Researching Jewish Relatives Who Passed Through Belgium
I originally posted this summary in the Galicia mailing list back in September. It is more or less the same as what I posted then, but will the added mention of the new familysearch index when went...
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I’m looking for people whose relatives lived in Antwerp by the 1920s. Antwerp, as one of the largest port cities in Europe, was host to many people who left their homes in other parts of Europe and...
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Utilizing Belgian Archives for Jewish Research
Regular readers of this site have probably noticed my postings have slowed down of late. Please don’t think, however, that nothing is going on with this site. I’d like to take this opportunity to...
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Friends from Antwerp – and is that a famous Yiddish poet?
My grandfather was born in Vienna, Austria during World War I. His family had fled their homes in Galicia, then a region of Austria, and fled to the capital city to avoid the invading Russian army. His...
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Useful Document for Researching Belgian Immigrants to US
Antwerp Baggage Disinfection Room“Everything for passengers is done free of charge in this building.” I recently discovered a document on the web site of the Felix Archives (the Antwerp city archives)...
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Newly searchable newspapers in Belgium
The Royal Library of Belgium has scanned and indexed ten historical newspapers from Belgium, and set up a search interface for them called BelgicaPress.The newspapers currently include: Courrier De...
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