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I've posted the comments section of a vital record for the 1907 birth of Berisch Szarfstein, registered in Mielnica, Galicia, for which I would very much appreciate a translation. The comments were wr

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To all that answered my post-------THANK YOU. Following up on some of the replies, really opened a can of worms about info I knew nothing about nor I'm sure my mother also knew nothing. Since all of t

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Dear members I would be really grateful if you could help me with the following 3 documents in Hebrew for which I would like a translation, in English or in French, it doesn't matter. This is 3 texts

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I would like to purchase a copy of the book Hebrew Subscription Lists by Beryl Kagan 1975. Is the book mainly in Hebrew or is there enough English in the book for me to follow it? I know the Hebrew pr

Looking for answers to the question of original last name of my paternal grandfather, Simon Waterstone. He emigrated to the U.S. around 1880. Because of the early date, I can't find a record of the sh

I've posted 2 vital records in Czech/Slovak for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM100995 https:/

My husband's great-grandmother, Rae Fink, has Rivke Finkelstein Bat Leib on her matzevah. That is her married name She was born in about 1850, possibly in Kishinev (according to cemetery records). I w

Hello I wonder if anyone would kindly be able to translate the Hebrew for me in my gt grandfather's marriage authorisation, attached. I am hoping the information might further my family history journe

Hi all, I am tracing the whereabouts of Szloma (Shlomo/Salomon) Kano, born to Avraham Nuchem/Nachum and Ester Yocheved nee Herszaft/Gerszaft. Avraham Nachum was a first cousin of my great grandfather.

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