Dear fellow researchers, I am happy to announce that tax censuses (family lists) from the Novgorod Seversk uezd (district) in 1888 have now been translated and transcribed as part of the Chernigov Gub

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I recommend Alex Dunai, as a researcher and tour guide. His website is alexdunai.com Beth Galleto Washington DC

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Dear fellow-researchers, One of my brick walls has been to find the birth records of my father's mother and seven of her siblings who were born in Hungary or Slovakia between 1889 and 1900. The two gr

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Dear fellow researchers, A few people have asked me about the tax censuses (family lists) from the Surazh uezd (district) in 1888. I am happy to announce that these have now been translated and transc

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Dear fellow researchers, Tax censuses (family lists) from Krolevets uezd (district) in 1888 have now been translated and transcribed as part of the Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project. The

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This virtual Birds of Feather meeting will take place August 11, 11:15 am to 12:15 pm Eastern time. Towns in the area of the former Chernigov gubernia include: Bakhmach, Berezna, Borzna, Chernigov, Gl

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A while ago there was some mention of double surnames in this discussion group. I am curious about the double surname LIFSHITS OZERSKY. It has come up in family lists (tax censuses) from 1882 in Mglin

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A memorial to 1,846 Jews from the vicinity of Pochep, Russia who were murdered in the Holocaust was reconstructed and rededicated in August 2018. It now consists of a central monument surrounded by 32

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Dear fellow researchers, Progress continues on the Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project. We have now completed a second set of family lists (tax censuses) from the Mglin uezd (district) in

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Dear fellow researchers, I am happy to report that data from family lists (tax censuses) for the Glukhov, Starodub, and Mglin uezds (districts) in 1882 -- translated and transcribed as part of the Che

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I've posted a 1900 marriage record in elegant Russian handwriting for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82151 Please respond via

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Dear fellow researchers, Tax censuses (family lists) from Borzna uezd (district) in 1882 have now been translated and transcribed as part of the Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project. The li

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Dear fellow researchers, Tax censuses (family lists) from Oster uezd (district) in 1882 have now been translated and transcribed as part of the Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project. The lis

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Dear fellow researchers, The Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project has now translated and transcribed tax censuses (family lists) from Mglin uezd (district) in 1882. I have extracted the sur

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An interesting book about this topic is "To the Tashkent Station, Evacuation and Survival in the Soviet Union at War" by Rebecca Manley. The book, published in 2009, is described as "the first in-dept

Dear fellow researchers of the Chernigov gubernia, The Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project, which was started a year ago, has now translated and indexed information from 421 pages in the o

Dear fellow researchers of the Chernigov gubernia, The Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project, which was started a year ago, has now translated and indexed information >from 421 pages in the

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I have posted a birth record from Balassa Gyarmat in 1900, Viewmate 75421. I don't read Hungarian, but I think it says the parents are Lipot Y. Kohn and Maria Gelb, and the child is Yolan. This might

Dear Henry, Both the names you mention are listed in the JewishGen Given Names Database, to be found among many other helpful databases on the JewishGen website. Enjoy your search. Beth Galleto

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Dear Henry, Both the names you mention are listed in the JewishGen Given Names Database, to be found among many other helpful databases on the JewishGen website. Enjoy your search. Beth Galleto

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