Menk's Dictionary of German Jewish Surnames suggests RAPPEL may be a diminutive of RAPP (meaning Raven), or it may come from Raphael. There was a Rappel family in Regensburg circa 1805. I hope this he

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Seb, You are right about it being a date, but there are no words. Everything is an abreviation or acronym, which makes the interpretation a little uncertain. The first "word" stands for "Erev Shabbat

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Relly, I've found two examples of people called Sevek, buried here in Melbourne, Australia. The inscriptions of both graves include hebrew names, so you are in luck. Sevek Duzenman (born in Warsaw) ha

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Karen said: Thank you. I am interested in how to determine the details of the earlier names of my relatives in Germany . Your query is quite general. Start by looking up the names in Menk's "Dictionar

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Consider also Jeanette. My grandmother's cousin's sister-in-law was Jeanette, but known as Nettchen to everyone. Rodney Eisfelder Melbourne, Australia

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Arnold, I read it as 5 Dean Street, St.George [in the] East [London] http://www.stgitehistory.org.uk/history.html has links to documents listing the streets in the parish at various years. Dean Street

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Yehuda, Without much confidence, for לאשדערן I suggest Lausdorn, which is a tiny place in northern Luxembourg, about 220km west of Giessen. The country of Luxembourg has never had a large Jewish commu

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See also the Center for Jewish History in New York: https://archives.cjh.org//repositories/3/resources/20037 They have over 700 boxes of HIAS records, mostly post 1954. I hope this helps, Rodney Eisfe

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Neil, Gertrude Parkin adopted the surname Black in January 1958, at which time she was living at 5 Rugby Street, Cheetham. See: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41305/page/882 Perhaps someone

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Amy, I read the father's name as Kaltwaser, Abr. Marcus. The Conditio column seems to have occupations in it. I read it as Kinderlehrer, meaning children's teacher. I hope this helps, Rodney Eisfelder

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Deborah, You said: "He was born in Sampelburg, Germany..." I suspect that the town you are looking for is Zempelburg, now known as Sepólno Krajenskie in northern Poland. familysearch.org has some film

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I read it as Bechel Teitler, but it is on line 5. It is much easier to read at familysearch.org: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNYN-54D I hope this helps, Rodney Eisfelder Melbourne, Austral

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Amnon asked: Anyone have any idea if Bulovitz is a correct spelling for a real place at the time, and/or what it would be today? Try Bulowitz, today known as Bulowice See: https://de.wikipedia.org/wik

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Scott, Perhaps it is Jevíčko in the Czech Republic, previously known as Gewitsch in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Gewitsch is a German spelling, Gevitz is a reasonable English rendering. I hope this he

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Allan, The easiest records to check from Berlin are the Berlin Adressbuch, which can be viewed starting from https://digital.zlb.de/viewer/cms/141/ I think I found Boris KAPLON in the 1930 edition htt

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David, I used to think that Sally was nickname for Solomon/Shlomo, but my great-great-uncle - known to the family as Sally Linde, is named as Samuel Linde on his marriage record (Berlin, 1883). That d

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Michael, In this context, I think unehelichen means unmarried, and refers to the mother. Ehe means a marriage, Eheleute means a married couple. Caveat: I am not a qualified translator, and my German i

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Aaron, Australian naturalization records do exist, but British citizens did not need to naturalize. Until 1948(?), naturalizing in Australia meant taking on British citizenship. There are lots of sour

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Aaron, I think that the 1934 marriage of Henry Winston to Margaret Blanche Hopkins relates to your guy. His first wife, Sarah Jane (nee Baldwin), died in 1928. This is her death notice: https://trove.

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Aaron, Queensland Death records are meant to show the place of birth. See: http://www.jaunay.com/bdm.html However, there are no guarantees for a specific certificate. The box might be unreadable, it m

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