Probably here: Grinkiškis, Lithuania 55°34' N 23°38' E 90 miles NW of Vilnius David Shapiro Jerusalem

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Many of the pages are a list (with names and dates) of children who were circumcised by the author. Pages 4-6 list the births of his own children, many of who did not survive. On page 7 there is one m

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Bride's father's name is "H"R (Harav?) Zev". Dovid Shapiro Jerusalem

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The city was Homel. The date was Tues. Sivan 12. The year is not completely clear, i.e. the decade, but I think it was 5662 which was June 17, 1902. Definitely not 5682 when Sivan 12 fell on a Thursda

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Yes. I meant "not that he had an official position". Sorry for the typo, I haven't been well. David Shapiro

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The title "Rabbani" is never used for anyone who has an official rabbinic position. (It is possible that 'mem-vav-hey' indicates that he had semicha, but that that he had a official position). I say t

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You are misreading the inscription. Not 'harabeinu' but 'harabani' meaning rabbi-like. i.e a person well learned in religious text, but not an official rabbi. Not 'minh' but 'mo[reinu]' which is indee

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Correct, these are all males, because it is not a record of births. It is a record of circumcisions. If you go back to page 6 this is stated clearly (in Hebrew). David Shapiro Jerusalem

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Perhaps there was a difference between a full name change to a spelling modification. My cousin arrived in the US in the 1930's from Germany. His name was SCHULMANN. He told me that the immigration of

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Not "land of Israel", rather "Aryeh", i.e. the father's full name was 'Menachem Aryeh'. And "may his light shine" indicates that the father was still alive at the time. David Shapiro Jerusalem

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Before WWI many people from Galicia said they were from Austria. Consider the town of Rybotycze which is now in Poland. David Shapiro Jerusalem

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You can view or download a pdf copy here: https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/46793 David Shapiro Jerusalem

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The name seems to be Sanneh סאנע which is short for Nesanel נתנאל. It is followed by the word Hacohen הכהן. David Shapiro Jerusalem

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Thank you for the clarifications about the use of hashtags. Recently I had an interesting case, and I didn't know how to deal with it. There was a message ( #642630) seeking information about a distan

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I have a copy of "Stammbaum der Familie Eichmann 1660-1931", published in Detmold in 1931. Erna is listed on page 23 "geb. 10.4.1903 in Schoetmar". There is no further information about her, but a lot

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Are the missing children all boys? That was the case with my family from Anskycai, and I assumed that the boys be hidden to protect them from the Russian draft. David Shapiro Jerusalem

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It's interesting that you compare Zelevansky with Shapiro. Here in Israel there is Zelevansky family of roshei yeshiva, who are descended from the Shapiro family of Volozhin. See "The Unbroken Chain",

It was not a common name, and it was certainly chosen because an ancestor had that name, and so further back. So I would say that it is indeed likely that he descended from that famous family, but you

PvM is Parnes uManhig which means a community leader. David Shapiro, Jerusalem dshapiro@...

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PvM is Parnes uManhig which means a community leader. David Shapiro, Jerusalem dshapiro@...

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