Hi Warren: The two birth records you attached are images linked from index entries provided by Jewish Records Indexing - Poland. Although you started your search on JewishGen, JRI-Poland allows Jewish

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Given names in all areas of Eastern Europe were the same or similar. I searched the JRI-Poland database for Seiva and similar spellings and the results were: Seiva 4 Siva 1 Seiwe 14 (in Polish the "w"

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Hi Carl: That Ancestry database came from JRI-Poland at a certain point in time. The indexes for eastern Galician towns (towns now in Ukraine) should only serve as a finding aid. Whether a match is fo

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For Podwoloczyska/Podvolochisk, formerly in Galicia https://www.jri-poland.org/town/podwoloczyska.htm https://inventories.geshergalicia.org/#/ Search both the JRI-Poland and Gesher Galicia databases f

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Hi Eva: In Galicia, there is a town named Palesnica. Its Jewish vital records were registered in nearby Czchów - https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-498188. These towns are now

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Carole: As a proud son of Paterson, I would suggest you join the Facebook group Jewish Roots in Paterson New Jersey https://www.facebook.com/groups/46962810277 and post your inquiry. Mark Halpern now

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This table is from the JewishGen Gazetteer under Databases on the JewishGen website. Lopenice is only 8.9 miles from Volkovysk. Locations within 10 miles of 53°02' N 24°29' E Run on Fri, 21 Aug 2020 1

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Hi Daniel: Sorry for the delay in responding. Just catching up. In the JRI-Poland database are all surviving records through 1905. We have indexed 1906-1915 BMD, which are not online yet as we are sti

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Dear Karen: Here is a link to David Sohn's Bialystoker Photo Album. https://libguides.nypl.org/c.php?g=866496&p=6216685 Best regards, Mark Halpern

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Dear Loryn: I am the Bialystok area coordinator for JRI-Poland. I have searched our online database that includes all Bialystok Jewish vital records though 1905 including the years 1885-1892 and canno

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For those who attended JewishGen's Bialystok Area Jewish Genealogy Group session on Thursday afternoon (and those who could not attend), I am attaching copy of my slides (I hope this works). Our group

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There is a Museum in the Synagogue building in Woodbine. I would assume they can answer your question. http://www.thesam.org/ Mark Halpern Conshohocken , PA

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Hi Trudie: The surname list that Alex Krakovsky has was developed by JRI-Poland, not Krakovsky. And you do not really need that list. You should just search the JRI-Poland database https://www.jri-pol

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The JewishGen Bialystok Area Research Group (BialyGen) will meet virtually on Thursday, August 13 from 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm Eastern time in US. (11:45 am Pacific US, 7:45pm UK, 8:45 pm Central Europe, 9:

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Hi Sharon: The only Jewish vital records that have survived for Maryampol near Stanislawow are 1922-1932, 1936 births, marriages, and deaths that are now held by the civil records office (USC) in Wars

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Many Jewish immigrants during that period took jobs as a cutter. My father's first job was as a cutter in 1921. A cutter is a person who cuts fabric. I would refer to this business as the "Shmatah" or

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Dear ??: Unfortunately all the Jewish vital records of Kuty other than 1833-1855 deaths have not survived. You can find our what other records have survived and where they can be found by searching fo

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My mother, born in Bialystok, called them Bialys. My Galitzianer father owned a grocery/deli in NJ and had fresh bagels and bialys delivered from NY every morning. I never heard my mother refer to the

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In the Bialystok area, there are many people with surname of Bialostocki (and similar spellings). I would assume that the surname Bialy is a shortening of the Bialostocki surname. As for Bialy's. They

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I am looking for anyone who was a member of Adath Jeshurun Congregation of Minnetonka, Minnesota from around 2013 to today. I am trying to make contact with a certain person who attended this Synagogu

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