Using those pre-surname records is challenging, but I've been able to trace a couple of my lines there. WIth the Russian "revision list" censuses, even when there were no surnames,, the order in which

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Another technique for unknown distant DNA matches on Ancestry: 1) Use the "custom groups" feature to create a color-coded group for each of your ancestral lines. 2) Assign each of your *known* relativ

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I'm catching up on past emails and read with interest the recent exchange about a new Ukrainian genealogy database. I used the pra.in.ua database last night and there are indeed plenty of Jews include

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I'm catching up on past emails and read with interest the recent exchange about a new Ukrainian genealogy database. I used the pra.in.ua database last night and there are indeed plenty of Jews include

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Can anyone clarify the circumstances that might cause an immigrant to travel fraudulently using someone else's name and identity? This happened at least twice in different branches of my family -- in

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Can anyone clarify the circumstances that might cause an immigrant to travel fraudulently using someone else's name and identity? This happened at least twice in different branches of my family -- in

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Can anyone tell me whether the Yiddish given name Gimpel derives from, or might be a kinnui for, the Hebrew name Gamaliel? thanks Adam Goodheart Washington, DC

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Can anyone tell me whether the Yiddish given name Gimpel derives from, or might be a kinnui for, the Hebrew name Gamaliel? thanks Adam Goodheart Washington, DC

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The surname KATZ is obviously among the more difficult Ashkenazi ones to research. My great-grandmother Brana Katz (1880-1958) and her younger brothers, Motel/Max, Chaim/Hyman, and Zisia/Samuel, immig

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The surname KATZ is obviously among the more difficult Ashkenazi ones to research. My great-grandmother Brana Katz (1880-1958) and her younger brothers, Motel/Max, Chaim/Hyman, and Zisia/Samuel, immig

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I've posted on ViewMate an entry for my ancestor Levi-Itsko GUTHARTZ Gubernia. I'd be very grateful for a translation of the Russian text, especially of the notes and comments that have been added to

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I've posted on ViewMate an entry for my ancestor Levi-Itsko GUTHARTZ Gubernia. I'd be very grateful for a translation of the Russian text, especially of the notes and comments that have been added to

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I'm inquiring on behalf of a friend, a Shoah survivor who is trying to reconnect with her family. Her maternal relatives were the LEVIN family of Kishinev, Bessarabia. All the family information she h

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I'm inquiring on behalf of a friend, a Shoah survivor who is trying to reconnect with her family. Her maternal relatives were the LEVIN family of Kishinev, Bessarabia. All the family information she h

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I'm inquiring on behalf of a friend, a Shoah survivor who is trying to reconnect with her family. Her maternal relatives were the LEVIN family of Kishinev, Bessarabia. All the family information she h

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I'm inquiring on behalf of a friend, a Shoah survivor who is trying to reconnect with her family. Her maternal relatives were the LEVIN family of Kishinev, Bessarabia. All the family information she h

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One of my ancestral families is WAYSMAN (also sometimes WAJSMAN or WAYS), which I've traced to the tiny farming village of Chutcze (halfway between Wlodawa and Chelm) in the early 19th century. This w

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One of my ancestral families is WAYSMAN (also sometimes WAJSMAN or WAYS), which I've traced to the tiny farming village of Chutcze (halfway between Wlodawa and Chelm) in the early 19th century. This w

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Dear experts, Despite having some pretty good clues, I've searched long and fruitlessly for the immigration record of my great-grandfather, Moishe (later Morris) KAUFMAN, who arrived in the U.S. in 18

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Dear experts, Despite having some pretty good clues, I've searched long and fruitlessly for the immigration record of my great-grandfather, Moishe (later Morris) KAUFMAN, who arrived in the U.S. in 18

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