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Newspapers from Imperial Russia

Newspapers from Imperial Russia, from 1901 to 1912. Website: http://starosti.ru/

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New York Region – Historical Newspapers

This is a collection of important New York region newspapers. You need to click past the nonsense to reach the search page. Tryniski, Thomas M. “Old Fulton NY Post Cards.” Old Fulton NY Post Cards. Thomas M Tryniski, n.d. Web. 17…

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Fund 1278: State Duma Convocations I, II, III and IV

Fund Number 1278 Document Source: http://www.fgurgia.ru/showObject.do?object=27603564 Number of Items: 13326 Starting year of documents: 1906 Opus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The lower house of the Russian parliament was established in August 6, 1905 as…

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04May

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Stitching Photos into a Composite Image

Documents that are too large to fit on a scanner’s platen can be scanned in sections and re-assembled into a composite image using image stitching software.  Microsoft’s Image Composite Editor simplifies this process. Historical newspapers and other large-format documents are…

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03May

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Sharing Family Stories and Facts

FindFollow allows you to share family stories, facts and photos with other family members and friends.  Unlike public services like Facebook, you have full control of your information and your privacy.  This means that you can be confident that your…

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02May

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Maps of Yurevichi

1835 1883 Google Map View Genealogy in a larger map

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02May

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Valentina Hotkina, Eyewitness to Yuravichi During World War II

An eyewitness account of Yurevich in August 1941 was recorded by Arkady Shulman with Valentina Hotkina. This interview states that the Holocaust Memorial in Yurevich fails to mention Jews from Polotsk, is in the wrong location and lists the wrong…

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02May

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Scenes of Yurevichi

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Center for Latin American Migration Studies

Centro de Estudio Migratorios Latinamericanos has digitized the arrival manifests of ships landing in Buenos Aires.  The database is searchable online. Website: www.cemla.com Ship manifest search: http://www.cemla.com/search.php

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Israel State Archives – Record Group 136

Record Group 136 – Ministry of Immigrant Absorption The books in which names of all immigrants to Israel were written down by Jewish Agency clerks at the ports of entry and border crossings were deposited with the Israel State Archives…

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