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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Yes. 1) Although my father had Parkinson's disease, I do not have the gene often associated with that disease. 2) I am a carrier of Tay-Sachs. David Shapiro Jerusalem

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Yes. 1) Although my father had Parkinson's disease, I do not have the gene often associated with that disease. 2) I am a carrier of Tay-Sachs. David Shapiro Jerusalem

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On 5/9/2017 9:04 AM, tom klein wrote: In the classic (Hebrew) work "Baalei Hatosfos" by E.E. Aurbach, p. 207 of the 1986 edition, he writes that it cannot be determined that Rav Efraim ben Efraim Hagi

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On 5/9/2017 9:04 AM, tom klein wrote: In the classic (Hebrew) work "Baalei Hatosfos" by E.E. Aurbach, p. 207 of the 1986 edition, he writes that it cannot be determined that Rav Efraim ben Efraim Hagi

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Years ago I contributed to funding the JRI records for Szczerzec and received the excel file, but found no mention of my great grandmother Malka HITZIG or her parents Leizer Lippa and Rochel Chaya. (T

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Years ago I contributed to funding the JRI records for Szczerzec and received the excel file, but found no mention of my great grandmother Malka HITZIG or her parents Leizer Lippa and Rochel Chaya. (T

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Michelle Sandler wrote: I have been to the sites of the three Vilna cemeteries. The oldest, the Shnipeshuk cemetery, was destroyed by the communists in order to build a sports center. All that remains

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Michelle Sandler wrote: I have been to the sites of the three Vilna cemeteries. The oldest, the Shnipeshuk cemetery, was destroyed by the communists in order to build a sports center. All that remains

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