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"Muni" or "Munya" are the first names for someone (a lawyer) from Skalat. The last name is Lempert or Lampert - which are my family names. They are written in the Skalat Memorial Book, which was publi

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Someone wrote that "jews do not give their children names". I know several Orthodox families who gave their children names such as Peter or Paul. True that one of these families were of German jewish

Eliezer and Raizel are my great great grandparents on my father's side. They were living in Mount Street, Whitechapel, London in 1911 with their 10-month old daughter Rebecca (Sarah). Eliezer may have

I am looking for information ( email address and/or phone number of Mr. Shraga Tzevi Levi who was living in Jerusalem in the Torat Chesed Street. He wrote a book about a Din Torah ( Galanta) and I wou

Assistance needed to translate Hebrew on family gravestone. EnidRose Paramus NJ to translate Hebrew on family gravestone

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Hello, I am wondering if anyone has access to records which may provide info./details on the parents of my ggggrandfather Abraham ben Gedaliah Tiktin With many thanks. Karen Saunders - researching Tik

Good afternoon, Please would it be possible for someone to translate this Head Stone belonging to my Paternal Grandmother who was buried by my late Father. [FANNY LEVENE [LEVY] After searching for ove

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Hello, My husband was a classmate of Andre Laniado in the French Lycee, London from 1958 to 1961. At that time they both lived in London. Does anyone have any information about Andre? Beryl Otvos Rese

In the last ten years I am searching for information about my great grand grandfather Naftali (Eli) Hertz Raskin, who lived in the village of El'nya, close to Hotimsk, Mogilev, Belarus, and was a cant

Can anyone make sense of what this below document actually is and tells one? I have a Joseph Granek in my family tree - the brother of my Grandfather - no resolution as to what became of him -one of t

I am looking for a person in Liepaja, Latvia who can go to Liepaja Jewish cemetery and make a photo of Maimind gravestone. Information from Liepaja Jewish Cemetery Book 1909-1941 from website http://w