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Postcards from Pinsk
A Viewmate Success Story

September 9, 2019January 23, 2020 Richard Baum September 2019

By Linda Ewall Krocker

“Years later I learned that my cousin Renee had her father’s correspondence from 1939-1945 from our Fiszelow and Steinberg family members who remained behind… postcards from a beautiful set of gilded Jewish New Year’s cards…until they apparently ran out.”

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Through a Ukrainian Brick Wall

September 9, 2019January 23, 2020 Richard Baum September 2019

By Shirley Ginzburg

“We left empty-handed and demoralized. We needed a miracle. Recently, that miracle landed on my computer screen with a truly uninspiring title: ‘Polonnoye Area Document Project Results’ …a project of JewishGen’s Ukraine SIG.”

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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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