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Jewish genealogy group. (Moderated)
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Australian Newspapers
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X-No-archive: yes Some of you may not be aware of the Australian Newspapers site which can be accessed at [link] Many issues are online from all states of Australia and are searchable, with new issues and years being gradually added. The Melbourne newspaper 'The Argus' is now searchable from 1846 to 1945, and... more »
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Translation from Hebrew (and Yiddish?)
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X-No-archive: yes Dear Genners, I've posted two small texts for translation. File numbers are: VM 12604 - I would like to ask for a translation from Hebrew of the tombstone of my uncle Nahum AISEN. Direct address is: [link] VM 13905 - This inscription is written on the first page of a book. I'm not sure... more »
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Reply regarding Napoleon's Marshal Andre Massena
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X-No-archive: yes On 1 January 2001 a post appeared with an enquiry asking if Napoleon's Marshal Andre Massena was Jewish or of Jewish descent. (It also asked about Marshal Soult, but I have no information about him.) It has taken almost a decade but here is the answer. This post caught my eye because I am descended from Andre Massena's first cousin,... more »
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Holland
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X-No-archive: yes An interesting note: In 1993 I was driving through Holland, researching an article for my syndicated Jewish travel column. My husband and I stopped at The Golden Lion Inn in Bronckhurst. The innkeeper took us to a small Jewish cemetery. He said that, although the Frank family story was well known, during World War II... more »
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finding out about an Israeli ancestor
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X-No-archive: yes Is it possible -- with just a surname - to search for an ancestor who emigrated to Israel from Poland before 1925? I am only interested in learning their first names and their Poland place of birth. Ann Florida USA Researching In Sosnowice: WENGER, WEGIER var. In Stopnice & Nowe Korczyn: KAMIENIARZ , SZTEREN, FRYDMAN, ZYLBERBERG, SILBERBERG,... more »
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R' Yeshaya Zeidman of Muncacz - Photo?
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X-No-archive: yes ...R' Yeshaya Zeidman was an important figure in the pre- War Chassidic community of Muncacz. He perished in Auschwitz. An elderly grandaughter, herself a survivor, is publishing a memoir. Unfortunately she lacks a photo of her distinguished forbear. Can anyone help? Leslie Reich Manchester... more »
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Translation Please ViewMate 13901-13905
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X-No-archive: yes Please help with files I've recently posted to ViewMate Image Gallery by translating as much as possible, from Polish to English. The ViewMate File Names are: VM13901, VM13902, VM13903, VM13904,VM13905 The direct URLs to reach these fles: [link]... more »
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Yosef Vitkin
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X-No-archive: yes Another place is Kfar Vitkin, I guess they have some info about Yosef Vitkin too Zalman Lazkovich ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Support JewishGen with a contribution to the JewishGen General Fund! [link]... more »
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JGS Sacramento Meeting Sunday November 15 "My Grandmother's Suitcase"
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X-No-archive: yes Jewish Genealogical Society of Sacramento Topic: My Grandmother's Suitcase: Unpacking Generations of Secrecy Speaker: Jim Van Buskirk When: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 10 a.m. Where: Albert Einstein Residence Center, 1935 Wright St., Sacramento, CA Shortly after publishing an essay exploring his mysterious lifelong attraction to... more »
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Viewmate 13850, 13851, 13852, 13853, 13854
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X-No-archive: yes I have put on Viewmate the backs of five photo postcards all of which have writing in Yiddish. These were taken in Makow Maz. in 1927 when my grandparents returned for a visit having left there some 40 years earlier. Three were taken in the cemetery showing a gravestone with people standing next to... more »
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