Hello, I downloaded the DP records for several relatives: Franka Bocian Garbarska and Bruno Garbarski from Czestochowa and Lodz. She was a Hasag survivor. She is my great-aunt. It is wonderful that Ar

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Hello, Thank you for posting this. I didn't know it was Canadian Jewish Heritage month. I went to the website of the Canadian Jewish Archive located in Toronto and actually came across several items t

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Hello, Thank you everyone who responded about where to download a family tree chart. I was particularly interested in cousins etc. as one of these distant relatives in Israel is on Geni and I get matc

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Hello, I distant relative subscribes to Geni and recently I have gotten more and more notices of perfect matches with all details about that relative and their connection to me. Often it is something

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Hello, In my opinion, yes. regards, Joanne Grosman researching Bocian, Kremsdorf, Grosman

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Hello, I will contact them. I did hear they have a project to list missing in action Canadian Jewish crewmen in Bomber Command. regards, Joanne Grosman researching Czestchowa/Radomsko

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Hello, I will look into this. I do feel it is a weight to figure out what to do with all this archival material I have. Photography runs in my father's family professional and amateur and I have a vas

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Hello, As far as keeping family photos, it is not always so easy. I am the last of my immediate family and of my extended family no one has showed any interest in family history. I have been left ever

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Hello, I agree as well. I have an uncle Sholom who uses the English name Wilfred. Always struck me as kind of arbitrary except I guess Old English meaning of the name Wilfried includes the word peace.

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Hello, Could you explain - why you write around Radmonsko? My grandparents are from Radomsko. Would be interested to know. best regards, Joanne Grosman Grosman, Garbarski, Altman, Bocian and Kremsdorf

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Hello, As you are a maven when it comes to the German civil registry system, I have a question. I tried to research relatives from the 19th century in the Brandenburg area called Neumark, but I can't

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Hello, There is an archive in Montreal I believe called Canadian Jewish Congress as well contact the Jewish Public LIbrary in Montreal. They have genealogical information. I did some family research t

Hello, I believe it was the other way around. Lipot Watten sender and Leibus Farkas recipient. regards, Joanne Grosman researching Grosman, Bocian, Garbarski, Altman, Kremsdorf

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Hello, Years ago I was researching relatives who ended up in a DP camp near Munich and at that time Arolsen Tracing Service was closed. I emailed Munich city hall and eventually providing as much info

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Hello, I have followed with interest the thread to do with the word 'Behandler' and the allusion to Nazi provenance. I work within the healthcare system in Canada where so far insurance companies don'

Hello, In the article it mentions the term (German) Behandler for provider. regards, Joanne Grosman researching Grosman, Bocian, Kremsdorf

Hello, I am asking for assistance from the community of great genealogy mavens. Is there any way to find out the original European surname after someone has made aliyah and changed their surname into

Hello, Recently in the Yizkor Books email digest there was a discussion about the Yiddish Press in Czestochowa. My great uncle Berl Bocian was mentioned as the owner and operator of two newspapers the

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Hello, Recently in the Yizkor Books email digest there was a discussion about the Yiddish Press in Czestochowa. My great uncle Berl Bocian was mentioned as the owner and operator of two newspapers the

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