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Does anyone know this town?
#records
Looks to me like Yurbrek, Russia. I searched for that in the JewishGen Communities Database using "sounds like" matching and came up with only one result: Jurbarkas, Lithuania ( modern name), which wa
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Looks to me like Yurbrek, Russia. I searched for that in the JewishGen Communities Database using "sounds like" matching and came up with only one result: Jurbarkas, Lithuania ( modern name), which wa
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Wedding Announcement errors.. question
#general
I'm a retired newspaper copy editor. I don't know what the procedure was in 1908 at the Boston Globe, but I can tell you that when I was working, this sort of information was very often provided by th
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I'm a retired newspaper copy editor. I don't know what the procedure was in 1908 at the Boston Globe, but I can tell you that when I was working, this sort of information was very often provided by th
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Deborah Blankenberg
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Sea Gate, Brooklyn
#usa
The Forward published an interesting article a couple of days ago about Coney Island history, including Seagate, from the perspective of Jewish immigrants: https://forward.com/news/449621/yiddish-cone
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The Forward published an interesting article a couple of days ago about Coney Island history, including Seagate, from the perspective of Jewish immigrants: https://forward.com/news/449621/yiddish-cone
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Deborah Blankenberg
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From Which Viewpoint Are Cousins Named?
#general
#names
Always count the generations from the common ancestor to the descendants, not from the descendants to the common ancestor. As long as the descendants' generations are parallel, you'll be counting firs
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Always count the generations from the common ancestor to the descendants, not from the descendants to the common ancestor. As long as the descendants' generations are parallel, you'll be counting firs
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Deborah Blankenberg
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synagogue memorial plaques
#JewishGenUpdates
As genealogists, we view this information as important to share, but not everyone is a genealogist. I wanted to document a small, private Jewish cemetery in my area several years ago, but the family t
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As genealogists, we view this information as important to share, but not everyone is a genealogist. I wanted to document a small, private Jewish cemetery in my area several years ago, but the family t
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Deborah Blankenberg
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Warsaw birth record - house number but no street?
#warsaw
Try posting an image of the (entire) document on ViewMate. Perhaps the street name is there but not obvious, and someone more familiar with this type of document might be able to identify it for you.
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Try posting an image of the (entire) document on ViewMate. Perhaps the street name is there but not obvious, and someone more familiar with this type of document might be able to identify it for you.
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Deborah Blankenberg
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Warsaw birth record - why registered 3 months late?
#warsaw
You don't say where (or when) your great aunt was born. If she was born in a smaller town near Warsaw, someone would have had to travel to Warsaw to register the birth, which may account for the delay
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You don't say where (or when) your great aunt was born. If she was born in a smaller town near Warsaw, someone would have had to travel to Warsaw to register the birth, which may account for the delay
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Deborah Blankenberg
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Were "nephews" sometimes really cousins?
#general
When my mother immigrated to the United States after World War II, she was sponsored by an uncle and aunt who had left Germany just before the beginning of the war. I knew them when I was small, and m
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When my mother immigrated to the United States after World War II, she was sponsored by an uncle and aunt who had left Germany just before the beginning of the war. I knew them when I was small, and m
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Deborah Blankenberg
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How do you ??????
#general
It undoubtedly will vary depending on what software you're using. I use Ancestral Quest, which lists same-sex spouses as Partner1 and Partner2, and shows each partner's gender accurately.
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It undoubtedly will vary depending on what software you're using. I use Ancestral Quest, which lists same-sex spouses as Partner1 and Partner2, and shows each partner's gender accurately.
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Searching for descendants of Holocaust survivor FIRST, husband of Eva, born 1919 in Sulingen, Niedersachsen
#holocaust
#germany
I know this is a long shot, but I'm trying to find information about a Holocaust survivor named FIRST about whom I have no information except that he married my aunt Eva BLOCH in the Riga ghetto. Eva
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I know this is a long shot, but I'm trying to find information about a Holocaust survivor named FIRST about whom I have no information except that he married my aunt Eva BLOCH in the Riga ghetto. Eva
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Deborah Blankenberg
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yiddish words
#yiddish
Several people have brought to my attention an error in Google's translation. Feyvish is a masculine name and does not mean fish.
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Several people have brought to my attention an error in Google's translation. Feyvish is a masculine name and does not mean fish.
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Deborah Blankenberg
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yiddish words
#yiddish
Google Translate transliterates ער רעד זיך אפ וויא פייוויש אין האלץ קאממער as "er red zikh af vya feyvish in halts kammer" and translates it as literally meaning "He speaks like a fish in a wooden cha
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Google Translate transliterates ער רעד זיך אפ וויא פייוויש אין האלץ קאממער as "er red zikh af vya feyvish in halts kammer" and translates it as literally meaning "He speaks like a fish in a wooden cha
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America's women's right to vote.. Registration docs
Women got the right to vote in the United States with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Knowing where your grandmother lived at that time will help narrow the focus of your search.
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Women got the right to vote in the United States with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Knowing where your grandmother lived at that time will help narrow the focus of your search.
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women's right to vote
As Eva Lawrence points out, it depends on when and where. But I would suggest you check FamilySearch.org. They have voter registration lists from a lot of places in the United States (and, I would ass
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As Eva Lawrence points out, it depends on when and where. But I would suggest you check FamilySearch.org. They have voter registration lists from a lot of places in the United States (and, I would ass
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Deborah Blankenberg
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My genealogy search story
#general
Building on Sarah's comment: Family Tree DNA generally has a sale on their mtDNA tests around Mother's Day. You should check their website starting at the beginning of May.
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Building on Sarah's comment: Family Tree DNA generally has a sale on their mtDNA tests around Mother's Day. You should check their website starting at the beginning of May.
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Deborah Blankenberg
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Two NYC Birth Certificates: One person or two?
Good idea, Moishe. I hadn't thought of that!
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Good idea, Moishe. I hadn't thought of that!
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Deborah Blankenberg
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Two NYC Birth Certificates: One person or two?
I can't be certain, but I strongly suspect that the first (#968), filed just a few days after the birth, had several errors that were corrected on the second. As far as the number of children is conce
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I can't be certain, but I strongly suspect that the first (#968), filed just a few days after the birth, had several errors that were corrected on the second. As far as the number of children is conce
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Deborah Blankenberg
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To Reply does NOT show up with my Thunderbird mail client, even though I logged into Jewishgen first
The reply button and accompanying reply form are on the JewishGen website, not in your (or anyone else's) mail client. When you click the message topic in the daily summary email, it takes you to the
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The reply button and accompanying reply form are on the JewishGen website, not in your (or anyone else's) mail client. When you click the message topic in the daily summary email, it takes you to the
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New format of website - is this a problem or just something I don't know??
Hi, Martha. I'm looking at this on an Android smartphone, so it might appear slightly differently on your device or computer, but when i touched the Reply link under your original message, a form open
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Hi, Martha. I'm looking at this on an Android smartphone, so it might appear slightly differently on your device or computer, but when i touched the Reply link under your original message, a form open
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Deborah Blankenberg
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Lodz Jewish voter list 1924
Thank you. I was able to get to thre images by following your suggestions.
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Thank you. I was able to get to thre images by following your suggestions.
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