Sorry, the link in my post doesn't look like a link. Here it is. I volunteer for The Together Plan. Happy to answer any questions. For family specific questions, it would probably be best to reply wit

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Wanted to let people know that The Together Plan, a non-profit group with a research team on the ground in Minsk, and other parts of Belarus, just announced a new service. New for 2022: We are now off

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No. You can just use the link in a browser. I used Chrome. Not sure if that matters.

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The Together Plan has created a tour (virtual and walking) of historical Jewish Minsk, https://www.izi.travel/browse/2685ef49-ba0c-4b8e-a5ae-6701e92bb73b/en

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I submitted several index searches in September 2020. On average, those took about 4-5 months to complete. Once received, I immediately turned around requests for the documents. Those took about a yea

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I was wondering what Genealogy platforms and services offer something like a book (or other keepsake) of my family history. I tend to just print out whatever I find. I am looking for something more pr

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One of my ancestor's cousins was Reisel (Rose) Hoffert. She married a man by the name of Benjamin Kaner in Kolbuszowa. They came over separately. On his naturalization form he said he came over as Ben

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In the 1900 census, 3 of the 22 families living at 84 Willett Street in New York City were my family. At other times, other family members lived there. Where would be the best place to get a photo of

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I found a newspaper article from 1961 that records the death by suicide, in the Bronx, of a cousin of mine. That branch of my family is not well documented, and I don't have any contacts. The article

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Great to know that. I also like to look at the name of the enumerator on the census. Sometimes their name gives away the chance this sort of thing may have happened, i.e. someone named Smith doing a c

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My mother's paternal side came from Kolbuszowa in Galicia. My great-grandfather's surname was Hoffert. However, looking at records for his newly discovered siblings show various spellings of the surna

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Given the custom of naming a child after a deceased relative using only the first letter of the name: 1. Would it be acceptable for males to be named after females, and females after males? 2. Was it

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The Hoffert branch of my family came from Kolbuszowa, Galicia (now Poland). It's not a common name, and given the size of Kolbuszowa, I received some scholarly agreement with my assertion that there i

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I also had good luck with the Together Plan.

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There was a webinar recently about the meat strike, given by Scott D. Seligman, who wrote a book on the subject (the book came out in October). You might want to contact him. http://greatkoshermeatwar

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I have attended several webinars, and they tend to advise to ignore the "relationship estimate", and rather go with the numbers, and what you know about the family. The numbers I use, from the webinar

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Hi. I used a non-profit group out of the UK, called the Together Plan. They work on rebuilding the Jewish communities in Belarus. They also have a research group in Minsk that supports their work. I p

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Who filled out a marriage license in New York City in the 1920s? I am asking because I just obtained marriage licenses for two of my grandfather's brothers. For groom's mother, there are the following

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If Viewmate doesn't work out, I have used someone by the name of Joshua Grayson. His rates are reasonable. He gave a seminar at the IAJGS Conference, and has a website: Lost Roots Family History. One

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I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88419 Please respond via

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