Good Evening Brian, Could this be the town that you are looking for? Kamionka Strumilowa is now called Kamianka-Buzka ( Russian spelling Kamenka-Bugskaya ). Its a very old town and there used to be ve

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A committee referred to a conservatorship for a mentally incompetent person. Gary Gary Gershfield

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Manhattan State Hospital was always located on Wards Island in Manhattan. I used to work there. It was later changed to Manhattan Psychiatric Center. Gary Gershfield

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I have a NYC death certificate from 1922, and am trying to make out the name of the funeral home/Undertaker. Although the name is illegible, the address looks like 228 Lexington Ave in Manhattan. Plea

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I can only speak to New York Jews. I uncovered many Jewish records at Ferncliff Crematory in Westchester County. There is also Fresh Pond Crematory in Queens, NY. During the 1940s-1950s, cremations of

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As I mentioned in a previous email, my paternal grandfather was Munia Gershfeld, from Druzhkopol, Volhynia. I have seen it also spelled Monia. The family story was that Monia bribed an official to get

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Munya was the name of my paternal great- grandfather.His full name was Munya Meir Gershfeld. I have seen it also spelled Munia and Monia. My paternal ancestors came from the village of Druzhkopol, whi

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Wow! My maternal grandmother's maiden name was Kadishevitz. The family lived in Kupiskis, but prior to that, her ancestors lived in Anyksciai. In Lithuania, it was often spelled, Kadyshevich. When my

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I have been successful a few times with this request. Under Parents' Names, I wrote that the deceased was in an orphanage, and the names are therefore Unknown. Gary Gershfield Forest Hills, NY

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There is also a King David(s) Benevolent Society at the Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn. I am familiar with this burial society. It was formerly the David Lodge #5, which was part of defunct fraternal

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Good Evening Joel, Thank you for this information. My maternal ancestors came from Vilna, although, I believe they originally were registered in Musninkai. May I ask you to do a lookup from these list

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I am seeking a recommendation for a Yiddish translator in the New York City area,who would be able to translate approximately 10 pages of documents at the YIVO archives. Please respond privately to gm

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I am seeking a recommendation for a Yiddish translator in the New York City area,who would be able to translate approximately 10 pages of documents at the YIVO archives. Please respond privately to gm

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I learned that Eugene Schultz retired as president of the Frank E. Campbell funeral chapel. Mr.Schultz always over extended himself to me,as he went through his archives,and successfully located detai

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I learned that Eugene Schultz retired as president of the Frank E. Campbell funeral chapel. Mr.Schultz always over extended himself to me,as he went through his archives,and successfully located detai

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I have been trying to contact the Wolyn Society,which is located in Givatim. Their website is only in Hebrew,and I have not received any responses to emails(which were written in English). Their email

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I have been trying to contact the Wolyn Society,which is located in Givatim. Their website is only in Hebrew,and I have not received any responses to emails(which were written in English). Their email

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I have been trying to contact the Wolyn Society, which is located in Givatim. Their website is only in Hebrew,and I have not received any responses to emails (which were written in English). Their ema

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I have been trying to contact the Wolyn Society, which is located in Givatim. Their website is only in Hebrew,and I have not received any responses to emails (which were written in English). Their ema

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I wanted to share with the group a simple successful find. I was unable to locate a NYC marriage record >from 1922 >from the Health Department. I searched under both the groom and bride's indexes,tryi

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