A friend's paternal grandfather came from Bolechow, Galicia (now Bolekhiv, Ukraine). He was wondering whether Jews from that town had a tradition of sitting in the sukkah on Shemini Atzeret (8th day o

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Genners, Abraham Leibowitz, 20 years old, arrived in New York City on October 17, 1913 aboard the SS Graf Waldersee. He's listed on the Records for Aliens Held for Special Inquiry, and the cause for d

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Subj: ViewMate translation request - Polish I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewma

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Looking for information about immigration to Cuba in the 1920s and 1930s. 1. What shipping lines traveled from Europe to Cuba during that period? 2. Is there any way to get access to manifests for arr

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I hope a Genner in Connecticut will be able to get information about the following individuals. I'm interested in anything about their respective journeys to the U.S. and their specific origins in Rus

I read an account of someone's grandmother's immigration journey. He mentioned that his grandmother stayed overnight In Ostrolenka, "on the border between Austria and Poland," on the eve (literally) o

Genners: I'm submitting this query on behalf of Marilyn Mindel. Evan Fishman My maternal grandfather, Schoilik/Sheilik/Abraham Puk was born about 1888. He lived in Poland/Russia, perhaps in the cities

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Genners: I'm submitting this query on behalf of Marilyn Mindel. Evan Fishman My maternal grandfather, Schoilik/Sheilik/Abraham Puk was born about 1888. He lived in Poland/Russia, perhaps in the cities

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I've posted a two-page letter in Russian for which I need a translation into English. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM75098 and h

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I've posted a two-page letter in Russian for which I need a translation into English. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM75098 and h

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I've posted an inscription (dated 1910) in Russian on the back of a photograph for which I need a translation into English. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmat

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I've posted an inscription (dated 1910) in Russian on the back of a photograph for which I need a translation into English. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmat

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I've posted an inscription (dated 1910) in Russian on the back of a photograph for which I need a translation into English. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmat

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I've posted an inscription (dated 1910) in Russian on the back of a photograph for which I need a translation into English. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmat

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I've posted a two-page letter in Russian for which I need a translation into English. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM75098 and h

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I've posted a two-page letter in Russian for which I need a translation into English. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM75098 and h

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Genners, I would appreciate a translation >from Russian of ViewMate 75096. It is a postcard sent in 1914 to Barnett (Boruch) Burstein, possibly >from his aunt, Liba Burstein Udin, who lived in Kyiv .

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Genners, I would appreciate a translation >from Russian of ViewMate 75096. It is a postcard sent in 1914 to Barnett (Boruch) Burstein, possibly >from his aunt, Liba Burstein Udin, who lived in Kyiv .

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Genners, I would appreciate a translation >from Russian of ViewMate 75096. It is a postcard sent in 1914 to Barnett (Boruch) Burstein, possibly right hand corner was torn off, probably for the stamp.

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Genners, I would appreciate a translation >from Russian of ViewMate 75096. It is a postcard sent in 1914 to Barnett (Boruch) Burstein, possibly right hand corner was torn off, probably for the stamp.

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