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September 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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I think I discovered that Nathanael Weil, a relatively well-known 18th century German rabbi, wasn't actually born in the town everyone says he was born in?
Here's like 10,000 words about that, as this is what the people clamor for.
#JewishGenealogy #Genealogy #Baden
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Here's like 10,000 words about that, as this is what the people clamor for.
#JewishGenealogy #Genealogy #Baden
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The many Marums of Stühlingen
Although the details are murky, my Weil ancestors and the semi-famed Weil rabbinical family seem to intersect in time and place in 17th century Stühlingen. My attempts to determine the exact nature…
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August 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I think I discovered that Nathanael Weil, a relatively well-known 18th century German rabbi, wasn't actually born in the town everyone says he was born in?
Here's like 10,000 words about that, as this is what the people clamor for.
#JewishGenealogy #Genealogy #Baden
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Here's like 10,000 words about that, as this is what the people clamor for.
#JewishGenealogy #Genealogy #Baden
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The broth have done another ritual sacrifice
August 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The broth have done another ritual sacrifice
I think I discovered that Nathanael Weil, a relatively well-known 18th century German rabbi, wasn't actually born in the town everyone says he was born in?
Here's like 10,000 words about that, as this is what the people clamor for.
#JewishGenealogy #Genealogy #Baden
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Here's like 10,000 words about that, as this is what the people clamor for.
#JewishGenealogy #Genealogy #Baden
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The many Marums of Stühlingen
Although the details are murky, my Weil ancestors and the semi-famed Weil rabbinical family seem to intersect in time and place in 17th century Stühlingen. My attempts to determine the exact nature…
djwile.wordpress.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I think I discovered that Nathanael Weil, a relatively well-known 18th century German rabbi, wasn't actually born in the town everyone says he was born in?
Here's like 10,000 words about that, as this is what the people clamor for.
#JewishGenealogy #Genealogy #Baden
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Here's like 10,000 words about that, as this is what the people clamor for.
#JewishGenealogy #Genealogy #Baden
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Armed only with the knowledge that my 3x-great-grandfather Henry Wertheimer was born around 1830 in Baden, can we find his birth record if we, uhh, look hard enough for it?
Full disclosure: somehow this blog post spends an inordinate amount of time in 1870s Arizona
#jewishgenealogy #genealogy
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Full disclosure: somehow this blog post spends an inordinate amount of time in 1870s Arizona
#jewishgenealogy #genealogy
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In search of lost Henrys
My great-great-great-grandfather Henry Wertheimer is relatively well-attested in the United States. Little is known about his origins, however, except that he was born in the Grand Duchy of Baden a…
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May 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Armed only with the knowledge that my 3x-great-grandfather Henry Wertheimer was born around 1830 in Baden, can we find his birth record if we, uhh, look hard enough for it?
Full disclosure: somehow this blog post spends an inordinate amount of time in 1870s Arizona
#jewishgenealogy #genealogy
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Full disclosure: somehow this blog post spends an inordinate amount of time in 1870s Arizona
#jewishgenealogy #genealogy
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Armed only with the knowledge that my 3x-great-grandfather Henry Wertheimer was born around 1830 in Baden, can we find his birth record if we, uhh, look hard enough for it?
Full disclosure: somehow this blog post spends an inordinate amount of time in 1870s Arizona
#jewishgenealogy #genealogy
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Full disclosure: somehow this blog post spends an inordinate amount of time in 1870s Arizona
#jewishgenealogy #genealogy
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In search of lost Henrys
My great-great-great-grandfather Henry Wertheimer is relatively well-attested in the United States. Little is known about his origins, however, except that he was born in the Grand Duchy of Baden a…
djwile.wordpress.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Armed only with the knowledge that my 3x-great-grandfather Henry Wertheimer was born around 1830 in Baden, can we find his birth record if we, uhh, look hard enough for it?
Full disclosure: somehow this blog post spends an inordinate amount of time in 1870s Arizona
#jewishgenealogy #genealogy
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Full disclosure: somehow this blog post spends an inordinate amount of time in 1870s Arizona
#jewishgenealogy #genealogy
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After more than 3 years of looking for my maternal grandfather's family in Ostrołęka, I think I've finally found them - in a different town, and with a different surname.
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Aronowitz by any other name
Despite knowing the town in Congress Poland that the Aronowitz branch of my family came from, I was never able to find records of their presence in Europe. However, a family with a different surnam…
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April 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
After more than 3 years of looking for my maternal grandfather's family in Ostrołęka, I think I've finally found them - in a different town, and with a different surname.
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After more than 3 years of looking for my maternal grandfather's family in Ostrołęka, I think I've finally found them - in a different town, and with a different surname.
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Aronowitz by any other name
Despite knowing the town in Congress Poland that the Aronowitz branch of my family came from, I was never able to find records of their presence in Europe. However, a family with a different surnam…
djwile.wordpress.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
After more than 3 years of looking for my maternal grandfather's family in Ostrołęka, I think I've finally found them - in a different town, and with a different surname.
