The only source I have for my gr-gr-grandfather's name, which is the marriage record of my gr-grandparents, lists his given name as 'Losher'. My grandmother told me that my uncle's Hebrew name, Lazar,

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The information on my grandparent's county marriage record is all correct for my grandmother, but my grandfather lied about his place of birth, his place of residence, his age (borrowed his brother's)

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Don't forget to check your local library! That is the only source that I have found for the Cleveland Plain Dealer archives (so far). without a subscription - I was able to join the Cleveland Metropol

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I think it may be "hemorrhage thorax" although hemorrhage is slightly misspelled. Elise Cundiff Columbus, OH elisecundiff@... Researching Abraham Raphael Family Ferein, Cleveland, Ohio, 1920-1940

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Many if not most of the records were lost/destroyed by flooding while stored in the basement of the administration building (so I was told by personnel at the former JOH, now Bellefaire JCB) but they

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Once you post any data on a public tree, on any platform - you have made it available to anyone and everyone. You have given it - and so, you no longer "own" it, and it isn't being stolen from you, ev

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There is a partial listing of the graves on Find -a - Grave (Chestnut Street Cemetery) but none for her. However, there are several headstones listed that are Hebrew only and have not been translated

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I wonder if either the War Museum in Dresden, or the Museum of the Great War in Meaux, France, could be of assistance? These are just two museums that a quick google search turned up - there might be

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This might be of help: Family History Today: Using Facial Recognition Tools to Identify Unnamed Ancestors - YouTube Elise Cundiff Columbus OH Researching Zieve & Glickman (Malat, LT), Marcus (? Shavl,

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Perhaps my gr-gr-grandfather had intended to emigrate, but he never did. His eldest son did, in 1889, followed his two eldest daughters (including my gr-grandmother) in about 1891, and all the other s

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I was about to post a question about such a "passport" -- my grandmother had told me that her grandfather Schmuel Zieve d. ~ 1890-1893 (Moletai, LT) had one which allowed him to travel within the regi

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It seems from my own family that sometimes the question of who gets counted at a house was misunderstood to mean "who is there on that day" and so children who were there for daycare, or relatives jus

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Also, it is possible that he (or whoever made the entry) spelled it as it sounded in English, but it could be spelled quite differently when transliterated from Russian/Yiddish/Lithuanian. Elise Cundi

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I don't agree that the example cited is a distortion in any way. Perhaps include those who thought 20 million in those who were aware of the magnitude of the disaster - but if the question is, "how ma

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My father's family were Litvaks, from Malat and Salakas; His mother served us applesauce on latkes, and sour cream on bananas. I never had gefilte fish. Elise Cundiff

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Is anyone very familiar with this book? The index to the original, by a Herbert Lazerow, is available (the NYPL has kindly sent me the pages I am interested in) , but I am wondering if the original by

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I've done the free trial at Ancestry, and also MyHeritage, and various streaming services. I've never felt that it wasn't made clear that at the end of the free trial, I would be charged for a continu

Thank you Sherri and Sylvia. I will check the CJH catalog, and check the catalog again at the WRHS. (I have met Dr. Martin, he is indeed very helpful!)

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Thank you, Sherri. It is a wonderful resource! I had actually searched there, found that article, and that is where I initially found the name of the ferein, years before I located the photo. My grand

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My great-grandmother's family established a family ferein (cousin's club) sometime around 1920. They continued with annual events and parties until at least 1940, when this photo was taken at their pi

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