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Trying to locate graves for BERNSTEIN couple in London
#names
Try: https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Cheshunt-Western-Synagogue-Cemetery/189430
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Try: https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Cheshunt-Western-Synagogue-Cemetery/189430
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Is Ojzer and Ejzer the same name as Uscher?
#general
In my family for several generations there was always an OKER. I had an Uncle OKER, a great-uncle OKER and so on. I have never found the name anywhere else and wonder whether there could be a connecti
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In my family for several generations there was always an OKER. I had an Uncle OKER, a great-uncle OKER and so on. I have never found the name anywhere else and wonder whether there could be a connecti
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Housing Family Trees for FREE
#general
A number of years ago when I was Chairman of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain, we raised this subject with the Mormon Church here in the UK. We received an absolute assurance that the
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A number of years ago when I was Chairman of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain, we raised this subject with the Mormon Church here in the UK. We received an absolute assurance that the
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Shabbos meals
#belarus
It may well be due to Spanish influences. After the banishment of Jews from Spain, many went to Eastern Europe and many other parts of the World. In Spain under the Inquisition, in order to preserve t
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It may well be due to Spanish influences. After the banishment of Jews from Spain, many went to Eastern Europe and many other parts of the World. In Spain under the Inquisition, in order to preserve t
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are there benefits of the My Heritage site over Ancestry
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I have used Ancestry for a very long time and MH more recently. In truth I do not think MH adds very much and at my next renewal, I shall cancel. The problem that we all have is the plethora of sites,
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I have used Ancestry for a very long time and MH more recently. In truth I do not think MH adds very much and at my next renewal, I shall cancel. The problem that we all have is the plethora of sites,
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Is the first name Marx a shortened version of Mordecai
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My family, in England for a very long time have used the name Mark over many generations although the |Hebrew name has continued to be Mordecai. As with names generally, the exact spelling does not re
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My family, in England for a very long time have used the name Mark over many generations although the |Hebrew name has continued to be Mordecai. As with names generally, the exact spelling does not re
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When was this picture taken?
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#germany
I am sure this picture was taken in the 1890s. London certainly had electricity in the home, Brixton , (a London suburb) had Electric Avenue, which was to the best of my knowledge, the first street to
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I am sure this picture was taken in the 1890s. London certainly had electricity in the home, Brixton , (a London suburb) had Electric Avenue, which was to the best of my knowledge, the first street to
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Geni and Family Search
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The sources used by My Heritage and Geni seem generally to consist only of what can be read on their subscribers' family trees. No genuine sources but you can build a tree of 50,000 people in a week o
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The sources used by My Heritage and Geni seem generally to consist only of what can be read on their subscribers' family trees. No genuine sources but you can build a tree of 50,000 people in a week o
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Cohanim and Levites
#dna
The likelihood of immigration authorities just handing out the name Cohen, is remote. It just didn't happen. My name is Moshe ben Josef Woolf HaLevi. That is the name used in the synagogue. My surname
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The likelihood of immigration authorities just handing out the name Cohen, is remote. It just didn't happen. My name is Moshe ben Josef Woolf HaLevi. That is the name used in the synagogue. My surname
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Vetting family tree submissions to genealogy sites for data soundness
#general
None of the Genealogy sites check facts and even if one sends them corrections with all relevant sources, nothing is ever changed. Much of the rubbish emanating from these sites is due to transcribing
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None of the Genealogy sites check facts and even if one sends them corrections with all relevant sources, nothing is ever changed. Much of the rubbish emanating from these sites is due to transcribing
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Moses & Rebecca Nathan approx. 1792
#unitedkingdom
Further to my earlier message. I have found Moshe ben Natan married to Rivka bat Yehuda Leib at the New Synagogue (then in Leadenhall Street) on 3 March 1816. No family names for either bride or groom
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Further to my earlier message. I have found Moshe ben Natan married to Rivka bat Yehuda Leib at the New Synagogue (then in Leadenhall Street) on 3 March 1816. No family names for either bride or groom
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Moses & Rebecca Nathan approx. 1792
#unitedkingdom
Hello, Lewis Nathan married Hannah Cohen (daughter of Moses Cohen) at the New Synagogue on 15 Aug 1838. They lived at 3 Cobbs Yard. Both gave the same address but this was very usual as it saved a lit
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Hello, Lewis Nathan married Hannah Cohen (daughter of Moses Cohen) at the New Synagogue on 15 Aug 1838. They lived at 3 Cobbs Yard. Both gave the same address but this was very usual as it saved a lit
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Sharing family tree information
#general
I have also learned to be cautious. I must say that I do not much like the big Genealogy sites whose view of reliable sources is no greater than quoting their own customers' unsourced trees. "Collecto
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I have also learned to be cautious. I must say that I do not much like the big Genealogy sites whose view of reliable sources is no greater than quoting their own customers' unsourced trees. "Collecto
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Re: Searching for Leah Noah Da Costa
#unitedkingdom
I think that the best church to try first would be St. Mary's Whitechapel and then maybe St. Botolph's Aldgate. Both within the area where Leah was probably living. I do wish you luck. Martyn Woolf Lo
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I think that the best church to try first would be St. Mary's Whitechapel and then maybe St. Botolph's Aldgate. Both within the area where Leah was probably living. I do wish you luck. Martyn Woolf Lo
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Re: Searching for Leah Noah Da Costa
#unitedkingdom
Hi Christine, I have looked at Noah da Costa marriages and Da Costa Noah marriages but could not find a Leah as a bride in any of them. I have found all five of her children, as you said, in the Birth
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Hi Christine, I have looked at Noah da Costa marriages and Da Costa Noah marriages but could not find a Leah as a bride in any of them. I have found all five of her children, as you said, in the Birth
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Re: Searching for Leah Noah Da Costa
#unitedkingdom
I have searched Bevis Marks records but can find no marriage between Solomon/Saloman da Costa and Leah (?), so it is possible that they were married in another synagogue, not Sephardi. It is also poss
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I have searched Bevis Marks records but can find no marriage between Solomon/Saloman da Costa and Leah (?), so it is possible that they were married in another synagogue, not Sephardi. It is also poss
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Isaac MYERS/MOYERS b1829 Spittalfields, please can you help?
#unitedkingdom
A couple of points. If you are trying to find Gravestones and/or burials do try "cemeteryscribes". It is a most useful site. My family were fruiterers throughout the 18th and 19th and much of the 20th
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A couple of points. If you are trying to find Gravestones and/or burials do try "cemeteryscribes". It is a most useful site. My family were fruiterers throughout the 18th and 19th and much of the 20th
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