To amplify Jennifer’s comment, each of these services has a different reference population based on who tests with them. If a fairly young person in a foreign land (e. g. A Jewish family emigrated 80

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Having dealt with searches for records in possession of the VA, aside from any forms filled out for the VA, the only records likely to be in VA archives will be health records. The standard military s

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Another possible location could be YIVO. Some of the landsmanchaften records were donated to them. Check their site or send an email. To see their holdings, you will most likely have to set up an appo

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Some thoughts on your request: 1. ALWAYS provide the names on the gravestones that you are seeking along with their locations in your requests. This saves time in that the person who might take the ph

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Suggestions: 1. When requesting photos, provide the names of the relatives in the request and the grave locations. 2. Check on Findagrave,com and BillionGraves.com first before asking. 3. Join Findagr

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Martin, Have you searched on FamilySearch.org? Most of the death certificates from NYC are indexed AND partly extracted on family search. You can get a free account on it. If you are successful in fin

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Hi: Did you ever get a reply to your question about the Lezajsk Cemetery? I was there in 2018 and have photos. Regards.

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Mount Sharon Cemetery is 68% photographed already per its entry in Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/45540/mount-sharon-cemetery/photo). Chances are that some of your relatives' buri

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In resonse to my question sent to MyCanvas, I received the answer below: My Question: "Message: A recent question that popped up was related to the demise of the Flash player at the end of this year.

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One can't always rely on the NYC marriage OR birth records being complete in Ancestry as the NYC vital records aren't always complete.. The records after the marriage were supposed to be returned to t

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Looking for any information on the family of Velvel BLUMSTEIN and wife Fiege, formerly of Goworowo, Poland. Per the Yizkor book, the town was burned to include all the historical and vital records in

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There is something you can try using familysearch.org. If not a member, join, it's free. Do a new search, enter the last name in the surname field, and ONLY the FIRST Names of both parents in the moth

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