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By “got your nose” you can understand your uncle as having removed from your face your actual nose, which you can see protruding slightly between his index and middle fingers.
By “globalists” you can understand Trump to be criticizing large publicly traded multinational corporations and the investors who back them.
March 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
By “got your nose” you can understand your uncle as having removed from your face your actual nose, which you can see protruding slightly between his index and middle fingers.
I went insane and indexed every Jewish record of the Ihringen, #Baden #Germany civil registries (Standesbücher) recorded from 1811-1870.
Losing my mind further, I made my index fully searchable online.
Link: ihringenjewishrecords.org
#JewishGeanealogy #Genealogy
Losing my mind further, I made my index fully searchable online.
Link: ihringenjewishrecords.org
#JewishGeanealogy #Genealogy
Ihringen Jewish records search
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February 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I went insane and indexed every Jewish record of the Ihringen, #Baden #Germany civil registries (Standesbücher) recorded from 1811-1870.
Losing my mind further, I made my index fully searchable online.
Link: ihringenjewishrecords.org
#JewishGeanealogy #Genealogy
Losing my mind further, I made my index fully searchable online.
Link: ihringenjewishrecords.org
#JewishGeanealogy #Genealogy
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NEW GENEALOGY BLOG POST: In which renewed scrutiny on some known documents forces me to scrap one of my favorite discoveries in my direct ancestry, obscuring my father's side of the family tree even further.
Not Another Theresa Wertheimer
Investigating nagging discrepancies in the documentary evidence reveals a third Theresa Wertheimer in as many generations and pulls a branch of the family tree back into the unknown. In an earlier …
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January 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
NEW GENEALOGY BLOG POST: In which renewed scrutiny on some known documents forces me to scrap one of my favorite discoveries in my direct ancestry, obscuring my father's side of the family tree even further.
NEW GENEALOGY BLOG POST: In which renewed scrutiny on some known documents forces me to scrap one of my favorite discoveries in my direct ancestry, obscuring my father's side of the family tree even further.
Not Another Theresa Wertheimer
Investigating nagging discrepancies in the documentary evidence reveals a third Theresa Wertheimer in as many generations and pulls a branch of the family tree back into the unknown. In an earlier …
djwile.wordpress.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
NEW GENEALOGY BLOG POST: In which renewed scrutiny on some known documents forces me to scrap one of my favorite discoveries in my direct ancestry, obscuring my father's side of the family tree even further.
Frosty is the scientist’s name. The creature is Frosty’s monster.
December 25, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Frosty is the scientist’s name. The creature is Frosty’s monster.
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The friendly folks at the State Archives in Lomza helped solve this little mystery this morning, truly a season of miracles
#genealogy #jewishgenealogy
#genealogy #jewishgenealogy
A key to the Kijeks
My last post ended with me lamenting that a possibly useful birth record had not yet been scanned onto the publicly-available Polish State Archives website. The Archives provided a copy of that rec…
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December 19, 2024 at 10:48 PM
The friendly folks at the State Archives in Lomza helped solve this little mystery this morning, truly a season of miracles
#genealogy #jewishgenealogy
#genealogy #jewishgenealogy
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In which I try to trace an ancestor back across the Atlantic and end up spending a silly amount of time in the vital record archives of the Lomza Governate (Congress Poland).
Come for the 120-y.o. baby pics, stay to see me try to read 120-y.o. Russian handwriting.
Come for the 120-y.o. baby pics, stay to see me try to read 120-y.o. Russian handwriting.
Of Kings and Kijeks
The central mystery in this post is a simple one: who are the ancestors of my earliest known ancestor with the surname King, my great-great-grandfather Samuel King? In this case, we have all the in…
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November 26, 2024 at 2:54 AM
In which I try to trace an ancestor back across the Atlantic and end up spending a silly amount of time in the vital record archives of the Lomza Governate (Congress Poland).
Come for the 120-y.o. baby pics, stay to see me try to read 120-y.o. Russian handwriting.
Come for the 120-y.o. baby pics, stay to see me try to read 120-y.o. Russian handwriting.
In which I try to trace an ancestor back across the Atlantic and end up spending a silly amount of time in the vital record archives of the Lomza Governate (Congress Poland).
Come for the 120-y.o. baby pics, stay to see me try to read 120-y.o. Russian handwriting.
Come for the 120-y.o. baby pics, stay to see me try to read 120-y.o. Russian handwriting.
Of Kings and Kijeks
The central mystery in this post is a simple one: who are the ancestors of my earliest known ancestor with the surname King, my great-great-grandfather Samuel King? In this case, we have all the in…
djwile.wordpress.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:54 AM
In which I try to trace an ancestor back across the Atlantic and end up spending a silly amount of time in the vital record archives of the Lomza Governate (Congress Poland).
Come for the 120-y.o. baby pics, stay to see me try to read 120-y.o. Russian handwriting.
Come for the 120-y.o. baby pics, stay to see me try to read 120-y.o. Russian handwriting.
