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Online trees
#general
Geni is currently a bit of a mess. Though I like the concept, the execution has been less than optimal. Privacy is an issue, with, for example, the information of minor children (whose parents don't w
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Geni is currently a bit of a mess. Though I like the concept, the execution has been less than optimal. Privacy is an issue, with, for example, the information of minor children (whose parents don't w
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Ancestry Faces $250 Million Class Action Lawsuit Over Auto-Renewals
I am so happy to see this lawsuit. Ancestry does notify customers that it will auto-renew their subscription way before it expires -- this year, for me, it was five weeks in advance. They don't make i
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I am so happy to see this lawsuit. Ancestry does notify customers that it will auto-renew their subscription way before it expires -- this year, for me, it was five weeks in advance. They don't make i
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JoAnne Goldberg
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Kansas City Lithuania Jews
#lithuania
#usa
Hi Ethan, Thanks for your note. My Litvaks mostly went to Chicago, but somehow a Chicago Goldberg met/married a Kansas City Ginsberg. And one of the Ginsberg siblings married a woman from Iowa and may
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Hi Ethan, Thanks for your note. My Litvaks mostly went to Chicago, but somehow a Chicago Goldberg met/married a Kansas City Ginsberg. And one of the Ginsberg siblings married a woman from Iowa and may
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JoAnne Goldberg
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Kansas City Lithuania Jews
#lithuania
#usa
Howard's post reminded me -- there's a theory that all early Kansas City Lithuanian Jews were related. Since I still have no idea what brought my Ginsberg ancestors to Kansas City, I'd love to connect
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Howard's post reminded me -- there's a theory that all early Kansas City Lithuanian Jews were related. Since I still have no idea what brought my Ginsberg ancestors to Kansas City, I'd love to connect
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JoAnne Goldberg
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A question about age
#general
Mollie might have been someone else's child -- or maybe she was 9 mos old. I have seen the month vs year confusion in family's records.
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Mollie might have been someone else's child -- or maybe she was 9 mos old. I have seen the month vs year confusion in family's records.
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JoAnne Goldberg
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"His name was changed at Ellis Island"
#names
About "changing the spelling" -- the manifests I've seen have all been written in English or German, in any case, using our Latin alphabet. Whereas many of our ancestors would have written their names
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About "changing the spelling" -- the manifests I've seen have all been written in English or German, in any case, using our Latin alphabet. Whereas many of our ancestors would have written their names
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JoAnne Goldberg
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"His name was changed at Ellis Island"
#names
My Lithuanian ancestors arrived in the 1880s pre-Ellis, and since I haven't found ship manifests I still don't know where they entered the country, or under what name. However, family lore is that the
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My Lithuanian ancestors arrived in the 1880s pre-Ellis, and since I haven't found ship manifests I still don't know where they entered the country, or under what name. However, family lore is that the
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JoAnne Goldberg
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Litvak descendents- let's share information
#lithuania
My father's family immigrated to the United States from Lithuania. Names include Plotkin/Plotnik, Block, Segal, Kaminsky, Ginsberg, Mandelstein, and Friedman -- in addition to Goldberg, which allegedl
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My father's family immigrated to the United States from Lithuania. Names include Plotkin/Plotnik, Block, Segal, Kaminsky, Ginsberg, Mandelstein, and Friedman -- in addition to Goldberg, which allegedl
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JoAnne Goldberg
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Vetting family tree submissions to genealogy sites for data soundness
#general
I wouldn't expect any of the companies to double-check sources, but they might flag improbable situations, like a boy becoming a father at age 8 or a woman having a baby at 60, or giving birth to thre
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I wouldn't expect any of the companies to double-check sources, but they might flag improbable situations, like a boy becoming a father at age 8 or a woman having a baby at 60, or giving birth to thre
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JoAnne Goldberg
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Vetting family tree submissions to genealogy sites for data soundness
#general
I don't see any of the sites validating user-submitted data. But they have no problems charging us for access to information, often flawed, provided by other customers! It's hard to balance the value
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I don't see any of the sites validating user-submitted data. But they have no problems charging us for access to information, often flawed, provided by other customers! It's hard to balance the value
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JoAnne Goldberg
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Libraries with Ancestry Remote Access Through ProQuest Has Been Extended Through June 30
#announcements
My local library network has a subscription and I was able to access it from home using my library card number. I wouldn't have thought to check if not for this thread!
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My local library network has a subscription and I was able to access it from home using my library card number. I wouldn't have thought to check if not for this thread!
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JoAnne Goldberg
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2020 US Census, post census thoughts
#general
For me, it's been instructive to see occupations and education on old US censuses -- data missing from all recent censuses. Most useful for me has been the 1900 question that asked women how many chil
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For me, it's been instructive to see occupations and education on old US censuses -- data missing from all recent censuses. Most useful for me has been the 1900 question that asked women how many chil
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JoAnne Goldberg
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Name IDA
#names
Ida may have been Eidel/Eitel -- have a lot of those in my family
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Ida may have been Eidel/Eitel -- have a lot of those in my family
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JoAnne Goldberg
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Given name Ksyel
My father, born in the United States to Lithuanian immigrants, was Kasile. If I could figure out for whom he was named, that would be a HUGE help! He liked the name Kasile but changed his first name t
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My father, born in the United States to Lithuanian immigrants, was Kasile. If I could figure out for whom he was named, that would be a HUGE help! He liked the name Kasile but changed his first name t
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Online Meetings
Zoom works surprisingly well, though if you've got 100 people that might be an issue. I haven't been in a meeting with more than about 12 people. They also have a payment option integrated via PayPal
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Zoom works surprisingly well, though if you've got 100 people that might be an issue. I haven't been in a meeting with more than about 12 people. They also have a payment option integrated via PayPal
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JoAnne Goldberg
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German ancestry of my Galician or Ukrainian ancestors?
My mother's ancestry is 100% German Jewish (maternal Hesse, paternal Rhineland) well-documented to the early 1700s and before on some lines. And yet, everywhere my mother has tested, including Ancestr
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My mother's ancestry is 100% German Jewish (maternal Hesse, paternal Rhineland) well-documented to the early 1700s and before on some lines. And yet, everywhere my mother has tested, including Ancestr
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JoAnne Goldberg
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Auto-signing messages
Thanks, Glenda, for the heads up! This seems to be the most direct link
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Thanks, Glenda, for the heads up! This seems to be the most direct link
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JoAnne Goldberg
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Buying false papers
I'm interested in Sarah's story about buying false papers, as my family has a similar origin story vis a vis our Goldberg surname, and I've never been clear about how it worked. Whose papers were sold
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I'm interested in Sarah's story about buying false papers, as my family has a similar origin story vis a vis our Goldberg surname, and I've never been clear about how it worked. Whose papers were sold
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JoAnne Goldberg
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JewishGen.org Discussion Group - Digest #1
Anyone having trouble with the new format may prefer to receive individual emails vs the digest. For me, it's easier to hit the delete button a few more times than to deal with a digest that contains
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Anyone having trouble with the new format may prefer to receive individual emails vs the digest. For me, it's easier to hit the delete button a few more times than to deal with a digest that contains
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JoAnne Goldberg
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DNA Research #DNA Re: Y Haplogroup discrepancy
#dna
Hi Sheila, The two are not exclusive, but FTDNA is more precise with its location. It's as if 23andMe gave you the name of the street (in this case, L266) and FTDNA originally told you which side of t
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Hi Sheila, The two are not exclusive, but FTDNA is more precise with its location. It's as if 23andMe gave you the name of the street (in this case, L266) and FTDNA originally told you which side of t
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