Jewish Genealogy

Tag: Graves

  • Genealogy Basics part 2: Reading Hebrew on Graves

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    Benjamin Pickup
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    Hello everyone! Welcome back to Genealogy Basics the series where I explain the basics of Ashkenazi Genealogy. This weeks post shall be about reading Hebrew and Yiddish on graves, and knowing what it means. If you haven’t read my previous post in this series (Genealogy Basics part 1: Hebrew and Yiddish names, and their common anglicizations)…