Hello Group, I find the varied responses so interesting. For me, I have found: Ancestry: with my 164,747 matches, ThruLines only gave me results 6 generations back, almost all of them tied to a tree t

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Hi, Are you familiar with the ordering process for a c-file? It seems you need to first request an "index search" and then a "record request". However, if I have the c-File and a-File numbers from the

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Hi, The JGS of NY maintains a webpage that has a lot of information on local societies. See: https://jgsny.org/searchable-databases/burial-society-databases Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY JGFF# 3391 moish

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Hello, For those that might want to create and share a Family Tree online, I just got an invite from someone using "FamilyEcho". I do not know much about it, but it seems free and "share-able", withou

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Dear Group, Does anyone know of a resource to locate and possibly photograph the tombstones of my g-g-gp's, in Oradea? I know there are three Jewish cemeteries there. The Valenta has many tomstones ph

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Hello, My g-gm had a brother named Lazar Schwimmer, born 1876, who married Ruchel Berkovits in 1899, in Munkacs. He had a shoe store. Does anyone have knowledge of this family? -Moishe Miller Brooklyn

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Hi Julia, Typically, I do agree with your view. Even if "name is the same" applies to the spouse. IMO, what is the same: Jonasz's name, on the marriage, census, death and birth record of his son, my g

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Susan, I hope you are doing well. I can answer #2. You can see many of the naturalization images online. You might want to review this page: http://www.jgsob.org/KingsNY-naturalizations.html Moishe Mi

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Carol, I have a twofold suggestion: share the manifest for the 1907 arrival. It most likely gives name, relationship and address of a relative in the "old country" and the same for their destination i

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Julia, Upon further review, I think the record is for the same person because the spouse mentioned in the 1861 marriage you reference, and the 1869 birth you reference, do match the same spouse listed

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Aaron and the rest of our community, Wow! Thank you so much! I have been looking for this death detail for decades. I appreciate you doing the obvious and then sharing it with me. Over the years, I ha

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Hello Fellow Researchers, My 1c4r, Isak Weinstock was born in Satoraljaujhely on 14 Jun 1859. See LDS Film 642954 (DGS 4210898), page 033 (of 552), line 032 (#858). OR, see: https://www.familysearch.o

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Dear Group, My g-g-gf was Jonasz (Yona) Weinstock, (born in VelkyHores, to Isak Weinstock and Rosalie Moskowitz, about 1832). This detail comaes from the 1869 Hungarian Census, where he is living in t

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Hello Fellow Researchers, I have posted Viewmate 83148. This is the 1906 Death of Ruchel Leie Seidenfeld nee Reiter, in Munkacz (Mukachevo), Ukraine. This is going to be of interest to anyone that bel

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Hello, You can find an article about "Methodology for Locating Residents of a Specific Address in the 1930 US Census," with step-by-step instructions, including images and an example, at: http://www.j

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Hello, Binyamin Zeev Kornitzer davens in my shul and lives around the corner from me in the Midwood section of Flatbush, here in Brooklyn, NY. Moishe Miller

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Hello, Sally Bruckheimer indicates that the "Vaz Dias Collectie" used to be LDS Microfilm #'s 899932 and 899933. Searching for those numbers on FamilySearch, does seem to still show them as she descri

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Joan, I looked up the same record at FamilySearch. It gives Abbott's detail as well. See below. Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY Jeanette Rund New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 Name: Jeane

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Joan, You asked about that death record. Actually, it is not for Gershon. If you click on the daughter's name, you will see it is her 1907 death. See it below. Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY Name: Jeannet

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Hello, For those that are new to genealogy, I would like to add one more thing to be cautious about. A source citation does not automatically make something true. For instance, in researching my SCHWI

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