Below is the entry for "last residence" on my Great Aunt’s ship manifest. It appears to me to be “Pilski” or perhaps “Piloki" - Russia. But I am having no luck finding this place on Jewishgen - Gazett

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A FOLLOW UP - OTHER GUIDANCE?? First, thanks to David for the advice and kind offer. II am wondering if anyone can point me to someone who knows a bit about the building history of Kalisz between the

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Folks - I recently discovered some kind of loan document associated my my Great Aunt and Great Uncle for a property apparently in Kalisz. I was able to request it from the Polish State Archives in Lod

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I’ve been looking at the new town pages on JRI-Poland (nice interface folks!). I am aware that there are - to date - very few records from the town. At the bottom of the page there seems to be an infe

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I have privately responded to Miriam (Thank you!!) In following her advice, I came across something that I though would be useful to others as an add to her great tip. When Google translates - it does

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Happy New Year to all - I’ve just come across the abstract (no scan) in the Polish Archives related to Kalisz. https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/9681200 This translates to "

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I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation and I’d like to know general what it IS as well. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/

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Is there a JewishGen “town manager” for Ludza (name in present day Latvia)?? Thank you - Steve Granek

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Can anyone make sense of what this below document actually is and tells one? I have a Joseph Granek in my family tree - the brother of my Grandfather - no resolution as to what became of him -one of t

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SOLVED. Thank you. This turns out to be Ludza (Lutxin in Yiddish) in present day Latvia. Thank you. Steven Granek

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I am trying to locate relatives of a Rut (Ruth?) Sokol who lived (by her Yad Vashem testimonies) in Brooklyn NY in 1993. Rut is/was my newly discovered 2nd cousin from a part of my family whose existe

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I am viewing a record of the All Lithuanian Revision List which contains my Orum family in Rokiskis. The The revision list is dated 1908. And there is a second instance of what looks like the same lis

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Can anyone make sense of a town name “Luzow” or “Luzon” in (I assume) Poland? I’ve just come across a scribbled note from my father where he notes - Leah (my grandmother.. who came to the US in the ea

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On my Grandfather's Declaration of Intention to become a US Citizen, he lists the birthplace of his wife as "Niveravitzk, Russia" (in 1891). I cannot make heads or tales of this place. Nothing from Go

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