Hi! If you can trace the parents and/or children that far, the newly-released 1921 census might help - there's a column for the country of birth AND of the state/province/district. The census is avail

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I should be very grateful for a complete translation of this letter. It was sent by a family member from the then U.S.S.R. to the U.S.A. Our understanding is that the writer escaped from Plock, Poland

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Hi Fredel, Thanks for that - very useful further info. Kind regards, Mike Coleman London U.K.

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I should be very grateful for translations into English of these two stones which both relate to family members. Interestingly, they appear to be of the painted wooden variety - see http://www.jewishm

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Mike Coleman London U.K.

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See : https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/bevis-marks-records/ Mike Coleman London U.K.

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Could Shmaryahu on a gravestone be a variant of Schmiel? Could it be anglicized, in the U.S.A., to Sam? Many thanks. Mike Coleman London U.K.

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I hesitate to say this, but could it denote a "mixed" marriage, or "mixed" parentage? Perhaps Sherri's suggestion could clarify this. Mike Coleman London U.K.

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Suggest you join this FB group and post it there : Przasnysz is one of the communities of interest. https://www.facebook.com/groups/325232071645878 Mike Coleman London U.K.

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Have you posted a request on Findagrave? https://www.findagrave.com/ Mike Coleman London U.K.

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From personal experience, whether a public reply is deemed too personal to be of general interest, and is hence rejected, is entirely at the whim of the duty moderator. Likewise the oft-seen direction

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Hi Samuel, This recent thread on this site may help regarding Michael : https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/topic/81120240 So far I've used only the obd-memorial.ru database but it provided amazing, a

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Or better use shoe-repairers' black heel ball : "A wax colored with lampblack that is used to stain and polish the edges of the soles and heels of shoes or to take rubbings of brass or stone inscripti

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Were they still married? Mike Coleman London U.K.

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Hi Ed, These may help : https://oddfellowsmemorialpark.com/ https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2560861/odd-fellows-cemetery https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/864 For more search Wa

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Hi Mandy, On your first point, I think this might be the case if the child had died very soon after birth and before the parents were able to register her/him, when living, with a given name. The iden

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I'm glad that Sherri Bobish disregarded "MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately". This is how Family Search interprets it : https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24Z6-1KF Mike Coleman London U.K

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There are a number of hits on Ancestry under "Stanislaw exact and sounds like" and "Pnieczek exact and sounds like", but not the Declaration/Petition. His WWII Draft Registration Card has him (as Stan

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The originator of the post identifies himself as Richard Nohel, suggesting that Nohel was indeed the original surname back when. Mike Coleman London U.K.

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Hello Michael, Registration of births became compulsory in England and Wales only in 1875. Mike Coleman London (formerly Borehamwood) U.K.

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