In my family, every time a woman named Ida appears, her Jewish name is Chaje. Joyce Weaver Islip, NY Seeking DAIBOCH, VILNER from Grodno Gubernia, Belarus

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Does anyone know whether employee records >from the U.S. W.P.A. are available anywhere and if so where? I found a Social Security application for a man who may have been my mother’s estranged brother

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Does anyone know whether employee records >from the U.S. W.P.A. are available anywhere and if so where? I found a Social Security application for a man who may have been my mother’s estranged brother

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On 10/28/1897, two women arrived together at Ellis Island. Taube GRUNFELD with children Josef, age 7 and Blume, age 1, was met by her husband, Mordche. Feige DEIBACH with child Eidel, age 5, was met b

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On 10/28/1897, two women arrived together at Ellis Island. Taube GRUNFELD with children Josef, age 7 and Blume, age 1, was met by her husband, Mordche. Feige DEIBACH with child Eidel, age 5, was met b

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One suggestion I haven’t seen in response to the question of naming an Ashkenazi child for a living relative is the possibility that the child was name for a deceased relative on the other side of the

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One suggestion I haven’t seen in response to the question of naming an Ashkenazi child for a living relative is the possibility that the child was name for a deceased relative on the other side of the

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Is there any way to learn what happened to Jews who left for Uzbekistan before the Nazis arrived in Poland? I've found my great-uncle, Wolf Blumberg, on the Tashkent list at JewishGen and learned that

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Is there any way to learn what happened to Jews who left for Uzbekistan before the Nazis arrived in Poland? I've found my great-uncle, Wolf Blumberg, on the Tashkent list at JewishGen and learned that

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I am puzzled by the two names of one of my uncles. I knew him as Louis, but when he arrived in America in 1902 at the age of five, his name on the ship's manifest was given as Joel. No one is now livi

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I am puzzled by the two names of one of my uncles. I knew him as Louis, but when he arrived in America in 1902 at the age of five, his name on the ship's manifest was given as Joel. No one is now livi

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At a guess, I'd say that when Movsha was born, the parents wanted to make sure to honor two deceased family members, Movsha and Jankel. They couldn't be sure they would have another son in the future.

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At a guess, I'd say that when Movsha was born, the parents wanted to make sure to honor two deceased family members, Movsha and Jankel. They couldn't be sure they would have another son in the future.

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Can anyone tell me if it's possible to get a death certificate or have someone look it up for 1933 in Bialystok? I have found a burial record at JewishGen for a man I think might be my grandmother's h

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Can anyone tell me if it's possible to get a death certificate or have someone look it up for 1933 in Bialystok? I have found a burial record at JewishGen for a man I think might be my grandmother's h

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I read with interest Alexander Sharon's reply about transport of Polish Jews by Russia during WWII Until now, I thought that my great-uncle, Wolf BLUMBERG, appeared on the Tashkent Cards for 1941 in t

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I read with interest Alexander Sharon's reply about transport of Polish Jews by Russia during WWII Until now, I thought that my great-uncle, Wolf BLUMBERG, appeared on the Tashkent Cards for 1941 in t

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On the Italian Genealogy Group's index of NY City births, I've come across one in Manhattan in 1905 that has the letter "D" after the index number. Can anyone tell me what it means? (I'm hoping it mig

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On the Italian Genealogy Group's index of NY City births, I've come across one in Manhattan in 1905 that has the letter "D" after the index number. Can anyone tell me what it means? (I'm hoping it mig

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I want to thank Inna and others who have responded to my query about returning Russian passports. The question remains unanswered so far. The passport I think was my great-uncle's must have been a tra

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