Zelig is a Yiddish nickname that is formally associated with a number of different Hebrew given names, most commonly Asher and Yehoshua, but also a number of others as listed in Bet Shemuel, which is

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You haven't mentioned anything that might help someone recognize the family. Your grandfather's parents' names, for instance, of his age. Do you know if he was born in Minsk or that's just "where he l

#belarus

In proper Hebrew, that is Yekusiel /Yekutiel. In other languages they could have used anything. It is my Uncle Ken's name.

I see graves with those names, but not buried near one anotherץ The woman next to Yehudah Leib is Leah. Both died Yehudah Leib and Leah 1965. Israel Pickholtz Ashkelon allmyforeparents.blogspot.com en

#israel

Does the grave say "my dear father" or "our dear father?"

#romania

Samuel and Solomon are not the same names. But that does not mean that one person could not have used both at different times. Israel Pickholtz Ashkelon allmyforeparents.blogspot.com endogamy-one-fami

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I was saddened to read of the passing of my first genealogy mentor, former JewishGen VP Carol Skydell. I blogged a few years ago about one of our first interactions, when I found the grave of her grea

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What exactly are you looking for? I mean, you found the daughter, so can't you get more information from her? Israel Pickholtz Ashkelon allmyforeparents.blogspot.com endogamy-one-family.com My genealo

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In Israel you don't write to a cemetery. You write to the Hevra Kadisha. Israel Pickholtz Ashkelon allmyforeparents.blogspot.com endogamy-one-family.com My genealogy research is electric. It follows t

It is tempting to say that if a name is uncommon, it must be the person I am looking for. But keep in mind that our family members were generally named for older family who died. So even an uncommon n

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It is tempting to say that if a name is uncommon, it must be the person I am looking for. But keep in mind that our family members were generally named for older family who died. So even an uncommon n

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I don't. People have different preferences. For instance, much of the time I srt on the "name" column. When you get right down to it, pressing one of the "sort" icons is a pretty simple thing to do. I

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I don't. People have different preferences. For instance, much of the time I srt on the "name" column. When you get right down to it, pressing one of the "sort" icons is a pretty simple thing to do. I

#dna

I just had a first look at the Mandatory Citizenship files, as presented by My Heritage. It is useful but certainly not complete. https://tinyurl.com/y79flhfj Israel Pickholtz Jerusalem allmyforeparen

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I just had a first look at the Mandatory Citizenship files, as presented by My Heritage. It is useful but certainly not complete. https://tinyurl.com/y79flhfj Israel Pickholtz Jerusalem allmyforeparen

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A few years back, Ohio death certificates were available online through I think 1950. Now I cannot find them. Ancestry and Family Search have some indexed or other partial information. Does anyone kno

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A few years back, Ohio death certificates were available online through I think 1950. Now I cannot find them. Ancestry and Family Search have some indexed or other partial information. Does anyone kno

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The wife of a cousin of mine is the descendant of a woman named BALSAM. She says she has heard that BALSAM is >from "Baal Shem" and signifies a descendants of R' Israel, the Baal Shem Tov. Does anyone

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The wife of a cousin of mine is the descendant of a woman named BALSAM. She says she has heard that BALSAM is >from "Baal Shem" and signifies a descendants of R' Israel, the Baal Shem Tov. Does anyone

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The wife of a cousin of mine is the descendant of a woman named BALSAM. She says she has heard that BALSAM is >from "Baal Shem" and signifies a descendants of R' Israel, the Baal Shem Tov. Does anyone

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