For what it is worth, here is my pennyworth. In England, Wales and Scotland the religious Marriage ceremony was normally in the home or an hotel because in those days the synagogue was not a recognise

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Do not forget that The town of Leeuwarden is in Netherlands Friesland, whilst Emden is in Hannover (now German) Oest Friesland with the same town plan. the local language is very similar to English wi

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Basically the information given within this journal mainly concerns the public time-table of the royal family, who will be met, fed or be at any such event: it also lists the honours list on the Sovre

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You were very lucky. The liberal, Reform and Sephardi have their own burial grounds or specific sections of others, including areas within the cemeteries owned by local authorities. Also many who are

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Dear Diane and John I do not know what the difference was in 1891 but I do know the difference today which has seemed unchanged for the last 70 years of my life. I am now aged 90. We have through this

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I am quite sure that AJEX (Association of Jewish Ex-servicemen and Women) of which I am a member have in the book of all Jewish Serice people killed in action since 1914 in various conflicts. I am not

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Elyn has discarded a common feature of all these changes of given names. The initial sound remains the same. If the alphabet were the same, Her/his initial letter would be used and effectively so woul

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You have made a very common error. The fighting ended at 11 am on the 11th of November (the 11th month) of 1918. But that was the Armistice. The War did not end for another 2 years when the Peace Trea

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Sorry I must have had a soft thumb, it should have been 11th Jan1868 (UK) that was Dec 1867 Poland. David Harrison Birmingham, England

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Amos Thank you. My error, I had got this tangled between the two Easters and holidays in Greece, David. Harrison

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The difference in days between the two systems was more than two weeks, In England my grandfather's birthday was taken as 1th Jan 1868. Poland it was late December 1967. You will have even more fun if

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Just an idea, maybe the American Army had some rules that were similar to those of British services. If you did not send the person any money from your pay, they had no pension if you died on service.

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When I have looked into census records at our National Archives, it has been obvious that people have often rounded ages to the nearest multiple of 5 in past years when they possibly did not have much

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Surely it does not really matter. She is still your grandmother and always will be. If it is that important to you, why did you not ask her when you were alive and met her? On the other hand, if your

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And not only the Reform but also Liberal Jews do likewise (in the UK we have two movements with a common Rabbinic College) and Rabbis who swap over and back between these two versions). I heard during

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In The Netherlands the census is not taken on a single date every ten years, Each decade for each household a page within a "book" is opened, on it are registered for each normal resident, not just th

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Dutch "House Book" records would tell you not only the religion but also if Jewish, if Ashkenazi or Sephardi. David Harrison Birmingham, England

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Jack Certainly this also happened in The Netherlands. I have a large slice of an ancestral tree in which a series of first cousins have the same given name with a ripple of third cousins all using the

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My Great aunt with her daughter and grandchildren also left Germany with much and came to her sister (my grandmother) in London en-route for Australia. They were going through the Suez canal when war

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For what it is worth, my aunt took her son and her two step-sons and a step-daughter to Toronto, Canada from London, England from very early in WW2. After the war was over, she returned to her husband

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