Ms. Miller, You are very welcome. I'm afraid that I don't have any good suggestions (other than: google like mad) for learning more. I'm sure that others here will have more concrete ideas. Have an ea

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Reply to David Barrett, Yes, the stone does "clearly" say that he died in Kislev. In the English text, it says just as "clearly" that he died on the 5th of December, which would put the date in Tevet.

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I did not look at the English part of the stone earlier, so I now want to point out that there is a discrepancy of 2-3 days between the Hebrew and the secular dates. If the 5th of December is correct,

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Here lies “For these do I weep; my eye, my eye, is dripping water” upon the passing of my husband and our father, the dear and holy one, who was killed in the 65th year of his life, and the crown of o

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"FamilySearch.org has all sorts of genealogical guides, including old German Script". Having taught myself to read the old German script, I am still occasionally stymied, so the more help, the better.

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Here is card # 3: Mister / L. Schwartz / in Brocklyn / 47 Hoyt St. / New York Americka ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dea

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Here is card #4 (card #3 is the most challenging; I will try to read it later). As a friendly reminder in the New Year of 1917. Taken up in the hospital. ----------------------------------------------

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Here is card #2: May 1937 The entire family Chaim Rieberfeld Berlin Holingerstrasse(?) 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: / Family / Charles Mo

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Here is the first postcard: Dear Grandmother, I am sending you my photo; I hope that you will like it. How are you doing? What are you doing? Write to me once, too. I send you all many greetings and k

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I will try to take a look at these later. They are written in German. May I suggest that you take a look at the ViewMate feature of jewishgen for future reference? Not only can you post such images th

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SO fascinating! I hope that you will post here again when you've added the rest of the story.

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I apologize for not having been more specific: "Moreinu haRav" does not necessarily mean that someone was the rabbi of a community or had a pulpit. Many men are ordained rabbis (have obtained "Semicha

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The mem-vav after the word Avrech (which means a young married man), which does likely represent the word "Moreinu", would be either an honorific, or would indicate that he was a teacher. Although the

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On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 11:11 AM, fredelfruhman wrote: I apologize for the two typos. I should have written: The groom was from Nordenburg. His parents were the vinegar manufacturer Katzke Lieberman a

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I don't have time to do a full translation, but here are the names: The groom was from Noredenburg. His parents were the vinegar manuracturer Katzke Lieberman and Rahel nee Wolff. The bride was from L

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Since your cousin is in Israel: there is a branch of the Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem, too.

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With a treasure trove like that, I suggest that he contact the Leo Baeck Institute in New York (lbi.org). Not only is his collection of great historical value, but they have lists of translators who m

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There have been two different readings of the date of death for William Jaffe. It is the 10th of Shvat.

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To summarize the previous posts and explain my interest: 1. In the first post, Yann asked for help in locating a copy of "Jüdische Familien In Kreuznach, Vom 18.Jahrundert bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg." 2

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I am returning to this conversation, after a rather lengthy email discussion with a gentleman who contacted me privately in response to my earlier remark. The bottom line is: When it comes to the name

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