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ICYMI, and I've added several fellow Jewish genealogy fans recently!
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November 21, 2024 at 1:34 AM
ICYMI, and I've added several fellow Jewish genealogy fans recently!
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Re-upping the genealogy blog. Will try to update regularly.
It should cover topics in (Jewish) Germany, Galicia & Krakow, Hungary (by which I mean Ukraine and Slovakia, naturally), and Congress Poland. And the US.
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It should cover topics in (Jewish) Germany, Galicia & Krakow, Hungary (by which I mean Ukraine and Slovakia, naturally), and Congress Poland. And the US.
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Genealogy and Its Discontents
David Wile's genealogical research, and the problems encountered therein
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June 6, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Re-upping the genealogy blog. Will try to update regularly.
It should cover topics in (Jewish) Germany, Galicia & Krakow, Hungary (by which I mean Ukraine and Slovakia, naturally), and Congress Poland. And the US.
djwile.wordpress.com
It should cover topics in (Jewish) Germany, Galicia & Krakow, Hungary (by which I mean Ukraine and Slovakia, naturally), and Congress Poland. And the US.
djwile.wordpress.com
My version of this, also 100% Ashkenazi. My father’s family was much better at evading the civil authorities than my mother’s.
November 20, 2024 at 2:19 AM
My version of this, also 100% Ashkenazi. My father’s family was much better at evading the civil authorities than my mother’s.
How drunk at Dulles do you have to be to get charged with being drunk at Dulles
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GOP Congressman Michael McCaul, who serves as Chairman of House Foreign Affairs, was charged with being drunk in public at the Dulles International Airport, according to a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
GOP Congressman Michael McCaul, who serves as Chairman of House Foreign Affairs, was charged with being drunk in public at the Dulles International Airport, according to a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
House Republican charged with being drunk at Dulles airport
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.) said he made a ‘poor decision’ to mix alcohol and Ambien.
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November 14, 2024 at 1:06 AM
How drunk at Dulles do you have to be to get charged with being drunk at Dulles
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This place still feels a bit small, not football focused, but maybe we could try and connect Arsenal fans at least.
If you are an Arsenal fan, leave a reply, people can follow, also please repost or whatever it's called her and hopefully it can spread. #arsenal
If you are an Arsenal fan, leave a reply, people can follow, also please repost or whatever it's called her and hopefully it can spread. #arsenal
November 9, 2024 at 10:42 PM
This place still feels a bit small, not football focused, but maybe we could try and connect Arsenal fans at least.
If you are an Arsenal fan, leave a reply, people can follow, also please repost or whatever it's called her and hopefully it can spread. #arsenal
If you are an Arsenal fan, leave a reply, people can follow, also please repost or whatever it's called her and hopefully it can spread. #arsenal
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Pittsburgh in 50 Maps
By Stentor DanielsonFebruary 18, 2025 Pittsburgh in 50 Maps offers unique new views of a city at a crossroads—culturally, economically, and demographically. There are countless ways to map a city. Roa...
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July 26, 2024 at 4:53 PM
So, I wrote a book. beltpublishing.com/products/pit...
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Genealogy blog post: a look at the Slovakian-Hungarian-Ukrainian triple border and the Jews thereof, plus the joys of a particularly costly census error
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Border towns, pt. III
The last post in this series concerns my grandma Marian's father's family. Like the previous post, we'll be dealing with incomplete records from the Old Country. Unlike the previous post, we have no r...
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July 16, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Genealogy blog post: a look at the Slovakian-Hungarian-Ukrainian triple border and the Jews thereof, plus the joys of a particularly costly census error
djwile.wordpress.com/2024/07/16/b...
djwile.wordpress.com/2024/07/16/b...
Genealogy blog post: a look at the Slovakian-Hungarian-Ukrainian triple border and the Jews thereof, plus the joys of a particularly costly census error
djwile.wordpress.com/2024/07/16/b...
djwile.wordpress.com/2024/07/16/b...
Border towns, pt. III
The last post in this series concerns my grandma Marian's father's family. Like the previous post, we'll be dealing with incomplete records from the Old Country. Unlike the previous post, we have no r...
djwile.wordpress.com
July 16, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Genealogy blog post: a look at the Slovakian-Hungarian-Ukrainian triple border and the Jews thereof, plus the joys of a particularly costly census error
djwile.wordpress.com/2024/07/16/b...
djwile.wordpress.com/2024/07/16/b...
A look at doing genealogy along the Hungarian-Ukrainian border
djwile.wordpress.com/2024/07/09/border-towns-pt-ii/
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Border towns, pt. II
In this post, I take a look at the origins of my dad's mother's mother, Dorothy Glick née Weiss. In these final two parts of the series, it should be noted, the towns we are dealing with were nowhere ...
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July 9, 2024 at 8:55 PM
A look at doing genealogy along the Hungarian-Ukrainian border
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djwile.wordpress.com/2024/07/09/border-towns-pt-ii/