If you don't get a response, read Alexander Solzhenitsen's novel "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" James Castellan Rose Valley, PA

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Most newsprint is "cheap" and not at all archival quality paper. It will degrade due to its acidic nature and will yellow and crumble in time. Google to find how you can treat it to neutralize the aci

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Please remember that computer printers produce paper documents that also are not like printed books using real ink that soak into the paper, rather they are bonded on top of the paper. These "surface

#general

Why not check the city directories? Assume he changed it a year before the directory was printed.

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New York City had a terrible fire in a shirtwaist factory-- the cutters on the top floor had no fire escape (this terrible disaster was the motivation to legislate fire escapes!) and many jumped to th

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Harold, Build your family tree on Family Search's Family Tree site. This LDS collaboartive tree site is totally free and claims it's the largest family tree and still growing. James Castellan Rose Val

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I recommend those interested in this "name changed at Ellis Island" topic check this very good article posted at the NY Public Library which does document one name change (and sex as well) but she was

#names

In this period the German peasant class couples often had several births out of wedlock during a very long courtship because there was a significant fee to get legally married. Once the couple was abl

#germany

I found passenger lists from NY City to the UK many years ago, I believe on Ancestry.com but I assume most other family search record providers would also have them now.

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Mark, email me direct at james.castellan@... I know someone near you who should be able to help if no one replies directly with a translation/transcription.

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The only Australian to win an individual bronz medal in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games was Eddie Scarf in Freestyle Wrestling Lt. Heavyweight event. If he was born recently enough, check the 1984

#austria-czech #hungary

Georg Garusch's book referenced this Jewish Cemetery. Can anyone share information for locating burial records for this or other Jewish cemeteries in 19th century Pressburg[now Bratislava]? Thanks, Ja

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Georg Garusch's book referenced this Jewish Cemetery. Can anyone share information for locating burial records for this or other Jewish cemeteries in 19th century Pressburg[now Bratislava]? Thanks, Ja

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Might anyone advise if a marriage record (hopefully with the marriage parties' Hebrew names) might exist and where to look for a 17 July 1859 marriage by Rabbi Samuel Adler of the Temple, 84 East 12th

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Might anyone advise if a marriage record (hopefully with the marriage parties' Hebrew names) might exist and where to look for a 17 July 1859 marriage by Rabbi Samuel Adler of the Temple, 84 East 12th

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Can any list members share knowledge about the existence of any 1800-1855 Pressburg directories or other lists for residents >from that time and place? Thank you, James Castellan

#austria-czech

Can any list members share knowledge about the existence of any 1800-1855 Pressburg directories or other lists for residents >from that time and place? Thank you, James Castellan

#austria-czech

I appreciated the emails JewishGen members sent me with regard to the given name Jacques. I thought I'd share a bit more background in the hopes this information might help others. Also it might stimu

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I appreciated the emails JewishGen members sent me with regard to the given name Jacques. I thought I'd share a bit more background in the hopes this information might help others. Also it might stimu

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I have documented a Jacques, father of a Jewish family in Austria-Hungary in the early 1800s, who had a grandson Jacques named after him. My given name James and Jacques both derive >from the Old Test

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