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Category Archives: Success Story
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Dear JewishGen,I’m a new member, researching my husband’s family, who were from Kishineff and settled in America in the early twentieth century. On the JewishGen site I came across another member query listing Kishineff and a surname my husband had … Continue reading
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Success: A twisted genealogical knot of inter-generational first-cousin marriages
Posted by Marla Raucher OsbornWe’ve all had this same frustrating family conversation with a parent or grandparent: Question: “So, how is she related to us?”Answer: “She’s a cousin.” Question: “Yes, but how exactly is she a cousin?”Answer: “What does it … Continue reading
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From: RonSent: Friday, March 30, 2012 10:29 AMTo: JewishGen.org Mr. Blatt: This is to let you know that I sent my check to Jewishgen yesterday. I had a very special reason I would like to share with you. Four years ago … Continue reading
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In the News: JewishGen Helps Reunite Family Torn Apart by the Holocaust
The following excerpts are from an article by Peter Kash – published in the Jewish WeekMy 84-year-old father, Robert Kash, received a phone call from a woman who introduced herself as a cousin, with the same great grandfather. She said she was working … Continue reading
In the News: JewishGen Helps Reunite Family After 90 Years
According to the Jewish Chronicle, it was a search on JewishGen in 2004 that led to the family reunion.Click here to read the entire article.
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Guest Post By Jay Paul Back in August or September, I finally was able to track down the married name of my paternal great-aunt, about whom my father and his generation knew nothing, other than that she had married and … Continue reading
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Guest post by Denise Wronsky I have been working on my family tree for 5 years now but the Matriarch (my GGgrandmother) of the family’s burial place eluded me. I had been onto your website several times over the years … Continue reading
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Posted by Phyllis Kramer The January 2011 edition of the JewishGen Success! Stories webzine can now be accessed by clicking here. Meredith Hoffman and Nancy Siegel have worked with the authors to edit these stories of ancestor and family connections … Continue reading
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Guest post by Ruth Rappaport My grandmother (1904-1976) was a well-known Yiddish poet, Malka Lee. Her father’s name was Leopold, her mother’s was Duhl, and the family came from Monastyryska, Tlomacz, and Chortkov in present-day Ukraine. Malka was born in … Continue reading
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Posted by Beverly Bienstock Margolies Thanks to JewishGen Family Finder and my parents’ old family photos, three separate connections have been confirmed within six weeks! This is BIG, a Triple Header—after 10+ years of researching on JewishGen! May 3, 2010: … Continue reading
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