Thank you! The problem is that almost all the other towns he references are within a 10-mile radius of Giessen (e.g., Lollar, Alten-Buseck, Daubringen). I'm pretty sure those letters are accurate -

In other places, when referencing circumcisions in his hometown, the mohel writes מכאן. Also, isn't "here" English, not German? Yehuda Altein Brooklyn, NY

I would guess that the "Russian" Jews were Litvaks, and the "German" Jews were Galitzianers. Each group held itself as the correct culture, so I bet it was your mother's side that implied they were

Probably what others have guessed (that people sometimes felt the need to fudge for the sake of putting on airs) is likeliest to be what happened in this case, but there were also certainly instances

Greetings! Can someone translate the following marriage certificate of Izrajel Geler and Lida Bryzgdska, who were married in Suwalki in 1891? Israel and Lida Heller moved to my home town of Trenton,

Yehuda, Without much confidence, for לאשדערן I suggest Lausdorn, which is a tiny place in northern Luxembourg, about 220km west of Giessen. The country of Luxembourg has never had a large

Hello, Ber for the Hebrew name Dov is a much better explanation if the text is indeed in Yiddish. Shalom, Malka Chosnek

What is the difference between these two naturalization cards? -- Thanks, Bob Silverstein bobsilverstein@... Elk Grove Village, IL Researching Kaplan (Krynki, Poland) Tzipershteyn (Logishin, Pinsk,

Thanks, but in my family's case, the ones being identified as "German Jews" were NOT "those already established on the Upper West Side" - they had immigrated to and were living in the Lower East Side

Hello Genners, I am breaking through genealogical brick walls this week! I have posted two birth records from Lubartow on ViewMate and would greatly appreciate a full translation of each. They are

Hi all, I've posted a vital record in Romanian for which I need a translation. The document is the birth certificate of my great-grandfather Osias Belser of Bucharest, Romania. It is on ViewMate at

Subj: ViewMate translation request - GermanI've posted a postcard in German for which I need a translation. The card is addressed to the writer's husband in the Detention Camp in Lengyel Tabor,

I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89825 Please respond via

Bronx County naturalizations are not on Ancestry or FamilySearch. Last I remember hearing, the court was going to digitize them. I don't know the status of that. FamilySearch has the index. You can

The father of a woman who married into our family claimed that he was of German Jewish descent like his wife. My grandmom and mom perceived right off the bat from his pronunciation of Yiddish that

ZOOM MEETING February 9, 2021, 7:00 PM Eastern Time How our Families Acquired Surnames in the Russian Empire Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull Have you have had an experience finding family

For a long time I haven't been able to find marriage information for my maternal grandmother's older sister, Rose LURJA/LEVINE REICHMAN & Harry REICHMAN. The other day, while searching on FamilySearch

It is Ber, Yiddish for bear. The Hebrew would be Dov. Harry Auerbach Portland, OR

Hi all, A large portion of my family comes from Vysni Hrabonice. It is now known, apparently as Felso Gereben. When I search for Felso Gereben I receive no results. All I know is that it was in then

The non-fiction work Our Crowd, by Stephen Birmingham (published in the 1960s) remains a fascinating study of such German-Jewish New York families as the Lehmans, the Schiffs, the Loebs, the Warburgs,