I found this attached document on an Ancestry tree; the document is described as the record of a marriage between Dawid Benet and Bajla Spirytus, from Przytyk, Poland, in 1890. I only need to know the

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My grandmother had a brother, John, or Yonya, or Janne Raskin. I know he existed because 1) the family has a photo of my grandmother and all her 6 surviving siblings when they are all quite old, at so

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I have been searching Hamburg ship logs for my great grandmother who would have emigrated as a single young woman. I have found a few entries for women, where the number 1 is entered in the female col

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Thanks, everyone, for the very interesting stories and explanations. It seems that Jews, I guess like any group, stereotype subgroups and find reasons to look down on the ones to which they don't belo

#austria-czech

Thanks, but in my family's case, the ones being identified as "German Jews" were NOT "those already established on the Upper West Side" - they had immigrated to and were living in the Lower East Side

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Growing up, I was told repeatedly that my mother's family were German Jews and my father's were Russian Jews, with the clear implication always being that German Jews were higher class. In my genealog

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For the second link, for the older records, I see a search field for searching all the records at once. But I don’t see that for the first link, for the newer records? Judy Kaufman Irvine, CA

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I have a ship log (Umbria, arr. NY Feb. 19, 1906) for my great grandfather Shmuel Raskin, his wife, and 7 children, the youngest of whom is Wolf, age 4. In the last columns on the ship log for Wolf it

I can't find any information about where my great grandmother Anna Friedman (1873-1938) came from or who her siblings were. She emigrated to NYC but I can't figure out which of the many Anna Friedmans

#russia #belarus

Why is DNA II (Analyzing your Genetic Genealogy Results) being offered before DNA I (Introduction to Genetic Genealogy)?

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Thanks, everyone. I have now really good confirming evidence that my great-grandfather, Jacob Rosenblum, came from Brest, thanks especially to Renee Steinig's help above. She linked me to the a Briske

What is the difference between "town" and "residence" in records such as these: Judy Kaufman Irvine, CA ROSENBLUM (Brest) FRIEDMAN (still figuring it out, likely Lithuania) LEIDERMAN (Khashchuvatye) K

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I found on a Chabad.org page that "Two siblings should not share the same name. This to prevent the effect of an 'evil eye'" - so my question comes down to whether or not male and female versions of t

#ukraine #names

I am having a terrible time finding out where my great grandparents Jacob Rosenblum and Anna Friedman come from. Their names are just too common - I find multiple people with those names and around th

My great grandfather's sister (Annie/Esther/Rose Rosenblum b. ca. 1877) married Isaac Friedman. I do not know where my great grandfather and his sister came from - all the census, ship log, etc. docs

I just submitted a question with topic Tomergut, Russia? First time submitting anything and I realized afterwards I’m supposed to sign with my family names. So I am going to resubmit it with my family

My great grandfather's sister, b. ca. 1877, married Isaac Friedman. I haven't been able to determine where my great grandfather and his sister came from - all the census docs and ship logs I have foun

Manhattan 1910-1914 only has "a" which only goes through 425 East Broadway (of course I need Norfolk St.) - will the rest of Manhattan 1910-1914 be added?