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  • Found Treasure

    Cousin Daniel Stanger has helped me to locate my father’s naturalization papers in the Israeli State Archives. Dated 4 July 1947, they show me a familiar-looking young man I’ve never seen before — I’ve only seen photos of my dad… Continue reading

    Found Treasure
  • Samuel Schmatnik Israeli Passport

    The State of Israel has begun the process of publishing its collection online. You can visit the site at http://www.archives.gov.il. This is  no small task, as the archive houses more than 400 million documents, video and audio clips, many of them… Continue reading

    Samuel Schmatnik Israeli Passport
  • January 11, 1945

    As I’m plowing through the list databases housed on JewishGen taking note of any mention of family names, I’ve found a number of new name spellings to search. Not only is my family’s original name Schmatnic also spelled Schmatnick and Smatnic, it’s apparently… Continue reading

    January 11, 1945