Thank you so much Susan, Naomi, Sherri, and others who wrote privately, Sherri's kind advice suggests another idea. You mention schools. I think education became compulsory in 1918. So, is there a way

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I know that my mother was brought up in a Jewish orphanage or ‘home’, and I think I remember her saying the home was on the South Coast. So, how do I go about finding out more about this ‘home’? I don

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Thanks! Now I have looked at ALD there are some hints that need confirming. I have a possible name for the father. Was there a census in 1885? My ancestor would have been 11 years old in 1885 so still

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Thanks Joyaa, I only found Klaipeda, Lithuania, Civil Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1874-1920 <https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61298/> and this is only marriages and deaths for Klaipeda. Pl

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I want to find a birth record for an ancestor who was born in Memel (Klaipėda) on 1 September 1874. September 1874 is too early for the Landesarchiv Berlin. Are there any other archives or database? T

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