Tara, are you sure there is a Hebrew side? The engraving begins with the Hebrew letters Peh-Nun (abbreviation for Hebrew for "here is buried"), followed by only English text. There might not be any mo

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My Hebrew name is Yocheved. I was named after my grandfather Isadore, born Israel, Yisrael, in NYC. My mother wanted an English name starting with an I and Hebrew one with a yud and ended up picking I

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My great-grandparents married in Liverpool in 1864. I have attached the record, which a cousin got many years ago, in case it could give you any clues. I can't quite make out the name of the synagogue

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The Princes Road synagogue has a website, princesroad.org with this statement on p.2: "Many people contact LOHC with enquiries as to whether their ancestors were part of the congregation or the wider

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I recently ordered and received this. I had been waiting for years for a full translation and am delighted with it! This was my grandfather's (Velvet Grundwag, later William Greenwald) birthplace. His

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My great-grandfather was Morris Gratz from Bialystok. We were always told he had changed his name. Do you think there might be a Gritzman connection? Regards, Irene Plotzker Wilmington, Delaware

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Yes, my great-uncle, who was born in London, and my great-aunt lost a baby in 1918 and gave the same name to their second child a few years later. Irene Plotzker Wilmington, DE

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My great-great-grandmother was Rosa Citron, born around 1809, daughter of Levi, but she was born in Kowal. Irene Plotzker Wilmington, DE

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Il y a un groupe ici: https://www.jewishgen.org/SuwalkLomza/ Bonne chance et Shabbat shalom, Irene Greenwald Plotzker <ireneplotzker@...>

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Hi Molly, I do not have information regarding Ervin STAUB (but the email Valentin found looks good), but I found out your husband Martin (assuming his father was Adolf, 1897-1944 and grandfather was S

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