The definitive Charlap authority is "The Book of Destiny" by Arthur F. Menton (still available at Amazon and some public libraries Avrum Lapin Upland, CA Searching Lapin, Lapunsky (from Grodno and Amd

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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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