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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Hi Giannis, Ancestry has a number of hits for a Harry Drucker of this vintage and born in "Russia", generally with his father I.D.ed as Norman..... Mike Coleman London U.K.

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Hi Risa. I've found very good records on the obd-memorial site for someone (a Pole) who fled Poland for the U.S.S.R. when the Germans invaded and ended up fighting for - and sadly being killed in - th

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Hillside Cemetery in Los Angeles offers (free) such an additional marker for interments in the walls of their mausoleum. https://www.hillsidememorial.org/ I don't have a clear enough photo I'm afraid.

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RootsMagic! http://rootsmagic.com/ Mike Coleman London U.K.

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Aalborg (Denmark).......... Mike Coleman London U.K.

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A photo of your grandparents' stones could also be on Findagrave : https://www.findagrave.com/ Good luck. Mike Coleman London U.K.

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Hi David. Are you on Ancestry? A search for Phoebe van Ryn in England, with no other limitations, produced 465 hits, some of which could provide leads for you. Mike Coleman London U.K.

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From Findagrave : Mike Coleman London U.K.

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I should be grateful for a full translation of the attached letter, from someone in Ufa to his aunt in Massachusetts. Many thanks, Mike Coleman London U.K.

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If it was indeed unknown, it would be the generic catch-all "(Grandfather) son of Abraham/Avraham". That would not, however, exclude the possibility that Abraham/Avraham was his name..... Mike Coleman

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