This is a followup to my last message. I contacted the guide we used, Regina Kopilevich. She says she knows many drivers and offered to let me give you her name. BTW, it sounds like Barbara has alread

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We were faced with the same problem 3 years ago. We, too, had made arrangements with a local Jewish guide/genealogist, but she didn't have transportation, and her efforts to get a driver weren't succe

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I also have an ancestor (great-grandmother) whose name was Feige and also Fannie. Her gravestone has Feige in Hebrew and Fannie in English. But I can add that I have found various records in the U.S.

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Just to let everyone know, someone who replied to me privately has helped me find some information. But Ruch Pinchas' questions are good ones, so I wanted to answer. Part of my dilemma is that I do no

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Thanks for the response above, as well as another I received privately. I do want to clarify one sentence in my original message--I am specifically wondering if there is evidence that Bundists or othe

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In researching my family history, I discovered that one relative died in a mental institution in 1914. Someone raised the question of whether she might have been incarcerated for political beliefs, in

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Hi, I recently obtained a photo of the gravestone for a relative buried in Israel, and was wondering if anyone could help me contact the cemetery or the Chevra Kadisha. At a minimum, I am seeking info

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Thanks to Odeda Zlotnick for her suggestion to try to match a bearded and clean-shaven version of someone I know, and to Jerry Scherer for his help in comparing the pictures I sent him, I think we can

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These comparisons using other people over time are very helpful and give me just the data points I need to help me make sense of my photos. From this, it looks like the software does a good job of mat

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I haven't used either the FamilySearch Compare-a-Face software that Jerry used or the Google Photos software that Lowell mentioned, so Jerry's comparisons are very interesting. BUT...to me, the 20-25%

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Thanks for the responses so far. Very thoughtful. I also appreciated the help dating the photo. That helps a lot. FWIW, I noticed that the orientation of the photos on my screen changes depending on h

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I previously posted a photo (reposted here) to try to figure out if the individuals in the photo were related. I received some very helpful observations (thanks to all who replied!), but in the end, n

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Just to clarify--the "apparently not" comment in my previous response is a response to Angel Kosfiszer Richardson's question. Gail Marcus Maryland

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Apparently not. I don't have the original, but that's what I was told. It might be that it was designed to serve as a postcard, with the back blank so someone could write a message and send it. Gail M

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Hi, I was recently given the attached photo, but am uncertain of who everyone is in it, and when and where it was taken. I am hoping that someone might be able to identify the photography studio from

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Just wanted to thank everyone who responded, both online and privately. There were several very useful takeways, particularly: 1) several people noted that the rules changed and the authorities handli

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Earlier this year, I posted a question (#655832) about a puzzling ship manifest someone found for me that looked like it might be my family (all 7 first names, birth order and approximate ages were ri

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This is mostly for Peter Cohen: If it's of any help, i had a great-aunt named Jennie, and the name on her gravestone transliterates as Scheine. Gail Marcus Maryland

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In my case, my parents still belonged to an Orthodox congregation at that time. (But that may have been the only convenient option where we lived.) We eventually joined a Conservative congregation. Pr

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To add another complication--my parents always told me that one great-aunt and great-uncle had been designated as my godparents. I also had never heard of this being a Jewish thing, so I always wonder

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