Hi Jennifer, Thank you for your expert responses to my question. How does MyHeritage & Ancestry determine the "confirmed ancestry of a certain type" of their reference populations? Marlene Finkelstein

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Meta, Thank you for your explanation. As a result, I now understand that the reference panels for ethnicity estimates from the DNA testing companies are far too small to get 'hung up' on. Back to the

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Fred, I am confused. If I understand Jennifer correctly, I should ignore My Heritage's ethnicity estimate. How do you advice that I view it? Does it indicate that generations back I have an ancestor(s

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Which one of the following is more likely to be accurate? MyHeritage result 89.8% Ashkenazi Jewish, 5.2% Balkan, & 5% Middle Eastern. Ancestry result 98% Jewish peoples of Europe, 1% Levant, & 1% Sout

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My google search found William & Judith Goldberg in NJ Federal Bankruptcy court with the last update 7/30/2020. They are probably not in any state of mind to respond to you. Marlene Finkelstein

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Try looking at the 1910 census for the people living at the address in Philadelphia that is given for Jossel. I can't make out anything but 207 C ??? but hopefully someone more familiar with the stree

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I have posted to Viewmate (VM 78249) the 1934 death record of my ggf Hersch (Tzvi) Bloch. I can determine that he was born in 1855, died on the 15th of Adar, & was buried in the Kurseniai ( Yiddish: K

There seems to be a trend here. My mother's name was Leah & she was affectionately called Laika by her parents. Marlene Finkelstein "My grandmother's sisters whose given names were Gesha & Bella were

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There seems to be a trend here. My mother's name was Leah & she was affectionately called Laika by her parents. Marlene Finkelstein "My grandmother's sisters whose given names were Gesha & Bella were

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Thank you for the link to this article. I, too, have a heavy brass mortar & pestle >from my grandmother ( who came >from Kursenai, Lithuania in 1911). I never knew if it was bought here in the US or b

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Thank you for the link to this article. I, too, have a heavy brass mortar & pestle >from my grandmother ( who came >from Kursenai, Lithuania in 1911). I never knew if it was bought here in the US or b

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A major portion of the Internal Passport records for the town that I am researching, Kurseniai in Siauliai District, only contain the name of the individual, the date, the passport number, and the loc

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A major portion of the Internal Passport records for the town that I am researching, Kurseniai in Siauliai District, only contain the name of the individual, the date, the passport number, and the loc

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I've been doing genealogy research for a few years now and it just struck me to wonder what the entry on the ship manifests under " Whether in possession of $50, and if less, how much?" means. Was the

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I've been doing genealogy research for a few years now and it just struck me to wonder what the entry on the ship manifests under " Whether in possession of $50, and if less, how much?" means. Was the

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Hi fellow Litvak researchers. I am certain that my Bloch and Schupak family members were living in Kurseniai and Papile during the time periods previous to and during the issuing of the internal passp

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Hi fellow Litvak researchers. I am certain that my Bloch and Schupak family members were living in Kurseniai and Papile during the time periods previous to and during the issuing of the internal passp

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Dear Genners, Assistance with translation of a family correspondence written in Yiddish would be greatly appreciated. I believe that it was written by my ggf in Warsaw, year unknown, but am not certai

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Dear Genners, Assistance with translation of a family correspondence written in Yiddish would be greatly appreciated. I believe that it was written by my ggf in Warsaw, year unknown, but am not certai

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I am hoping to make contact with Albert and Edna ARONSON or their descendents. The Aronsons were members of Congregation Ohav Shalom ( Warner Avenue Shul) in Jersey City, New Jersey ( probably circa 1

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