My grandfather became a Canadian citizen in Nov 1906 after residing 3 1/2 years in Canada (per his naturalization Certificate) At some time in 1905 (per the St Albans list) he travelled by train to Ne

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I saw mention of the year 1652 and the last entry was 1941 . I saw a story from an Auschwitz survivor. Like many remembrance books Pinkas Krinki is a collection of memoirs etc. Avrum Lapin avrum223@ve

Sorry I can’t read the Hebrew script. Details including indices and partial translations can be found at these sites: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Krynki/Krynki.html https://www.yiddishbookcenter.

Temple Sholom of Ontario (California) has available a copy of the book Pinkas Krinki published in Israel in Hebrew and Yiddish in 1970. There is text and photos. The binding is in good condition but t

It is possible that the person who arranged the burial or ordered the tombstones did not know. I see that in my father’s uncles burial permits Have you found a death certificate. Does the cemetery kno

Contrary to popular belief, names were not changed at Ellis Island. "Ellis Island" used the names as listed on the ships manifest (occasionally making a transcription error or a phonetic error). The c

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Contrary to popular belief, names were not changed at Ellis Island. "Ellis Island" used the names as listed on the ships manifest (occasionally making a transcription error or a phonetic error). The c

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California has laws permitting the destruction of police records. The city where I volunteered with the PD had policies on retention of police records and paper records beyond a certain age were shred

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California has laws permitting the destruction of police records. The city where I volunteered with the PD had policies on retention of police records and paper records beyond a certain age were shred

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Dear Wendy, --- I missed the original post. A mortuary in Montreal would have to arranged shipment to New York (I don't think they would have put the body in a trunk and taken it with them). You might

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Dear Wendy, --- I missed the original post. A mortuary in Montreal would have to arranged shipment to New York (I don't think they would have put the body in a trunk and taken it with them). You might

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Zdravstvujte! Ja iwu informaciju o Solomone Lapine i ego detjah. Oni v konce 19 veka zhili v Grodno i u nih byla tipografija. Vy mne smozhete pomoch'? A big thank you to all those who responded. I hav

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Zdravstvujte! Ja iwu informaciju o Solomone Lapine i ego detjah. Oni v konce 19 veka zhili v Grodno i u nih byla tipografija. Vy mne smozhete pomoch'? A big thank you to all those who responded. I hav

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I received the following message Zdravstvujte! Ja iwu informaciju o Solomone Lapine i ego detjah. Oni v konce 19 veka zhili v Grodno i u nih byla tipografija. Vy mne smozhete pomoch'? I am guessing th

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I received the following message Zdravstvujte! Ja iwu informaciju o Solomone Lapine i ego detjah. Oni v konce 19 veka zhili v Grodno i u nih byla tipografija. Vy mne smozhete pomoch'? I am guessing th

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Your better bet might be, if he was linked to one of the smaller cities/areas here (San Fernando, Orange County, Santa Monica, etc.), is to see if they have a local paper, and check there.The Daily Ne

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Your better bet might be, if he was linked to one of the smaller cities/areas here (San Fernando, Orange County, Santa Monica, etc.), is to see if they have a local paper, and check there.The Daily Ne

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I missed the original post but other sources are Jewish Heritage Center of Western Canada http://www.jhcwc.mb.ca/ Louis Kessler's Jewish Winnipeg Links http://www.lkessler.com/jwlinks.shtml Harry Gutk

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I missed the original post but other sources are Jewish Heritage Center of Western Canada http://www.jhcwc.mb.ca/ Louis Kessler's Jewish Winnipeg Links http://www.lkessler.com/jwlinks.shtml Harry Gutk

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Could we have a Brady bunch situation (a widow and a widower each with children marry) possibly with additional children. Can you run DNA tests on descendents of each of the 6 branches (not a genetici

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