When a widow born in Pren, Lithuania married her second husband in Cincinnati in 1914, she told the clerk her maiden name, which is BARTIKOWSKY (English spelling). She could not spell it, so the clerk

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There is a phoneme (single speech sound) that appears in Russian, and perhaps other languages, but not in English. It sounds like the last sound of "hush" plus the first sound of "child" pushed togeth

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My grandfather and his brother-in-law had a tailoring business that was somewhere between completely hand-made and off-the-rack pre-made. My grandfather Sigmund SEGAL in Parkesburg, PA measured a man,

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As each new immigrant was processed at Castle Garden, Ellis Island, or other reception center, how did officials keep track of who had passed through? Why didn't the clerk put some sort of check-mark

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I have a different opinion of Har Nebo. Years ago, I paid a professional genealogist to discover where in Philadelphia my grandfather was interred. I had his death certificate with the exact date of d

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William MENDEL's WW II Enlistment Record has most information correct, including 4 years of college, but his "Civil Occupation" is listed as "Actor (Motion picture actor.) or Director, Motion Picture

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The 1918 death certificate of a relative in Cincinnati called it "la grippe". Her doctor was related to her. Josephine Rosenblum Cincinnati

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What would a Yiddish-speaking Jew who lived there have called this area? Please give a transliteration for those of us who do not read Hebrew letters. I know it was also called Russian-Poland in Engli

Allen and Betty marry and have a son--Charles. They divorce. Allen and Daisy marry and have a son--Edgar. [Have you noticed that the names are in alphabetical order, for clarity.] Facts: Allen is the

In an Orthodox cemetery in Cincinnati, a mother and son share one tombstone. The names and dates bear this out. She was born a full generation before him, plus the names match what I know of their rel

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In an Orthodox cemetery in Cincinnati, a mother and son share one tombstone. The names and dates bear this out. She was born a full generation before him, plus the names match what I know of their rel

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In addition to putting surnames in capitals, try putting a space between slashes, to improve readability. Look at the following lines: SMITH/JACKSON/WALKER/MASON SMITH / JACKSON / WALKER / MASON The s

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In addition to putting surnames in capitals, try putting a space between slashes, to improve readability. Look at the following lines: SMITH/JACKSON/WALKER/MASON SMITH / JACKSON / WALKER / MASON The s

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Greetings; Recently, I posted some questions on JewishGen about my great-grandparents' separate voyages to America in 1888. On the manifest, which was in German, ,my great-grandfather said he and thre

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Greetings; Recently, I posted some questions on JewishGen about my great-grandparents' separate voyages to America in 1888. On the manifest, which was in German, ,my great-grandfather said he and thre

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I had raised the question about "Ungarn" being the residence for my great-grandfather Aaron Berel SEGAL and three of his older children (two of my great-aunts and a great-uncle), who left Hamburg on t

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I had raised the question about "Ungarn" being the residence for my great-grandfather Aaron Berel SEGAL and three of his older children (two of my great-aunts and a great-uncle), who left Hamburg on t

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I know that "Ungarn" means Hungary, but in what language(s)? My great-grandfather Aaron Berel SEGAL listed his birthplace as Ungarn on a ship manifest in 1888. In the 1900 Census in New York, his birt

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I know that "Ungarn" means Hungary, but in what language(s)? My great-grandfather Aaron Berel SEGAL listed his birthplace as Ungarn on a ship manifest in 1888. In the 1900 Census in New York, his birt

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For reasons past my understanding, my reply to several helpful 'genners bounced. I am posting this for them and for anyone else wondering about my original posting regarding a baby born at sea in 1865

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