FWIW in 1947 there was one Ruda registered in Netherlands in the province of Gelderland (adjoins the German border). In 2007 there were <5 registered. https://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.ph

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Nettie, you can access historical maps for Europe that should indicate state boundaries for the periods you are searching. Try this site - https://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/Europe

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Marriage van Es & Citroen in 1864. Will respond privately with the source doc. -- Pieter Hoekstra Moss / Moses, De Costa - London and Brighton Barnett, Da Costa, Lazarus, Joseph, Judah, Solomon - Lond

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Laura, When searching in Netherlands females are always recorded by their maiden names. This is a comprehensive record detailing Lea's headstone (good photo) and Hebrew inscription and translation (in

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There are a number of sites online that catalogue old maps and charts. "Oldmapsonline.org" is a reasonable one. This map, "Flemmings Spezialkarte für den deutsch-französischen Krieg-- 1914-1918" might

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Hallie Metzger, my comment regards clinging to the mast was badly phrased and meant tongue-in-cheek, agreeing with Pat Wienthal that many stories suffer exaggeration. It is very likely your forebear t

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Not before some universities eagerly complied with the request. Pieter Hoekstra Moss / Moses, De Costa - London and Brighton Barnett, Da Costa, Lazarus, Joseph, Judah, Solomon - London

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This is most concerning Jan. And when they have this information, then what? For a country that had the highest loss of Jewish life in WW2 this is incomprehensible, or is it?

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Hallie Metzger, you can check ship manifests at the time to see the departing and arrival dates. This is an article discussing voyage times from the Royal Museum Greenwich which catalogues all things

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Hallie, I wasn't going to respond but considering some answers decided I will. Sailing vessels were still in use into the early 1900's. It is likely it would have been a fast 3 masted vessel with a ri

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My suggestion is they incorporated the name of the city where they were living. Everyone knows Dusseldorf. Leeuwarden is a city and the capital of Friesland. The language largely spoken in the north o

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Not sure what record you are searching for but this 1947 ship manifest (Alien Passenger Manifest) record of the SS Marine Marlin appears to be them. Depart Bremen 21-02-1947, Arrive New York 3-03-1947

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Trudy, It would help if you noted what city and country they were married in.

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Have you looked on the Arolsen archives? https://arolsen-archives.org/en/

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You will need the location to assist photographer. From Jewishgen Burial Register; RATHAUS, Pessel KUPPERMAN. Died 21-Nov-1940. Number: 40749 (I think this number may be an identifier applied by Dutch

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Josef, Alice was born around the same period as my grandmother and great aunts but she is not one of mine. My MOSS family was from London but the original name was MOSES, changed in mid 1800's to MOSS

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On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 10:38 AM, hymiereich wrote: Hymie, have you searched the Israel phone book? http://www.israelpb.com/Ajzenberg+/city/Tel+Aviv+-+Yafo

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You can watch on the BBC UK site but note BBC content is region-barred. If you are in UK or perhaps even Europe you can watch the video here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0010st7/who-do-you

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I also checked the nearby province archives of Friesland, Groningen, Overijssel for Salomon and Israel without success. Openarch.nl links all databases so I checked it separately in-case something sli

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This is a list of all MORGENSTERN registrations in Drenthe Netherlands. 4 are in Meppel. No Salomon or Israel.

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