Dear fellow researchers, In discussion of a question from April 3 regarding two brothers in a “Russian family list” whose names seemed to be the same, Peter Cohen mentioned that he was unclear on the

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Dear fellow researchers, Our wonderful Ukrainian translator continues her work in spite of the difficulties and hazards of war. Tax censuses (family lists) from the Konotop uezd (district) in 1888 hav

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Dear fellow researchers, Tax censuses (family lists) from communities in the Sosnitsa uezd (district) in 1888 have now been translated and transcribed as part of the Chernigov Gubernia Document Transl

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I have posted a section of a 1910 census for Leon Cohn and family from Omaha, NE on Viewmate. The family immigrated from Hungary, but another word is written in above the word "Hungary" for each membe

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I am trying to find a family that I am told immigrated to the U.S. from Khotimsk, Belarus, in 1892 or 1900. The family may have had five children. I do not know any given names or ages. The husband or

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Dear fellow researchers, Tax censuses (family lists) from communities in the Oster uezd (district) in 1888 have now been translated and transcribed as part of the Chernigov Gubernia Document Translati

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Dear Rusty, The Cabinet Portrait was a type of photograph, also called cabinet card, that could have been made in many countries. I have a number of them, identified with the Russian photography studi

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

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

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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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