Michele, I think you may have solved my Rosopovich question, or at least as close as we may get. Asipovichy (aka Osipovich) makes sense to me: 1) Asipovichy/Osipovich is very close to Rosopovich, and

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Subject: Seeking correct name and location of “Rosopovitch” in Belarus My wife’s grandfather Morris (Moshe Mordechai) GARELICK was born in Parichi, Belarus in 1888. I have confirmed that the family mo

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I would like to submit the following message for publication in the Discussion Group, as an update to my 23 March inquiry (copy below). Thank you for the wonderful service that you provide us every da

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Interpret Cause of Detention code on Aliens Held for Special Inquiry form #records A “Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry” form for the SS Caronia with New York City arrival date of September 28

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Subject: Seeking Set of Mannemer (Mannheim) Newsletters #Germany I am seeking a complete set of the “Mannemer Newsletter”, a periodic, stapled newsletter by and for Mannheim, Germany survivors and the

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Thank you Vivian, Hap, Sherri, and the other people who have written me privately. Your combined answers have been extremely helpful. It certainly looks like Zahack Bereg is Zahattia in Bereg county,

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I am helping a friend learn locate the birthplace of his father, Egnacz (Irving) STERN, born in 1903. We have some information that indicates Egnacz and his family lived in Mukachevo/Mukacevo/Munkacs,

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I request help in translating a Yiddish handwritten message on the back of a postcard. The photo on the postcard front shows my great-aunt Friedel Lewin nee Jelin standing by a fencepost, presumably t

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