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VM ID Category Image Date Approved Question Posts
2091 Photo Identification

5/26/2004 This looks to be at the same location as the picture I posted with the gathering. The man in the middle is believed to be Heinrich Ernst Kistner (born 10 October, 1909 in Westercelle, Germany). The children again are my mother Maria Salomon and her brother Heinz. The others I am not sure. If you reconize anyone or the location, please contact me. View the post, there are no responses
2070 Translation - Polish

5/26/2004 This document relates to Fraida Frenkenstajn of Dabie, Russian Poland. I do not know if it is a birth, death or marriage certificate. It is written in Polish. I would be very grateful if someone could translate it for me. Thank you. View the post, there are no responses
2071 Do you recognize?

5/26/2004 My late grandparents.Simon & Eva Hamer(Hammerski)
came from Warsaw, Poland. about 1904. settled in Southampton
England. 		View the post with its 1 response
2072 Do you recognize?

5/26/2004 My late maternal grandmother.
Married twice. one name House. and one name
Ostwind (related to Ostwind's Bakery)
searching for Paul Ostwind, son of my uncle David Ostwind.
or any other family. 		View the post, there are no responses
2073 Translation - Russian

5/26/2004 Birth certificate of Abraham Sokolower View the post, there are no responses
2074 Translation - Russian

5/26/2004 Birth certificate Fajbus Majer SOKOLOWER View the post, there are no responses
2075 Translation - Polish

5/26/2004 Birth certificate Fajbus SOKOLOWER View the post, there are no responses
2076 Translation - Polish

5/26/2004 Birth certificate Chawa SOKOLOWER View the post, there are no responses
2077 Translation - Russian

5/26/2004 Birth certificate Fajbus SOKOLOWER View the post, there are no responses
2068 Translation - Russian

5/23/2004 A page from the report of the Soviet State Commission investigating Nazi crimes. Very hard to read...can anyone help? View the post, there are no responses
2069 Translation - Russian

5/23/2004 A page from the report of the Soviet State Commission investigating Nazi crimes. Very hard to read...can anyone help? View the post, there are no responses
2052 Translation - Hebrew

5/23/2004 I believe this is a name inscribed on the back of a photo in Hebrew script. I would deeply appreciate any help in deciphering the name! View the post, there are no responses
2053 Translation - Russian

5/23/2004 This is an entry from 1816 census. Is name Chana or Khama? View the post, there are no responses
2054 Translation - Polish

5/23/2004 Polish birth certificate - Sprynca Nyssenbaum View the post, there are no responses
2055 Translation - Tombstone

5/23/2004 I am interested in a translation of this gravestone (now apparently imbedded in a wall). I was told that it is for my ancestor Hermann FEIT (Heymann Faist=Uri)(1765 - 1845) of Niederzissen in the Rheinland. Thank you. View the post, there are no responses
2056 Translation - Russian

5/23/2004 Please translate this Russian passport from the 1890's. Where was it issued, people's names, places, validity, etc.? View the post, there are no responses
2057 Translation - Russian

5/23/2004 Request translation of all items on old postcard from Belarus. View the post, there are no responses
2058 Translation - Russian

5/23/2004 This is a supllemental marriage record from 1901. I would be grateful if someone could tell me the names of the bride and groom, their parents(plus any patronymics) and the date of the marriage View the post, there are no responses
2059 Translation - Yiddish

5/23/2004 This is written at the back of a family picture. I'd need some help to understand the meaning, hoping that it is the name of the person.

Thanks if you can translate it. 		View the post, there are no responses
2060 Translation - Yiddish

5/23/2004 This is written at the back of a family picture. I'd need some help to understand the meaning, hoping that it is the name of the person.

Thanks if you can translate it. 		View the post, there are no responses
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