Dear Fellow Ukraine Researchers , I am seeking photos of Lugansk and Zolotonasha to include in a small booklet I am writing about my BALIN and FUCHS family that lived in Lugansk and Zolotonasha circa

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Dear Fellow Ukraine Researchers , I am seeking photos of Lugansk and Zolotonasha to include in a small booklet I am writing about my BALIN and FUCHS family that lived in Lugansk and Zolotonasha circa

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Dear Fellow Belarus Researchers , I am seeking photos of Orsha and Shklove to include in a small booklet I am writing about my KALKIN and KIRSON family that lived in Orsha, and my LAVKER family that l

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Dear Fellow Belarus Researchers , I am seeking photos of Orsha and Shklove to include in a small booklet I am writing about my KALKIN and KIRSON family that lived in Orsha, and my LAVKER family that l

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In my first query, I was referring to the Herder Institute microfilms of early Latvian census records. The originals are in the Latvian National Archives, and the archives sent me a photocopy of one r

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In my first query, I was referring to the Herder Institute microfilms of early Latvian census records. The originals are in the Latvian National Archives, and the archives sent me a photocopy of one r

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This question is for those of you who have experience looking at the Herder Institute tapes of Latvian census records of the early 1800s. Recently I received a (wonderful) data-filled packet lsting >f

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This question is for those of you who have experience looking at the Herder Institute tapes of Latvian census records of the early 1800s. Recently I received a (wonderful) data-filled packet lsting >f

#latvia

Does anyone know the given name "Tanchen", also written "Tanchel" and "Tanchem"? This person was born in Latvia circa 1852. I'm guessing that it is a nickname for "Natan," but I don't know for sure. D

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Does anyone know the given name "Tanchen", also written "Tanchel" and "Tanchem"? This person was born in Latvia circa 1852. I'm guessing that it is a nickname for "Natan," but I don't know for sure. D

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According to: "Life is With People: The Culture of the Shtetl" by Mark Zborowski and Elizabeth Herzog, the water carrier was an unskilled laborer who carried water >from the shtetl well or pump and so

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According to: "Life is With People: The Culture of the Shtetl" by Mark Zborowski and Elizabeth Herzog, the water carrier was an unskilled laborer who carried water >from the shtetl well or pump and so

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Has anyone had any experience with the records listed at www.avotaynu.com/lithuanialist.htm ? I am especially interested to know in what language the records are written, and how legible they are, as

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Has anyone had any experience with the records listed at www.avotaynu.com/lithuanialist.htm ? I am especially interested to know in what language the records are written, and how legible they are, as

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A listing in the 1920 census showed "Russia, Omsh" as the birthplace of a family member. Everyone else in the family has listed Vilna, but the family lore is that "we come >from a small town near Viln

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A listing in the 1920 census showed "Russia, Omsh" as the birthplace of a family member. Everyone else in the family has listed Vilna, but the family lore is that "we come >from a small town near Viln

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I have some questions regarding the pre-1906 indexes to New England naturalizations. The JewishGen FAQ infofile tells me that I can search these indexes either using the LDS Family History Library or

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I have some questions regarding the pre-1906 indexes to New England naturalizations. The JewishGen FAQ infofile tells me that I can search these indexes either using the LDS Family History Library or

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I would like to thank Constance for her informative reply to my questions about the Passlosen database, and would also like to put in a more extended plug for the book I cited in my posting, "A Jewish

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I would like to thank Constance for her informative reply to my questions about the Passlosen database, and would also like to put in a more extended plug for the book I cited in my posting, "A Jewish

#latvia