Hi Dianne, I was able to find this website that mentioned a nearly identical town name: Valacreszr, Russian Poland https://british-jewry.org.uk/leedsjewry/getperson.php?personID=I0012654&tree=1 The RU

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I saw an article today from CNN titled Ukrainians are using 3D technology to preserve hundreds of cultural artifacts in a digital archive, far away from Russia's attacks. It's the first I've heard of

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Hello, I've posted a vital record in what I believe is Russian Cyrillic for which I need a translation. It's an immigration-related document for my grandfather, who emigrated from Kakhovka in the Russ

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I would like to send a letter to the name and address of the person written below (I'll also attach the image in case you can see it better that way): According to the Yad Vashem website, her name is

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Hello, I've been reading such powerful and emotional statements and pleas here on the discussion board about what's happening in Ukraine. As countless have already said, it is mind-boggling that this

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Hello, I have a special request for a photograph of an image on a grave in Montreal. The gravestone of my uncle Mortimor (may his memory be for a blessing) has his photograph set into it, and it's the

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My question could be a very general one relating to the whole Pale of Settlement at any time pre-WWI, or, if the answer depends upon specific times and places, I would specify Lithuania and Ukraine ar

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I request a translation of the Russian (I believe) handwriting on a Page of Testimony from Yad Vashem (or just a confirmation that nothing additional was written on the Page that wasn't already transl

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This is an amazing project that I hadn't been aware of before. I'm responding publicly rather than privately because I want to share this note from your website, which will probably be of interest to

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This is a fantastic discussion. I have a Shia in my family (Lithuanian), only Shia was his actual, "official" name, not a diminutive or nickname. Would it be a common practice to name a child Shia aft

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Hello! I recently posted a few gravestones and a couple of memorial plaques, and the community was immediately and completely helpful with translating the Hebrew into English. Those translations reall

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Hello! This is my first post to the Group and I'm so excited and hopeful that someone may be able to help with these translations. I am working to trace my late father's family history. In order to pr

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