My father and his brother (both born in Cologne and traveling on Czech passports) were detained in Pentonville Prison upon their arrival in the UK in June 1940. My grandmother (also born in Cologne) w

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My grandmother, Rosa Broch, was listed on her Czech passport as Ruzena Brochova. She was not Czech but married someone from Brno and was able to get a passports. I do sometimes wonder if they were leg

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As several people mentioned, Chronicling America is a great resource, but also can be overwhelming. I recently heard Ben speak about his work in trying to make it more useful. I've pasted the link bel

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I wanted to share this info about Ben Lee's work on Chronicling America. https://news-navigator.labs.loc.gov/search Elana Broch Lawrenceville, NJ

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I found a passenger manifest for my uncle and his wife (details below), travelling from Havana to Miami, in February 1942. He listed Agen, France as his last permanent residence. I am unable to determ

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I found a passenger manifest for my uncle and his wife, travelling from Havana to Miami, in February 1942. He listed Agen, France as his last permanent residence. I am unable to determine how they got

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I've found the Manifest Markings page that David referred to useful, but I have additional questions regarding markings on my father's manifest from 1946. Specifically, it looks like "Hebrew" is cross

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I'd suggest contacting Regina Fitzpatrick rfitzpatrick@.... We have been working on a presentation on finding your dead relatives in NJ. I can send you her handy dandy cheat sheet, but I wa

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NJ Death Records and The Greater Trenton Cemetery Project Elana Broch, Regina Fitzpatrick & Mort Cohen Trenton, NJ had a sizable, vibrant Jewish population of German, Russian Empire, and Hungarian imm

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Are you asking for historical/genealogical reasons? Currently:Noncitizens living in the United States may be eligible for Social Security if they: are permanent legal residents; have visas that allow

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I believe there is more than one cemetery. Here is the person who helped me. I'm sure he'd know the others. SYNAGOGEN-GEMEINDE KÖLN Daniel Lemberg Cemetery director Jewish Cemetery Koeln-Bocklemuend V

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