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A Wedding List
Discovering A Family Branch

May 30, 2019September 9, 2019 Richard Baum May 2019

by Richard L. Baum
“To my surprise, a considerable list of vital records associated with the Maultasch surname materialized on my computer screen. All of the entries were from the Polish town of Rzeszów”

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The Genealogical Detective:
Separating Fact from Fiction

May 30, 2019September 9, 2019 Richard Baum May 2019

by Helene Schwartz Kenvin
”Amidst a sea of Cohens in the indices to U.S. naturalizations that took place in mid-19th-century New York courts, I am certain that I have found the documents relating to my ancestor Abraham, his sons Alexander and Harris, and his son-in-law Jacob …”

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It Began with a Picture

February 26, 2019May 31, 2019 Richard Baum February 2019

By Rashi Rosenzweig
“Two yellow Stars of David with the word ‘Juif ‘ are taped to the middle of Paulette’s bureau. She told me that these were patched to her clothes when she was a young girl in Nazi occupied France.”

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