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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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How a Posting on The JewishGen Discussion Group Reunited a Family Separated for Generations

February 24, 2019May 31, 2019 Richard Baum February 2019

By Helene Schwartz Kenvin
“After years of searching for Harris Cohen’s descendants with no success, in 1998 I saw this email on the JewishGen Discussion Group…”

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