Jessica, this is why you never copy from someone else! Often these people just seem to want to brag about how many people are in their tree. One person posts unverified data in their tree and 100 othe

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Interesting story about one man's fortune being hidden with a family in Friesland. "The blows did not come until after the war ended" https://www.lc.nl/friesland/De-klappen-kwamen-pas-na-de-oorlog-267

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Look also for variations Wuite, Wuits, Wuijten, Fuite. https://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?nfd_naam=Wuite&gba_naam=wuite&info=kaart1947&operator=eq&taal=#kaartweergave Regards Pieter

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This does not answer your question but it is interesting to review the spread of the name in Netherlands in 1947 when there were 54 FUITs and again in 2007 when the numbers had swelled to 56. https://

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Original name Josel LEWIN, arrived Fremantle Australia 20 Feb 1928. It has to be him as there are no other similar names for 25yrs either side of 1944. Marilyn, I have emailed images and links. Does a

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Marilyn, I did an Australia-wide search on Findagrave with the date 1950 +/- 10yrs and found only one grave record. Could this be him? https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200227854/joseph-levine The b

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In answer to your headline question - https://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/GEO_Town.asp?id=321

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Livingstone Ave is a nice address. I grew up in Pymble not knowing I was Jewish. I think it might have been common and not a rejection of faith but making a new start after the war years, so it is pos

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Hank, as Tanya Roland has mentioned, a location will improve your chances of assistance. I would add tracing your / your grandmother's ancestry by relying on an unverified tree of a stranger online is

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Adam, Go to the search function on this group and type the name you are interested in. Replace any letter you anticipate could have variation with an asterisk. If you search H*rvit* you get all spelli

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John, You would be best guided to contact the oil ministry in Ukraine if you want specific information. Here is some historical background you might already know. - https://www.drohobycz-boryslaw.org/

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Adam, I have copied and pasted the explanation directly from Jewishgen as below. In this case they describe searching options for a town. The Surname search also has options for Phonetic and for DM So

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David and Lorraine, Daniel Horowitz provides a good explanation. Lorraine asked specifically about My Heritage and I quote their explanation as follows; You can export a GEDCOM file of your family tre

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Maybe on arolsen-archives.org?

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Michael, is there a link to the list of names? I was unable to locate it. My g.uncle Zachariah (Zac, then Jack) MOSS signed up in Brighton 1901.

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If you are looking for access to newspaper entries in Netherlands you can use "delpher.nl" for free. It is all in Dutch so you might need to use a translator to translate key search words. Once you ha

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Speaking from experience I can say it is not likely you will find a ship sailing from Rotterdam to Caracas unless it was part of the Shell fleet of tankers. You should look for a ship from Netherlands

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Why is it so? A wonderful communicator. He taught for a while at Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga (Sydney). Late 1970's.

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If sourced online a link to the original document might make it easier to view, able to enlarge etc.

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I don't know about name changes upon arrival in a new country except to say you may cal yourself anything you wish as long as you do not seek to gain criminally from the new name. I have in my direct

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