How did an immigrant in New York send money to bring family over from Poland, about 1887? Roberta Berman Searching LAZNICHI, WAPNIEWICZ from Lomza.

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Link to the NYC Department of Finance's Property Tax Public Access web portal: https://a836-pts-access.nyc.gov/care/forms/htmlframe.aspx?mode=content/home.htm From there, you'd follow the following st

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I received a message that answered my question about where to find a date that a house was built in New York City. "The best way to resolve this is to go to the official source. Here's a link to the N

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My mother and my aunts and uncles told me that my grandparents bought a house in Brooklyn in 1925. I have a photo of the house taken between 1939 and 1941 by the NYC Department of Records & Informatio

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I have heard and read stories about Jewish brothers living with different families or using different surnames to avoid being in the army in Russia. All of it being anecdotal. Where can I find proof o

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I have heard and read stories about Jewish brothers living with different families to avoid being in the army in Russia. Or using different surnames. All of it being anecdotal. Where can I find proof

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I have an aunt who moved from Brooklyn, New York to Los Angeles in the 1930’s. She is listed in the “California, U.S., Voter Registrations, 1900-1968" on Ancestry for 1934 and 1936 in Los Angeles Coun

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I was the coordinator of the San Diego Jewish Genealogical Society project to record the names on the graves in the San Diego County Jewish cemeteries or Jewish sections of cemeteries for JOWBR. The H

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I posted a document in 2 parts on Viewmate. The upper part is VM 82356 and the lower part is VM 82357. This document might be for Max Berman from Odessa and/or Bobrinets in Ukraine. I would like a tra

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I traced my Oppenheim line back to my gr-grandfather Yitchak Oppenheim, born in Brest-Litovsk in the early 1800s. YDNA testing on that line closely matches others >from Majorca. FTDNA Family Finder ha

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I traced my Oppenheim line back to my gr-grandfather Yitchak Oppenheim, born in Brest-Litovsk in the early 1800s. YDNA testing on that line closely matches others >from Majorca. FTDNA Family Finder ha

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My gr-grandparents, Yitchak Oppenheim and Rifka Weisberg, were in married in Kiev sometime in the 1860s. Do marriage records exist for that time period and place? If so, how can I access them? I searc

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My gr-grandparents, Yitchak Oppenheim and Rifka Weisberg, were in married in Kiev sometime in the 1860s. Do marriage records exist for that time period and place? If so, how can I access them? I searc

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Were people given a copy of the forms they filled in, in order to become a citizen? A friend has her grandfather's Petition for Naturalization filled-in form, It says that her grandfather arrived in t

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Were people given a copy of the forms they filled in, in order to become a citizen? A friend has her grandfather's Petition for Naturalization filled-in form, It says that her grandfather arrived in t

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My gr-grandfather, Yitzhak Oppenheim was born in Brest-Litovsk, probably about 1820. He was “chosen” by the czar to serve in the army. About 1860 he was discharged >from the army in Kiev where he marr

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My gr-grandfather, Yitzhak Oppenheim was born in Brest-Litovsk, probably about 1820. He was “chosen” by the czar to serve in the army. About 1860 he was discharged >from the army in Kiev where he marr

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My husband has done the FTDNA Y-DNA test at the 111 marker level. His closest match is a genetic distance of 4. Is there any reason to do or not to do the Big Y test? What would we learn? Your guidanc

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My husband has done the FTDNA Y-DNA test at the 111 marker level. His closest match is a genetic distance of 4. Is there any reason to do or not to do the Big Y test? What would we learn? Your guidanc

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Hi, Through the magic of DNA I learned that my gr-grandfather's Opinheim line matches the YDNA of someone whose family is in Majorca and has lived there at least as far back as the 1600s. My gr-grandf

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