Subject: Re: The surname RAPPEL For more info on the "f"-"p" switch - which is apparently not uncommon - look up Grimm's Law. The switch might also have happened in other Eastern-European names. Peter

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The non-fiction work Our Crowd, by Stephen Birmingham (published in the 1960s) remains a fascinating study of such German-Jewish New York families as the Lehmans, the Schiffs, the Loebs, the Warburgs,

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Does the 1939 UK Register include Scotland? If not, was there an equivalent survey for Scotland? Thanks. Peter Lebensold Toronto

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Apologies if this has already been addressed elsewhere, but ... ... if I load one or more of my family trees into FTFP, can anyone then “fiddle” with them - changing names, dates, connections, etc. Or

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Have you considered a Canadian entry? I notice that Ancestry has an Abraham SLOOTSKY (born c. 1894, "Russia") arriving in Quebec City, 2 July 1913, aboard The Sicilian. Might he have been following a

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With Yom Kippur behind us, I'm hopeful that some kind person will now find the time to translate the marriage record in Russian (I believe) that I posted on ViewMate at the following address ... https

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Cousins: I've posted a vital record in Russian (I believe) for which I would love a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=

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In JRI-Poland, after I find and click on a record at The Polish State Archives that is immediately available online ... ... what is the trick to printing out that record (or saving it to a file) so th

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If the above is one of "your" families, you may be interested in a document presently listed for sale in an upcoming NYC auction. It consists of a series of handwritten letters addressed (c. 1883-84)

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I have a somewhat similar situation where people who my mother had always told me were relatives had been using a newly-adopted surname (WERNER) since their arrival in the U.K. in 1907. On their appli

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I wonder if someone who reads Polish would be kind enough to translate - word for word please - the attached obituary notice I have just found on the expanded Nasz Przeglad database on JRI-Poland. Thi

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With regards to posting standards, I'd like to see more emphasis being placed on all family names (and nothing else) being written in all-capitals and making sure that every post is signed with at lea

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Despite all the caveats, DNA testing has made a huge difference in my research: Thanks to (and through) 23andMe, I was contacted by someone who turned out to be a cousin -- different last name, living

It will also help those in the future - who might be searching for the name in this blog's archives - to find you. Peter LEBENSOLD Toronto

To answer the initial question and to Peter's below, yes "Virginia" there are still moderators on duty who must approve, edit, reject or delete every single post. However, our job is NOT to be an Engl

Thanks, David, for making it so easy for the rest of us to scan your family's names. I hope more posters will make that a habit -- it saves a great deal of time. Peter Toronto

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Agreed! Having all family names (and nothing else) in all caps makes it so much easier to quickly scan messages for names of interest. What would also be helpful would be if those who post images for

May I make a further suggestion? If you are posting here to draw attention to a document newly added on Viewmate - please include the presumed family names (in capital letters) involved in your docume

Apologies Cousins: David Price (thank you, David!) has just informed me that the Viewmate I recently posted is in ** Russian ** (not Polish, as I'd assumed). I would very much appreciate a translation

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Apologies Cousins: David Price (thank you, David!) has just informed me that the Viewmate I recently posted is in ** Russian ** (not Polish, as I'd assumed). I would very much appreciate a translation

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