I found a similar story in a newspaper clipping (available during the IAJGSG Conference on one of the paid sites). I have attached the article from the St. Louis Post Dispatch in 1910. Apparently, my

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Once again, Wikipedia to the rescue! Found this in the Wikipedia articleon the topic "GEDCOM" I think you should check on the Ancestry website to see if they say which version of GEDCOM they accept. P

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Before computers helped us organize our genealogical information, there were a variety of numbering systems. I have a couple of old articles in my files from those days. But, since we live in the age

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I've found that the "rules" about naming children are really common customs that are used sometimes, but not always. In addition to sons having the same name as a living relative, I've found that half

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Hi JBaltmanas, Welcome to the JewishGen! Sherri Bobish's newspaper find is terrific and you should pursue it. But I just wanted to be sure that you had also checked the LitvakSIG All Lithuania Databas

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The Vilnius State Historical Archives participated in the Archives Portal Europe project. I thought that they had put some documents online, but when I checked before responding, I only found catalogu

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Thank you for the review and the tip, Peter! Another cool way to do a project like this was posted by Dale Markowitz, a Google engineer, on her blog at: https://daleonai.com/building-an-ai-powered-sea

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This question is more complicated than it looks. The 1897 All Russia Census was not saved the way that American Census records have been saved with the total of census questionnaires still in the arch

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I used a Daitch-Mokotoff search on the JewishGen Gazatter (more places, less specifically Jewish) and searched on only the consonants in the name (VDGR). The search returned a long list, but these are

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I've been told that sometimes the mother's name is used to ask for mercy or healing for a person in prayers. But I've also never heard of it on a tombstone. Have you looked at other stones in the same

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I think the IAJGS 2020 team is doing a great job! Thank you for your hard work, persistence, and flexibility. I am wondering about setting up small social sessions in an effort to create some of the s

Thank you to Phil Shapiro for letting me know about an online discussion of the fate and writings of Matilda Olkinaite, a young Litvak poet whose life was cut short by the Holocaust. The event is orga

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The meeting will begin at 2:00 Eastern Daylight Time

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Join the JGS of Georgia as we zoom with Libby Copeland online to discuss her book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are. Ms. Copeland tells the story of Alice Collins Plebuch, whose

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I have posted the photo of this handsome bar mitzvah on Viewmate here: https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=82456 He is identified only by the surname BLEICH and the location, NYC.

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When I asked to do this about five years ago, the synagogue board turned the project down over privacy concerns. We had volunteers and were ready to go, but apparently a few board members were concern

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Join the JGS of Georgia on Sunday, May 31 at 2:00 EDT as Gary Palgon discusses questions that he has received from other researchers, answers questions from the audience, and talks about techniques to

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Thank you Martin for a thoughtful question and Lynn for a thoughtful response. I am also interested in this type project for similar reasons (I have photo collections from three great aunts!) One of m

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Join the JGS of Georgia for a webinar with Garri Regev on Using the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Sunday, May 3, 2020 2:00 PM EDT Preregistration will be required for this Zoom meetin

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