Re: Re[2]: [Cz-L] yiddish

Thank you to all~
for your comments concerning my question about Jews and non Jews speaking
Yiddish. I have been wondering for some years now.

Mimi,
How do I go about writing to the archives in Chernivtsi? I appreciate your
help. Thanks so much.

Helene Spacek

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From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "Daniel Dubowy" <ddubowy_at_gmx.net>; "Helene Spacek" <hms4him_at_wbcable.net>
Cc: "Czernowitz" <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Cz-L] yiddish


> Miriam (Mimi) Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
>
> Non-Jews who lived close to Jews, or worked for them,
> spoke fluent Yiddish, just as Jews often spoke fluent Ruthenian.
> It was very much a multilingual society.
> Helen, If you want to know whether your grandfather was Jewish,
> you could write to the archives in Chernivtsi and obtain a copy
> of his birth certificate.
>
> Birth certificates of the Austrian Period, contain information
> from which you might deduce the religion of your grandfather's parents.
>
> Mimi
>
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