablet seem
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Harry Chernicoff home town
#latvia
#courland
"from somewhere around Courland/Kurland as he's buried in one of the Kurland plots at Mount Zion Cemetery in Maspeth Queens" Sometimes burial societies sold plots to 'anybody', so he may have been fro
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"from somewhere around Courland/Kurland as he's buried in one of the Kurland plots at Mount Zion Cemetery in Maspeth Queens" Sometimes burial societies sold plots to 'anybody', so he may have been fro
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Given name naming patterns in Latvia, 1800s-1900s
#latvia
Itzig Ber is not the same as Ber. Haim Isaak is not the same as Itzig. Actually Itzig isn't the same as Isaak either. Double names were common in Eastern Europe. They were not a first and middle name
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Itzig Ber is not the same as Ber. Haim Isaak is not the same as Itzig. Actually Itzig isn't the same as Isaak either. Double names were common in Eastern Europe. They were not a first and middle name
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NYC Adoption Records 1880-1910
#usa
#general
Now is the time! Last year adoption records became public in NY state.
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Now is the time! Last year adoption records became public in NY state.
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Sourcing Photos
#general
#photographs
"Do you mind sharing that app (and IOS or Windows or ?) that allows you to add labeling and comments at the bottom under the photo? I have not heard of this" You can use almost any photo editor. I hav
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"Do you mind sharing that app (and IOS or Windows or ?) that allows you to add labeling and comments at the bottom under the photo? I have not heard of this" You can use almost any photo editor. I hav
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The male name Shapsei
#names
#lithuania
A cousin of mine, Shapsie in Yiddish, became Sidney in English. But it could be anything; Sam was popular. Sally Bruckheimer Princeton, NJ
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A cousin of mine, Shapsie in Yiddish, became Sidney in English. But it could be anything; Sam was popular. Sally Bruckheimer Princeton, NJ
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The male name Shapsei
#names
#lithuania
Shapsei, Szabsie often in Polish, is a nickname for Shabatai, like Shabatai Zvi. Nothing special about it, other than that. Sally Bruckheimer Princeton, NJ
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Shapsei, Szabsie often in Polish, is a nickname for Shabatai, like Shabatai Zvi. Nothing special about it, other than that. Sally Bruckheimer Princeton, NJ
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